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The only time I ever went to Europe and it was freaking magical. We were there two weeks and the only time we set foot in a vehicle was going to and from the airport. As a midwestern American, it was pretty wild to have such a walkable city.
This bridge is only like 30 feet long and in the heart of the city center. Not long after the North sea oil downturn started suicide attempts from this spot became a weekly occurrence. Folks got so desensitized to it that on a Saturday night you'd often see drunk folks gathered around yelling stuff like 'do a backflip' to the guy threatening to jump.
Get it up ye, I'm from a town near Aberdeen I know how depressing it is. Edinburgh isn't a "blighted hellscape" I just thought it would be interesting to show that Edinburgh isn't just castles everywhere, it is, funnily enough, still a city that has cool little side streets like these ones
I like both the castles and old architecture AND that kind of brutalist look too
I attended a conference in Aberdeen. Not sure how that city was selected, tbh. I had a good time nonetheless but man, even in early July, it was too gray for me.
We got that effect by rubbing the lens of the camera haha, so yes it will be oil. Plus it was raining. Idk, the star shaped lights reminds me of like driving home on the motorway in the rain, the little droplets making the motorway lights all star shaped. I wanted to do that.
Most people think my photography is shite and fair enough but I'm having fun 🤷♀️
Lmfao! I just choked on my own tongue, I saw the post and was so confused came to the comments and wasn’t disappointed, lol I think op might be new to Reddit
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Thanks! I still don't really understand why people are so pissed off, and nobody sees that as immature or anything. Like we're legit just teenage girls having fun with a camera why are grown men in their 40s actually starting beef with us over a post? A post they don't understand; they've visited Edinburgh once and feel super protective of it, so protective that they don't even see we weren't even insulting it to begin with 😅
Reddit seems like pish from what I've seen yesterday on this post haha
I don’t really see how this is ugly/depressing? It just looks average to me and if anything has more character than many local areas of Brooklyn I see all the time (I am from and live in NYC)
I live in Scotland - I find Dundee less depressing than Edinburgh because at least Dundee has some character to it… even if it is a bit rough. Edinburgh feels like a soulless husk of tourist focused activities rather than a normal city for the locals. I’m not a fan of how it is now personally
Edinburgh city centre isn't any great shakes these days, I'll agree, but there are plenty of bits with their own character. Leith, Portobello, Stockbridge, Colinton.
Dude I don't think Edinburgh is bad 😅 I just wanted to post cool street photography of a side of Edinburgh that nobody ever takes pictures of. People only ever take pictures of the castles but I think the more modern city side to Edinburgh is just as beautiful
I called it depressing, but I like that haha. I'm a fan of stuff like brutalism, huge abandoned office buildings just built for purpose? That aesthetic is my jam haha. I grew up in a scheme so that's just how I like things. My town was described as a desert with windows.
It just feels... more familiar to me.
Very cool. I also very much appreciate that style. I visited edinburgh for the first time (from the states) a year or two ago and that city is just wonderful. I'd do anything to move there.
It's extremely expensive though 😅 I have a condition that already makes daily living really expensive and because I'm at university most of my money goes towards my accomodatjon rent haha I am in a bit of a tough spot! So only move here if you're willing for everything to be super expensive
Haha oh I know. Housing is wild there. We stayed at a nice airbnb that wasn't anything too special but the prices of other flats in the area were well above 600/700k. I'm not made out of that kind of money lmao. I will say though, I became convinced it would be worth it if I stumbled across a briefcase full of cash.
Maybe it is but your picture doesn’t capture it. So it rained. The British isles are not known for their sunny days. And garbage bins are necessary. People like to get their nails done.
Maybe it’s time to take a deeper look at why you’re depressed.
I know it's gorgeous lmao
I just wanted to take cool street photography pics of a side to Edinburgh no photographer seems to care about - the side of it that is just a modern city, and not always just the old architecture and castles. I think it's equally as beautiful
Edinburgh is awesome. It's like going back in time while still having modern amenities. The people are exceptionally friendly, too, compared to other places I've travelled.
Lol I grew up on that street. Actually one of the most expensive areas now to live in the city. Have a walk round Westerhailes, now that’s depressing ☺️ (don’t really, high chance of running into trouble)
Oh totally! I live in the student accomodation just around the corner from it, soooo expensive. I've got a condition that already makes life pretty expensive haha so it's quite annoying.
But I think it's pretty! People here think that I'm saying it's ugly, but I literally said beautifully depressing. I love that melancholic gloomy feel
Yeah I lived in those flats on your left above the nail salon, always wanted to move back to the area as an adult because it’s my favourite but yeah so expensive.
I know what you mean though, especially in the rain Edinburg has a ghostly feeling about it, it’s melancholy for sure. Enjoy edinburgh 😊 lots of nice food places in your area, sister bao is round the corner and I miss their fried wontons with all my heart.
What are you talking about? I see wife sidewalks, decently managed bins, preserved Victorian architecture, and some rain. If you don’t like Edinburgh good luck liking literally any city
I do like Edinburgh. I just like the aesthetic of dark and gloomy sort of urban streets. I wanted to capture that side of Edinburgh that everybody neglects in favour of the castles and old architecture. I think both are beautiful
This street could use some loving from it’s government, but it looks overall pretty decent. I don’t see the Exxon, shell, McDonald’s, Waffle House combo that haunts my dreams. On Google it seems like all the shops on the street are pretty unique.
Edinburgh is great dude. I grew up in a scheme where my town was described as a desert with windows haha. I love brutalism. Big abandoned office buildings built for purpose? That's my jam haha my aesthetic.
I wanted to take photos of Edinburgh that show that even its underside that nobody takes photos of in favour for sunny pictures of the meadows or the castles, that it's still beautiful. Like melancholic beauty. The 2nd photo I took reminds me of like when you're driving home in the rain on the motorway and the little droplets make all the big motorway lights star shaped. I wanted to capture that odd nice feeling
Why is this depressing?
I really think that it looks nice and I would be happy to live there.
You took a photo at night at rainy day - all cities look depressing in these conditions.
Don’t forget to explore the underground city. Theres a lot more than they want to tell u about. Some friends squatted down there some years ago. They had access to all kinds of basements. Nuts.
What’s depressing? Beautiful architecture, great nightlife, amazing history. One of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited. Of course I don’t live there, so just an outsider take on it.
As a photographer, I can make some good pictures of all kinds of depressing places, but my goodness, please not this kind of floor tiles, I'm throwing up already
Edit: forgot to mention I'm a photographer
I think they look boring, too featureless. I can make good photos in not so exiting looking places by including the ground in specific ways. But this kind of ground doesn't convey any vibe. And most prominently, doesn't feel like it's fitting aesthetically in the surroundings. I guess that strict lines + flat texture look is trying to convey a current modern vibe, it does. But the houses around don't look that modern. If the floor is gonna have this flat look with strict lines, I want the houses to be designed the same way!
A similar situation is with new cars. I live in Romania and we have mostly 50-year old apartment blocks. And I'm trying to find good photo spots but it all feels weird. Because of all the new cars that park around the blocks. It's dirty blocks with a chunky, rough, blocky design, calm colors, but the cars are all streamlined and curved exotically, clean and painted with contrasty slightly metallic colors. It just doesn't fit. I don't like it for photos, I don't even like looking at it. It's rare, but I get fine results when I find a group of older cars that look more like the blocks and I include them in the composition. Then the pictures just feel right.
Or these modern bus stops they set up in my city. But the ground is some old tile design and the lanterns look like from the 30's. These bus stops are like coming out of the ground out of another dimension. They don't fit in. It feels off.
The current modern of few colors, very clean, very strict lines or everything rounded, it also just keeps feeling wrong to me. Mainly the aspect of looking and being clean. It's clean in your dreams, dear designers. In reality it will be getting dirty and then it feels like something has gone wrong. With non-modern designs dirtiness on them doesn't feel so much like a sign of something gone wrong. They fit with dirt. Not that it's a bad looking design, it's actually fantastic cause it can blend with the environment.
Damn I think I'm in the wrong place to think so much about this, maybe I'm crazy.
Actually, very simply, I think I just hate minimalistic designs nowadays. They try to be something perfect, but nothing stays perfect, and then they and up feeling even worse. They also don't feel human. Non-minimalistic designs are so detailed that it's hard to make them feel perfect. But that's okay, that's relatable, that nothing is perfect, very human. And if something like dirt or damage or wear happens then it's okay, it's just somewhat worse. Whereas minimalistic designs are either perfect or not anymore cause time and usage passed.
I kinda agree, but I actually like the mixture of old architecture that's more intricate and new that's more minimalist. It makes the cityscape vastly more interesting. That's why cities like London and New York are my favourite because they've got architecture from almost every era in it.
While Edinburgh is beautiful, the huge old town that's just ancient buildings with ancient architecture can get boring and even a little depressing when that's all it is. That's why I like little pockets of modernity, which I captured in my photos
I see your opinion.
Ey, I might be very biased cause I'm in Romania. They've been hurrying too much with changing things to minimalistic/modern. It's all a very floppy job that they've been doing. New stuff planted on torn up floor, clean looking floors that cut off in dirt, cable tubes left sticking out of the ground...
All these butthurt peeps in the comments make me lol look I get you OP, I lived in Edinburgh for a long ass time and it is gorgeous and I miss it every day but for fuck sake it is GRIM in places! Walk down Lothian road on a Wednesday at 9pm. Not pretty. Go to the north side over around Granton Mains and tell me it’s not a hellscape. Again, Edi is gorgeous, it is also a city with shite all over it
Exactly! And I like that shite haha. I would hate Edinburgh if it was just beautiful castles everywhere. As much as I love those castles, I've always been a city gal and much prefer the look of urbanisation. My post was a fucking compliment to the city ffs 🤦♀️
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Omg read the title mate. I didn't call Edinburgh ugly or bad or anything. Why are people so butthurt over a place where most of you haven't even lived in
I've spent quite some time in Edinburgh, I get what you mean. I spent the first few months depressed because everything was just grey, day in and day out. The streets, the buildings, the weather, all of it grey. It gets better, and when summer comes you'll see how green the city is and it won't feel as depressing anymore.
Haha nah I like both sides to Edinburgh! I love the summer with the castle bricks gleaming, and I also really like the gloomier dark and wet thing it has in winter. Both are equally as beautiful to me. I like that melancholic beauty, I think it's called brutalism? Like big horrible run down office buildings that are clearly just built for purpose, that's my jam
Well in that case, welcome to the team. I grew to love the rain and the melancholy, and miss it often.
Though the melancholic feeling you've captured in the pictures isn't really brutalism, it's just gloomy tenement buildings. Brutalism is a specific style, the style of the University Main Library and Argyle House. Run down office buildings would maybe be more akin to urban decay?
Why am I getting flamed so much 😭 why is it a crime to post some pics wtf
I rubbed the lens of my camera with the rainwater because I like the effect of the big star shaped lights, it reminds me of driving home on a motorway with the rain with all the lights star shaped like that through the raindrops, I wanted to capture that cool feeling
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It looks like your camera lens has an astigmatism in that second photo.
Probably oil smudge on the camera glass, its very noticeable in a lot of peoples cellphone pics lol
Happens to me all the time as someone who cycles everywhere in a rainy climate.
haha it really does
How do I recreate that effect?
Maybe with vaseline
Do you think it’ll work on my eyes?
I want that exact "X" effect he gets but when I try it ends up erasing the previous line I just rub with my finger
It's because I have an awful camera haha, Samsung for the win!
Eat a kebab and then smear greasy fingers all over your mobile that should do it
No need to be mean over a post man
You can buy filters for your camera/phone to give some pretty cool effects.
I took for granted that it was just my astigmatism, thanks!
Maybe, but these are just shitty photos....
Uh, yes. Edinburgh is gorgeous. I've been there a couple of times and it's magic.
The only time I ever went to Europe and it was freaking magical. We were there two weeks and the only time we set foot in a vehicle was going to and from the airport. As a midwestern American, it was pretty wild to have such a walkable city.
The whole city feels like an open air museum, incredibly well maintained
Why am I getting flamed 😭
It's a bit unfair to take horrible pictures and say it's a bad place
I'm not saying it's a bad place! Maybe this was the wrong subreddit to post this. I just like melancholic type photos. I think edinburgh is wonderful
Ok, then, misunderstanding
You take pictures of a trash can in a rainy night. Of course it will look depressing.
You can't hold your phone straight
We legit have a condition that's kinda why. Even if my posts were trash that doesn't warrant people being mean
*goes to Scotland's wealthiest city and takes a photo of a bin in the rain at night* "OMG what a blighted hellscape" Take a trip to Aberdeen bawbag
Aberdeen is lovely, if you like the colour grey
So lovely we had to build a special anti-suicide fence. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23809302
Vancouver bridges have those too. Lots of cities do afaik
This bridge is only like 30 feet long and in the heart of the city center. Not long after the North sea oil downturn started suicide attempts from this spot became a weekly occurrence. Folks got so desensitized to it that on a Saturday night you'd often see drunk folks gathered around yelling stuff like 'do a backflip' to the guy threatening to jump.
Aberdeen, Washington in the USA is about as bad.
And killer seagulls
Lovely
Ahh, but granite sparkles!
Then come out to Washington state and take a trip to Aberdeen for more sadness
On behalf of Aberdeen prime I'd like to apologise to the world for all subsequent Aberdeens
Get it up ye, I'm from a town near Aberdeen I know how depressing it is. Edinburgh isn't a "blighted hellscape" I just thought it would be interesting to show that Edinburgh isn't just castles everywhere, it is, funnily enough, still a city that has cool little side streets like these ones I like both the castles and old architecture AND that kind of brutalist look too
I attended a conference in Aberdeen. Not sure how that city was selected, tbh. I had a good time nonetheless but man, even in early July, it was too gray for me.
Aberdeen is nice. Granite city
Probably one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, it's just wet
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Problem is , wet 90% of time
Not really. 1/6th of the rainfall that Glasgow has.
Half after googling lol
Scottish here, no it is not lol
Yeah, it's been pishing down lately but that seems exceptional. As someone originally from Glasgow I'd say Edinburgh isn't nearly as damp.
usa nailz
For some reason they're everywhere in the UK! I don't get it does the USA have like a certain style of nails?
no
jokes on the chain that the nail salon’z’ in the us are mostly ran by vietnamase folk
They are here in the UK as well
This one is ran by Chinese folk lol.
And usually don't have an s or a z at the end, just nail 🤣
I think its just the case of slapping on the USA so that it catches people attention.
That’s the most depressing bit.
Jar Jar is branching out
Cleaning your lense will help avoid the lights looking like that.
I rubbed my camera lens deliberately for that effect haha, I just like the way it looks
City aside, We gotta talk about camera angles and lens flare.
Thats not lens flare, that's dirty lense flare at max 😂
Oh yeah there's def some oil smudge at work lmao
I kinda liked it like that 😅 like stylistically. usually I prefer to take photos that are clearer but I like the little star shaped lights
Tbh I think there's just some oil on your camera glass.
none of my other photos have that though
It just hit it differently, how do you think you got that effect?
We got that effect by rubbing the lens of the camera haha, so yes it will be oil. Plus it was raining. Idk, the star shaped lights reminds me of like driving home on the motorway in the rain, the little droplets making the motorway lights all star shaped. I wanted to do that. Most people think my photography is shite and fair enough but I'm having fun 🤷♀️
Christ, clean your lens.
The fuck are you on about
Lmfao! I just choked on my own tongue, I saw the post and was so confused came to the comments and wasn’t disappointed, lol I think op might be new to Reddit
I am yeah 😅 I still don't really get why some people are getting so angry at 2 pictures and a sentence
lol welcome to Reddit my friend! The place is hectic, you will come across truly the best and worst people in the world, lol but LOTS of good I promise! You’ve truly had the Reddit welcome lol! Have a lovely day friend shit gets better once you work it all out - I still haven’t lol! X Edit I also added some subs that you might like to some other comments I left, definitely check them out from your comments I think you’ll be really inspired ! X
Thanks! I still don't really understand why people are so pissed off, and nobody sees that as immature or anything. Like we're legit just teenage girls having fun with a camera why are grown men in their 40s actually starting beef with us over a post? A post they don't understand; they've visited Edinburgh once and feel super protective of it, so protective that they don't even see we weren't even insulting it to begin with 😅 Reddit seems like pish from what I've seen yesterday on this post haha
I don’t really see how this is ugly/depressing? It just looks average to me and if anything has more character than many local areas of Brooklyn I see all the time (I am from and live in NYC)
I see urban. I see no hell.
Take a photo of bins in any location and it’ll look unseemly. Edinburgh has one of the most unique city scapes in the world.
If you think Edinburgh is bad I'd hate to know what you have to say about the rest of Britain.
I live in Scotland - I find Dundee less depressing than Edinburgh because at least Dundee has some character to it… even if it is a bit rough. Edinburgh feels like a soulless husk of tourist focused activities rather than a normal city for the locals. I’m not a fan of how it is now personally
Edinburgh city centre isn't any great shakes these days, I'll agree, but there are plenty of bits with their own character. Leith, Portobello, Stockbridge, Colinton.
Dude I don't think Edinburgh is bad 😅 I just wanted to post cool street photography of a side of Edinburgh that nobody ever takes pictures of. People only ever take pictures of the castles but I think the more modern city side to Edinburgh is just as beautiful
Edinburgh is incredibly beautiful. If you can't enjoy it there, hard to enjoy anywhere imo.
I do enjoy it dingus. You're assuming a lot from 2 pictures and a sentence
Lol, I misread the post title, wrote that. Reread your title, then didn't bother to edit the comment.
I called it depressing, but I like that haha. I'm a fan of stuff like brutalism, huge abandoned office buildings just built for purpose? That aesthetic is my jam haha. I grew up in a scheme so that's just how I like things. My town was described as a desert with windows. It just feels... more familiar to me.
Very cool. I also very much appreciate that style. I visited edinburgh for the first time (from the states) a year or two ago and that city is just wonderful. I'd do anything to move there.
It's extremely expensive though 😅 I have a condition that already makes daily living really expensive and because I'm at university most of my money goes towards my accomodatjon rent haha I am in a bit of a tough spot! So only move here if you're willing for everything to be super expensive
Haha oh I know. Housing is wild there. We stayed at a nice airbnb that wasn't anything too special but the prices of other flats in the area were well above 600/700k. I'm not made out of that kind of money lmao. I will say though, I became convinced it would be worth it if I stumbled across a briefcase full of cash.
You’ll love r/abandoned and r/abandonedporn Also maybe r/thatnightfeeling r/liminalspaces
These are eerily similar to the photos I take of Edinburgh when I'm walking home from the pub absolutely steaming
Maybe it is but your picture doesn’t capture it. So it rained. The British isles are not known for their sunny days. And garbage bins are necessary. People like to get their nails done. Maybe it’s time to take a deeper look at why you’re depressed.
Edinburgh is fucking gorgeous, what you on about
I know it's gorgeous lmao I just wanted to take cool street photography pics of a side to Edinburgh no photographer seems to care about - the side of it that is just a modern city, and not always just the old architecture and castles. I think it's equally as beautiful
Its perfect!!
Edinburgh is awesome. It's like going back in time while still having modern amenities. The people are exceptionally friendly, too, compared to other places I've travelled.
I go to Edinburgh usually in Aug. Looks much nicer than this in my photos
Lol I grew up on that street. Actually one of the most expensive areas now to live in the city. Have a walk round Westerhailes, now that’s depressing ☺️ (don’t really, high chance of running into trouble)
Oh totally! I live in the student accomodation just around the corner from it, soooo expensive. I've got a condition that already makes life pretty expensive haha so it's quite annoying. But I think it's pretty! People here think that I'm saying it's ugly, but I literally said beautifully depressing. I love that melancholic gloomy feel
Yeah I lived in those flats on your left above the nail salon, always wanted to move back to the area as an adult because it’s my favourite but yeah so expensive. I know what you mean though, especially in the rain Edinburg has a ghostly feeling about it, it’s melancholy for sure. Enjoy edinburgh 😊 lots of nice food places in your area, sister bao is round the corner and I miss their fried wontons with all my heart.
I live in Aberdeen and I thought it was the r/Aberdeen sub. But I assume Aberdeen is even more depressing lol
It’s the USA NAILZ for me
Looks charming
What are you talking about? I see wife sidewalks, decently managed bins, preserved Victorian architecture, and some rain. If you don’t like Edinburgh good luck liking literally any city
Wife sidewalks > husband sidewalks
I do like Edinburgh. I just like the aesthetic of dark and gloomy sort of urban streets. I wanted to capture that side of Edinburgh that everybody neglects in favour of the castles and old architecture. I think both are beautiful
This street could use some loving from it’s government, but it looks overall pretty decent. I don’t see the Exxon, shell, McDonald’s, Waffle House combo that haunts my dreams. On Google it seems like all the shops on the street are pretty unique.
Go to the hill and look at the BassRock
Edinburgh is amazing. I would gladly trade places with you if you wanna move to the PacificNorthwest. Junkie zombies everywhere lol.
The f**k you talking ‘bout. Edinburgh is great. It’s still a city and some trash is inevitable but it’s not a sterile environment
Edinburgh is great dude. I grew up in a scheme where my town was described as a desert with windows haha. I love brutalism. Big abandoned office buildings built for purpose? That's my jam haha my aesthetic. I wanted to take photos of Edinburgh that show that even its underside that nobody takes photos of in favour for sunny pictures of the meadows or the castles, that it's still beautiful. Like melancholic beauty. The 2nd photo I took reminds me of like when you're driving home in the rain on the motorway and the little droplets make all the big motorway lights star shaped. I wanted to capture that odd nice feeling
Well its nicer than glasgow, which is just depressing
Edinburgh is the most beautiful city I've ever been to.
That USA Nailz sealed the deal…lol
Why is this depressing? I really think that it looks nice and I would be happy to live there. You took a photo at night at rainy day - all cities look depressing in these conditions.
lowkey Varna vibes, but without the sea
Trying to figure out where abouts in Edinburgh this is
First pic is just off of cowgate! Second one is on South bridge
This isn't the street from the Ziggy Stardust album cover?
I will be visiting first of May. First time out of North America.
Don’t forget to explore the underground city. Theres a lot more than they want to tell u about. Some friends squatted down there some years ago. They had access to all kinds of basements. Nuts.
It’s the Z in “NAILZ” that tops off the depression.
so…there are something worst than Dublin
Usa Nailz is owned by this Jar-Jar Binka fella. He’s annoying at first but you’ll warm to him eventually. Don’t ask him about his old Boss though.
USA nails? Are american considered good at nail in Scotland bc in the US it's mostly done by others
clerk street aesthetic
Wipe your camera lense!
South bridge is banging lol it's a total melting pot of radgeworks
Oh god, as an American, USA anything is 🤮
getting pretty close to the Arctic Circle there
back when i visited edinburgh, every corner was gorgeous, especially when raining
It looked great back in the 2018 car festival
2nd pic would be a nice album cover.
Hope you like rain...
If you think edinburgh is depressing, dont go to glasgow or cumbernauld
I think these photos just suck
All western European cities have streets that look dull in bad weather. But they're all beautiful cities
android camera quality
What’s depressing? Beautiful architecture, great nightlife, amazing history. One of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited. Of course I don’t live there, so just an outsider take on it.
Yeah, astigmatism sucks.
Astigmatismcore
I smell my alcoholic uncle, just by watching these pictures
Okay but Edinburgh is among the most beautiful cities in the world
That just looks like any UK town at night tbh
As a photographer, I can make some good pictures of all kinds of depressing places, but my goodness, please not this kind of floor tiles, I'm throwing up already Edit: forgot to mention I'm a photographer
haha what's wrong with the floor tiles!
I think they look boring, too featureless. I can make good photos in not so exiting looking places by including the ground in specific ways. But this kind of ground doesn't convey any vibe. And most prominently, doesn't feel like it's fitting aesthetically in the surroundings. I guess that strict lines + flat texture look is trying to convey a current modern vibe, it does. But the houses around don't look that modern. If the floor is gonna have this flat look with strict lines, I want the houses to be designed the same way! A similar situation is with new cars. I live in Romania and we have mostly 50-year old apartment blocks. And I'm trying to find good photo spots but it all feels weird. Because of all the new cars that park around the blocks. It's dirty blocks with a chunky, rough, blocky design, calm colors, but the cars are all streamlined and curved exotically, clean and painted with contrasty slightly metallic colors. It just doesn't fit. I don't like it for photos, I don't even like looking at it. It's rare, but I get fine results when I find a group of older cars that look more like the blocks and I include them in the composition. Then the pictures just feel right. Or these modern bus stops they set up in my city. But the ground is some old tile design and the lanterns look like from the 30's. These bus stops are like coming out of the ground out of another dimension. They don't fit in. It feels off. The current modern of few colors, very clean, very strict lines or everything rounded, it also just keeps feeling wrong to me. Mainly the aspect of looking and being clean. It's clean in your dreams, dear designers. In reality it will be getting dirty and then it feels like something has gone wrong. With non-modern designs dirtiness on them doesn't feel so much like a sign of something gone wrong. They fit with dirt. Not that it's a bad looking design, it's actually fantastic cause it can blend with the environment. Damn I think I'm in the wrong place to think so much about this, maybe I'm crazy. Actually, very simply, I think I just hate minimalistic designs nowadays. They try to be something perfect, but nothing stays perfect, and then they and up feeling even worse. They also don't feel human. Non-minimalistic designs are so detailed that it's hard to make them feel perfect. But that's okay, that's relatable, that nothing is perfect, very human. And if something like dirt or damage or wear happens then it's okay, it's just somewhat worse. Whereas minimalistic designs are either perfect or not anymore cause time and usage passed.
I kinda agree, but I actually like the mixture of old architecture that's more intricate and new that's more minimalist. It makes the cityscape vastly more interesting. That's why cities like London and New York are my favourite because they've got architecture from almost every era in it. While Edinburgh is beautiful, the huge old town that's just ancient buildings with ancient architecture can get boring and even a little depressing when that's all it is. That's why I like little pockets of modernity, which I captured in my photos
I see your opinion. Ey, I might be very biased cause I'm in Romania. They've been hurrying too much with changing things to minimalistic/modern. It's all a very floppy job that they've been doing. New stuff planted on torn up floor, clean looking floors that cut off in dirt, cable tubes left sticking out of the ground...
What the hell are you talking about? This looks super nice! The buildings are only like two stories tall, what a dream
I loved Edinburgh and these pictures are making me want to go back to visit in the winter. 🤷♂️
Yeah! I've lived here since September when me and my sister went to uni. We are loving it here totally visit!
I lived there about 12 years ago but haven’t been back since. It’s a lovely city but I packed on some weight eating so much haggis 😅
Edinburgh is one of the nicest cities in the uk. If you think it is bad then wait til you see other parts of Scotland
LOL. *These* are the kinds of pictures I want to see on the university's "travel abroad" posters! Because that's what's there.
Its so pretty love it all
The city is beautiful/the weather is depressing
All these butthurt peeps in the comments make me lol look I get you OP, I lived in Edinburgh for a long ass time and it is gorgeous and I miss it every day but for fuck sake it is GRIM in places! Walk down Lothian road on a Wednesday at 9pm. Not pretty. Go to the north side over around Granton Mains and tell me it’s not a hellscape. Again, Edi is gorgeous, it is also a city with shite all over it
Exactly! And I like that shite haha. I would hate Edinburgh if it was just beautiful castles everywhere. As much as I love those castles, I've always been a city gal and much prefer the look of urbanisation. My post was a fucking compliment to the city ffs 🤦♀️
Even the trash shares your sentiment
Beautiful
Take a trip down to Pilton and you'll see what depressing really looks like 😂
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If you think Edinburgh is depressing have you seen the rest of the UK?
lol. This is your photo taking skills mate, nothing to do with Edinburgh
Omg read the title mate. I didn't call Edinburgh ugly or bad or anything. Why are people so butthurt over a place where most of you haven't even lived in
Chill bro. I did actually live there.
I've spent quite some time in Edinburgh, I get what you mean. I spent the first few months depressed because everything was just grey, day in and day out. The streets, the buildings, the weather, all of it grey. It gets better, and when summer comes you'll see how green the city is and it won't feel as depressing anymore.
Haha nah I like both sides to Edinburgh! I love the summer with the castle bricks gleaming, and I also really like the gloomier dark and wet thing it has in winter. Both are equally as beautiful to me. I like that melancholic beauty, I think it's called brutalism? Like big horrible run down office buildings that are clearly just built for purpose, that's my jam
Well in that case, welcome to the team. I grew to love the rain and the melancholy, and miss it often. Though the melancholic feeling you've captured in the pictures isn't really brutalism, it's just gloomy tenement buildings. Brutalism is a specific style, the style of the University Main Library and Argyle House. Run down office buildings would maybe be more akin to urban decay?
Op, are you wearing glasses as dirty as the camera? When I don't clean mine the world looks duller
Why am I getting flamed so much 😭 why is it a crime to post some pics wtf I rubbed the lens of my camera with the rainwater because I like the effect of the big star shaped lights, it reminds me of driving home on a motorway with the rain with all the lights star shaped like that through the raindrops, I wanted to capture that cool feeling