Prevailing winds meant that most cities that grew in
industrial Britain had their most desirable
neighbourhoods to the west – upwind of factory fumes.
Edinburgh was no exception, with its wealthiest
citizens settling in its West End and leaving behind
grand Georgian townhouses, private gardens and genteel
crescents. These backstreets remain as dignified and
sleepy as ever, and most of the action here lies along
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the district’s busy main roads. Lothian Road connects
to southern Edinburgh and harbors a vague
entertainment district: three theatres and the city’s
main indie cinema. All attract a select crowd, the
sort who appreciate the Saturday Edinburgh’s Farmers’
Market around the corner. The West End’s other great
thoroughfare, Shandwick Place, is dominated by trams
trundling out to the suburbs and airport, and shoppers
picking up last-minute items before hopping aboard.
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