Aberdeen compared to other cities?

Compared to most other major cities? Again, I can't really comment, however I go to Birmingham for a night out and my friend would without a doubt say it was far better than Aberdeen.

And Aberdeen isn't in much higher a league as the ex-poly's

Piss off

Maybe, but from what I've heard it just looks even greyer, and even gloomier. You won't ever admit that Aberdeen isn't the best place ever, but still.

Compared to most other major cities? Again, I can't really comment, however I go to Birmingham for a night out and my friend would without a doubt say it was far better than Aberdeen.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Aberdeen is a great place to live/study/socialise. Just don't think its as superawesome as you always make out.

Compare it with cities of a similar population.

Birmingham is the second most populous city in the entire United Kingdom. Of course it's going to have more to do than Aberdeen!

But for what it's worth, Aberdeen doesn't have the gang warfare which Birmingham does, and one can wonder the streets at 3am in the morning in relative safety. Students make up a considerable percentage of the night-time population. It's also much smaller than Birmingham, which although meaning that there might be less to do, there's still enough to do and it's all very close together.

So a university which has exited for 6 centuries, produced the greats of history such as James Gregory and Thomas Reid, and produced 5 Nobel Prize winners isn't much better than an ex-poly? You sir, are having a laugh!

That is where you are going wrong: Aberdeen is by no means a major city, on par with Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the big English cities like Birmingham, Manchester, London, etc. As such it is extremely unfair to compare Aberdeen to Birmingham. Compare it with cities of a similar population.

So a university which has exited for 6 centuries, produced the greats of history such as James Gregory and Thomas Reid, and produced 5 Nobel Prize winners isn't much better than an ex-poly? You sir, are having a laugh!

You can't rest on history. Just because it was once good, doesn't mean it is now.

However then again, if people have the choice of going to Birmingham or Aberdeen it isn't like they're going to stop and think "hmmm, Aberdeen is smaller, therefore I should give it more slack even though it isn't as good."

Fair point, I agree it is unfair to compare it to large cities.

However then again, if people have the choice of going to Birmingham or Aberdeen it isn't like they're going to stop and think "hmmm, Aberdeen is smaller, therefore I should give it more slack even though it isn't as good." Understand what I mean? In all honesty I'm just sick and tired of RM falsely telling everyone Aberdeen is the best place in the world ever.

I'm from London, and that's the sort of thing we got there. I heard about similar things in Birmingham. You get it in most major cities though, including the likes of Manchester and Liverpool too.

Although London's the wealthiest city in the UK, there's a huge class divide. So people in the city centre might be living the high life, but those in the suburbs could live in the absolute slums we call 'council flats' and 'estates'.

I suppose it's inevitable when cities get too big. Aberdeen, on the other hand, is about perfect.



The Nobel Prize has only existed for a fifth of Aberdeen's history, and even now, the research output of the pure mathematics department (which I study) is very high, and a lot of the lecturers are top class. It doesn't rest on its past reputation and is currently investing millions of pounds on attracting academic scholars from across the world.

I'm from London, and that's the sort of thing we got there. I heard about similar things in Birmingham. You get it in most major cities though, including the likes of Manchester and Liverpool too.

Although London's the wealthiest city in the UK, there's a huge class divide. So people in the city centre might be living the high life, but those in the suburbs could live in the absolute slums we call 'council flats' and 'estates'.

I suppose it's inevitable when cities get too big. Aberdeen, on the other hand, is about perfect.

Different people will like different things from a city, though. If you want to live in a large city then obviously you'd choose Brum, and vice versa. You can't compare the two, because it's a different lifestyle.

You made out as though going out for the night in Birmingham is likely to result in being caught up in gang warfare as you so elegantly put it.

Every city has its bad parts too, I'm sure Aberdeen has problems sometimes. Maybe you'd like to look at this link that I stumbled on:

http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire/Scotland/info/worstthings

Nowhere is perfect. Not even Aberdeen.

Don't say it is then:

"I suppose it's inevitable when cities get too big. Aberdeen, on the other hand, is about perfect."

The Nobel Prize has only existed for a fifth of Aberdeen's history, and even now, the research output of the pure mathematics department (which I study) is very high, and a lot of the lecturers are top class. It doesn't rest on its past reputation and is currently investing millions of pounds on attracting academic scholars from across the world.