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I see.
EH1 is, as others have alluded to, equivalent to living on Oxford Street and next door to the houses of parliament, plus lots of stag/ hen parties and many students. It's well loud.
Stockbridge is "over" in my opinion, unless you like being cheek-to-jowl just to walk down the street.
I reckon you'd like the New Town, or to be fair the northernmost bit of EH1 (Broughton) or the Shore in Leith, or EH7. Equally some of the villages in East Lothian.
I live a matter of minutes' walk from the town centre, station, tram, etc etc and I still don't live in EH1 :)
Check out Easter Road for the up-and-coming hipster cafe scene.
As others have said, add 25% to the mortgage valuation when submitting offers in a blind auction if you actually want to get the place; it used to be 5-10% some years ago and still is in slow markets but Edinburgh and East Lothian are ridiculous now. Nevertheless you'll be able to afford something nice given you'll have a strong financial position if you sell in London (not a personal comment, just the reality as I see it - I reckon it would apply to anyone making the move with decent equity in property that they were going to sell in the South East).
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To try to lesson the culture shock of leaving London, mainly- on the assumption that the closer to the centre you are the more amenities there will be ranging from coffee shops to museums.
I know very little about Edinburgh and would be the first to admit it though.