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  1. Hello, I'm an ex-Edinburgh student (graduated 2010) also based out of the Dugald Stewart, and I thought I'd add my thoughts to those of Spriteling. For self-catered accomodation you have university owned or privately rented shared flats. I lived in the former for my first year and then moved into the later. The former is good if you want to meet people, but that is about it. The flats are generally pretty sterile and not particularly nice. They are also not cheaper than average private room rent in the city. You can probably find a room in a shared flat with other students for somewhere between £350 to £450 a month. I paid £350 in my last year and that was pretty average then. The flats very but some can be very nice; often they have large rooms, high ceilings and big bay windows, althought since you won't really have time to shop around your equally likely to get stuck in the box room of a not particularly great flat (but generally no smaller than the university owned places). Have a look on gumtree (the uk eqiv of craigs list) for advertised flat shares, and I think the students union has a list of other good resources. Areas wise, if you want old character and close to George Sq all that Spriteling mentioned (Tollcross/Bruntsfield/Sciennes/Newington) work, with Tollcross and Newington having more in them but Bruntsfild being a bit nicer. You could also add Marchmont (where, along with Sciennes and Newington, most of the undergrads live meaning possibly a bit noisey at times) and Old Town to the list. Marchmont is a little less nice than Bruntsfield but closer to GS and Old Town is right next to the uni and in the heart of the city but you are probably more likely to get a crappier flat. If you don't mind a 20 min walk Morningside is also nice. On the other side of town is New Town, I don't have much to say about New Town as I never lived there, but it tends to be a little posher (and therefore less funky, although not much of Edinburgh is really that funky) and more expensive both shops and people wise. Some of the areas in New Town are very nice (particularly Stockbridge) and the flats tend to be nicer, but as I said they are more expensive and it is on the whole a little further away from GS. As far as the gym goes search for the CSE (the Universities Center for Sports and Exercise) on goolge maps, it's the best gym you will find int he city for the price and it is quite close to both GS and Newington. A bit far from most of the other areas, but not to far for a warm up jog or (what I used to do) a break from the library. The gym has Yoga although there is a nicer studio in Old Town right next to GS so it'll be the same distance as that. Never heard of bed bugs in the city, although I'm sure they do happen. Good luck
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