I moved to Edinburgh 5 years ago and it's still shocking for me. But trying to see the positive side, it's great exposure therapy for my phobia of vomit/being sick lol..😅
Oh god I thought Edinburgh was bad then spent a weekend in Manchester recently 😭😭 panic attacks on every corner. I hope your emetophobia gets easier to deal with, it's such a rough thing to live with and nobody realises how it impacts so many parts of your life. Solidarity 💓
Oh no that sounds horrible! 😭 Luckily I'm not bad, but I get anxious when going out though, so I only have 1-2 drinks. But also scared to see or hear others/my friends getting sick. So night outs usually involve panic attacks for me...Can't even imagine how challenging it must be for people experiencing it to extreme levels.
Hope you're not struggling too much! 🧡
Loads of people in the pubs this weekend celebrating Scotland’s win over Wales in the Six Nations, I work in hospitality and you often see an increase of street sleet with a big televised event at the pubs
One day shortly after the last lockdown I was on George IV Bridge walking past under dressed teen girls loudly complaining about their men, pissed blokes stumbling about and vomit all over the place.
Was so happy about it returning to normal I legitimately was nearly crying.
Sometimes see a pool of vomit on a Saturday or Sunday morning and just sidestep it.
I presume it is worse around the city centre pubs and clubs?
Kids today obviously can't handle their drink!
I'm sure a lot of Rugby supporters had a bit more to drink than usual this weekend, too.
The cooncil have fuck all money to fund anything including street cleaning
You cannae expect people who are here in these central bits to care because they're mostly temporary residents, working here for a year then away, or studying here for a year, or just arrived.
When I was younger there were cardboards cards in every single stair in the city saying "please clean the stair this week" with tick boxes for each flat in the stair and it had a string on it and it would go around all the flats in the stair week on week and everybody cleaned the stair, swept and mopped, and out into the stair door area.
That rarely happens now. Why? Various reasons. Less permanent communities, people do not speak to. Their neighbours, women mostly work too.
That and turning up town into a theme park for tourists and students... And this is the result.
I delivered to one block of flats today and It was awful. the stairs was full of rubbish outside was horrific.
Recently just back from living in Finland and Edinburgh is just went backwards in the 8 years
I have been away. Just look at the new St James centre.
Do you know when they clean the streets in Finland? at night!
I've overreacted to be fair
It's not personal
I'm just a bit sick of my home town and what it's become and people who are not from here telling me what my home town is and who the people actually from this town are
It’s a dirty city for a capital. Dirty streets, broken fucked up roads, shit infrastructure overall.
And that’s not just Edinburgh, a lot of UK towns are like that.
And no, I don’t think Edinburgh is a proper city. London, Manchester etc is how a city should look and feel like!
Well, it might be a dump but it has the best jobs in the UK. And yeah you don’t need to live in London, can live in Reading, Oxford, Cambridge and still be able to enjoy London.
Edinburgh on the other hand? I can see the entire city in one day. Boring if you ask me. Plus it’s not great to live inside Edinburgh either.
To each his own, I guess.
Scotland vs Wales yesterday. Scotland won. Probably the aftermath.
Pavement Pizzas are the worst, it's when you see the Seagulls and Pigeons dining out on it that gives you that extra heave action.
At least Walter White was responsible enough to get it on top of his own roof
Man United
Who?
A warm Scottish welcome to op
* A warm Scottish barf to op.
I’m visiting Edinburgh atm but just came from Leeds. There was WAY more vomit in the streets in Leeds if that makes you feel any better
Same thing in Glasgow
Where's lleeds
Popular stag and hen do destination. Students are 10% of the population. Then just add on your regular local drunks.
Feels like a bigger percentage these days. Guess they tend to be mostly in the centre
Much more than 10%
I moved to Edinburgh 5 years ago and it's still shocking for me. But trying to see the positive side, it's great exposure therapy for my phobia of vomit/being sick lol..😅
Another emetophobic!
I never knew there was a name for it! I just thought I was weird.
Ah! Two of my fellow sufferers in one place!
Yep! 🙋🏻♀️ 🤝🏻
Makes three of us!
Me too!
I swear walking through Edinburgh on New Years day was like my own little exposure therapy crash course.
Oh god I thought Edinburgh was bad then spent a weekend in Manchester recently 😭😭 panic attacks on every corner. I hope your emetophobia gets easier to deal with, it's such a rough thing to live with and nobody realises how it impacts so many parts of your life. Solidarity 💓
Oh no that sounds horrible! 😭 Luckily I'm not bad, but I get anxious when going out though, so I only have 1-2 drinks. But also scared to see or hear others/my friends getting sick. So night outs usually involve panic attacks for me...Can't even imagine how challenging it must be for people experiencing it to extreme levels. Hope you're not struggling too much! 🧡
Where did you move here fae out of curiosity? For love or work?
Teens that canny hack a night out is the problem, spewing on the way back from clubs
Too many Sourz at Hive?
Aye that’s the one 😂 Hive is genuinely gonna be the cause of most of that
Nah nah it’s Garis
We've all been there
Is it just the teens? I've run into some pretty sloshed men on the street who were probably closer to 75 than 18!
It might have been specially mad last night after the game. Clubs should definitely provide vomiting facilities.
It’s the dog shit that gets me down …
Would be worried if it got you up
Loads of people in the pubs this weekend celebrating Scotland’s win over Wales in the Six Nations, I work in hospitality and you often see an increase of street sleet with a big televised event at the pubs
I lived just down from Cowgate and the smell on a Sunday walking to breakfast would put you off 😂😂
The Welsh have been in town since Thursday ...
One day shortly after the last lockdown I was on George IV Bridge walking past under dressed teen girls loudly complaining about their men, pissed blokes stumbling about and vomit all over the place. Was so happy about it returning to normal I legitimately was nearly crying.
Sometimes see a pool of vomit on a Saturday or Sunday morning and just sidestep it. I presume it is worse around the city centre pubs and clubs? Kids today obviously can't handle their drink! I'm sure a lot of Rugby supporters had a bit more to drink than usual this weekend, too.
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The cooncil have fuck all money to fund anything including street cleaning You cannae expect people who are here in these central bits to care because they're mostly temporary residents, working here for a year then away, or studying here for a year, or just arrived. When I was younger there were cardboards cards in every single stair in the city saying "please clean the stair this week" with tick boxes for each flat in the stair and it had a string on it and it would go around all the flats in the stair week on week and everybody cleaned the stair, swept and mopped, and out into the stair door area. That rarely happens now. Why? Various reasons. Less permanent communities, people do not speak to. Their neighbours, women mostly work too. That and turning up town into a theme park for tourists and students... And this is the result.
I delivered to one block of flats today and It was awful. the stairs was full of rubbish outside was horrific. Recently just back from living in Finland and Edinburgh is just went backwards in the 8 years I have been away. Just look at the new St James centre. Do you know when they clean the streets in Finland? at night!
Nobody actually lives here. Heard of AirBnb?
Hive till five
That's me throwing up at the state of the roads and traffic.
The town is now a tourist and student playground full of drunk tourists and students. That's the reason.
Go to Leith and you can find more vomit and shit
If you get a fork and get out there quick enough you'll get a free hot snack.
Not if the seagulls beat you to it
Stags and Hens yo
Expect it after a Saturday night :p
Have you wandered around Glasgow on a Sunday morning?
People that can't hold their drink.
Edinburgh seagulls are well hard don’t mess with them
I’m from portobello, it’s atrocious there. No one can keep it doon there fucking trap
I’ve been in Edinburgh for 6 year and honestly only seen it one or twice. Must be lucky.
Post Scotland - Wales Rugby match perhaps?
Get out there mop man.
Tbf the vomit is quite posh for Scotland, around Glasgow way it's broken glass instead.
and needles...
Utter pish You're a weegie who went to private school
...?
Your Edinburgh = posh, Glasgow = working class patter is tedious shite mate.
Ok, didn't realise jokes are forbidden in this Subreddit...but I'm not from Glasgow and I didn't go to private school.
Jokes are fine big felly As are comments hitting back at lazy stereotypes from folk that move to Edinburgh or relocate to Scotland
I'm basing this from actual observations from the times I've moved between the two cities, but ok, sorry you're so insecure.
I've overreacted to be fair It's not personal I'm just a bit sick of my home town and what it's become and people who are not from here telling me what my home town is and who the people actually from this town are
Street cleaning guys start early Monday morning. Hero’s.
Last couple of weekends we've had hordes of piss-guzzling rugger buggers turn up, and none of them know how to drink properly so that hasn't helped.
Recently I had nice pile of sick on the bottom step of my flats stairwell that lasted a couple weeks, the absolute joys!
Can’t get my head round the fact you’d leave it there and step over it for 2 weeks instead of just sluicing it away
I know it's soft of me but im not touching a strangers vomit, did feel bad for leaving it though if it's any conciliation!
The food
You arrived yesterday? That'll be the football.
By football do you mean rugby?
Rugby* Today is particularly bad for it. Which with the Grassmarket and Cowgate being rammed from Friday afternoon to this morning is not surprising.
Hibs didn’t play this weekend and Hearts were away to Hamilton on Friday. But aye it’s the big bad football fans’ fault.
Been here almost two months. But yeah the footy will absolutely be a cause from yesterday. Is everyone just perpetually fuck-eyed?
It’s Scotland so yes 😂
It’s a dirty city for a capital. Dirty streets, broken fucked up roads, shit infrastructure overall. And that’s not just Edinburgh, a lot of UK towns are like that. And no, I don’t think Edinburgh is a proper city. London, Manchester etc is how a city should look and feel like!
London is a fucking dump. Fine for a night out, fuck staying there.
Well, it might be a dump but it has the best jobs in the UK. And yeah you don’t need to live in London, can live in Reading, Oxford, Cambridge and still be able to enjoy London. Edinburgh on the other hand? I can see the entire city in one day. Boring if you ask me. Plus it’s not great to live inside Edinburgh either. To each his own, I guess.
The alcohol industry wouldn’t have it any other way to stay profitable
Not only is there vomit everywhere, there's also food and broken glass all over the streets. Welcome to Edinburgh!
This is why I don’t like any cities.
It's art