What is Aberdeen?
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Scottish city, which prides itself on being "the oil capital of Europe". In reality this just means the dogsbody work of the oil industry is shipped up there, away from the company directors who still live in wealth and comfort in the South-East of England. Famous for it's terrible weather and casual violence, it also has the dubious honour of being the most radioactive city in Britain - due mostly to all the buildings being made out of granite, which slowly releases radon gas. The inhabitants are usually too stupid to cause many problems, so long as you don't look them in the eye...
"Where are you from?"
"Aberdeen."
"I'm so sorry."
*sobbing*
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Arsehole of Scotland. Really IS a shithole. I know, I've had the misfortune to live there for the last 5 years.
Punctuated by a proudly melancholic people of stony face and hopeless demeanour. Narrow horizons are projected often through the assertion that they "wouldnae want to live onywhere else", having never ventured south of Dundee.
The city itself is entirely composed of grey, mildly radioactive rock from a local quarry. Often euphemised as "silver", it is important to assert that this is only a reference to the way in which the rock shines when wet from the ceaseless rain. The sun is seldom out without rain: earning an even more far-fetched euphemism of Aberdeen as: "the Rainbow city".
On becoming aware that an elderly woman was ill at ease with me, a male in my early twenties, standing at a bus stop in a rough area of Aberdeen, I seek to break the ice and put her at ease with some gentle conversation (We brits always make polite conversation about weather) :
Me: Day's looking better, was awfully grey this morning.
Old Woman: Fit? (It means "what" in Doric, a hilarious regional dialect of said shithole)
Me (Talking louder so the old dear could hear me): Terribly overcast this morning: but it's nicer now!
Old woman: Better overcast than sunny!
Me: Eh?
Old Woman: Terrible thing the sun. Gives ye cancer: the sun.(pronounced cOncer in doric...)
This "glass half-empty" approach to life is ubiquitous with the festering place. If misery could be bought the city would bankrupt itself.
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best city in the world.
found in the north east of scotland.
it is famous for oil,granite and a brilliant team aberdeen fc.
great places to go are
but as all places there shitholes like kingcorth,northfield and portlethon where you may get muged or even shot (most likly kingcorth)
aberdeen has been referd to as sheepshaggers,after the whole football incident when an aberdeen player broke a rangers players leg.
night life in aberdeen is fantastic expecialy if your under 25.
went up to aberdeen was great fun.went to watch the dons play rangers they won 8-0.
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Scottish City in the north-east. greatest place on earth. we may have a crappy football team and the city might be made of granite but having lived there all my life, i wouldnt want to live anywhere else.
Aberdeen is scotland's oil capital.
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A proper authentic Scottish city, only fully appreciated by Aberdonians and non-Scots.
Attracts much critisism from the more simple residents of Scotland (i.e. within the central belt) largely borne out of envy of the fact that it is (for the most part) a nice place to live with few murders, no deep-fried Mars Bar suppers and no sectarianism.
The only 'one city - one football team' in Scotland - The Dons. Best team in Europe for a spell in the 80s, fans now accept that glory days are long gone but still fiercely loyal. Celtic fans think Dons try harder against Celtic, Rangers fans think the Dons try harder against Rangers. In reality, they try harder against whichever of the Old Firm is being especially annoying. Take your pick.
Glasweigan: Aberdeen? I hate it!
Non-Glasweigan: Hiv you ever lived there?
Glasweigan: Er no. By the way.
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great city,full of nice people
"granite" city,capital city of oil in europe
great football team.
cove,
but like all places theres the bad parts .kincorth,were you will get muged.
aberdeen is a youth/uni free place.were its great for uni ppl to go out clubing,and the uni is one of the best in the u.k.
aberdeen gets called "sheepshaggers" no one knows why,mabey because there fields outside????
but if you call an aberdonian one he'll agree
"went to aberdeen the other day best day ever!!"
random "SHEEP"
aberdeen guy "why thank you :D"
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Aberdeen MD, nextdoor to the shitiest town in America Havre de Grace.
So guess what it is the anus for all the shit in Havre de grace.
They have to create a magnet school, so people will go to Aberdeen. It is a tactic to illegally recruit atheletes.
There are lots of old people and posers who want be like those in havre de grace and edgewood; and yes, im mainly talking those in gangs and section 8 housing. Lets be honest only three things have come from Aberdeen, Cal Ripken, EJ Henderson and the Ironbird Statium.
But okay, I'll give them some credit. I don't hate Aberdeen. There are some poor kids growing up with the struggle. But it's just a ruralish town. It can't be a suburb like Edgewood and it can't be a city like Havre de Grace.
It has 5 million shopping centers and nearby APG military base. It's a decent place, but it's not really worthwhile to live there.
Where do we go today Edgewood or Havre de Grace?
Not Aberdeen.Sorry guys.
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