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It's often said that there are only six types of people in the world, and that's definitely the case if you live in the Scottish capital.

And there are certain types of people that you bump into all the time if you happen to be in Edinburgh. The cyclist who lives in Leith, gets their coffee from Artisan Roast, works at the uni, shops organically and gets really annoyed at motorists.

Then there's the fancy folk who live in Stockbridge, go to the Floatarium and spend their weekends watching horse shows.

What's more, they all seem to have the same names, so we've put together this very scientific* list to highlight the six types of people you'll inevitably meet in Edinburgh .

*Not even remotely scientific.

1. Andy

Andy discovered Brew Lab before they were popular, and spends all his time updating a 'best eateries in the 'burgh blog' that no one reads. He lives in a flatshare with six other blokes on Easter Road but claims to inhabit a 'creative space' in Leith ("it's such a diverse and exciting area"). He says he's vegan and buys kale salads just so he can Instagram them, but secretly loves KFC.

2. Chris

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Chris spent £2000 on his bike after discovering cycling shortly after his 40th birthday. He dresses in full aerodynamic lycra as if he's doing the Tour de France rather than cycling for 20 minutes up the Union Canal towpath to his job as a 'creative marketer' in Gorgie. He always smells faintly of sweat, has designer stubble, talks about potholes constantly and drinks nothing but Lucozade.

3. Cameron

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Cameron is sixty years young: he's never quite left his hippy years behind him and spends 90% of his time at the Forest Cafe and the other 10% of his time at Real Foods. He's a big fan of the Meadows Festival and spends most of it in a trance, waving his arms around in front of the folk stage while wearing a tie-dyed T-shirt. He actually works in finance and lives on the Grange.

4. Laura

Laura dreams of working in fashion, but currently works in Next on Princes Street . She spends nearly every evening going on Tinder dates with men like Andy, and hates every single one of them. She's got a degree in Knitwear Design from Heriot Watt, shares a flat near the Botanics and is permanently skint. Her last boyfriend got really into cycling so she had to dump him.

5. Alice

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Alice is furious ALL THE TIME. She lives in Morningside in a villa that she bought in 1930 for one shilling and sixpence. She doesn't know what the internet is and buys all her shopping from Valvona and Crolla. She spends most of her time glaring at passing students from behind her net curtains, complaining to the council about the bins, and going to the Church Hill Theatre to watch baffling Gilbert and Sullivan musicals. She hates you.

6. Sophie

Sophie studies English Literature at Edinburgh University , lives rent-free in a flat in Stockbridge that her dad bought for her ("it's an investment, dahling"), and spends most of her time wandering down to Waitrose in her pyjamas and a messy bun to stock up on champagne. She'll probably fail her degree but that's ok because she's dating a minor royal called Aubyn who wears Jack Wills polo shirts and drives a Bentley. She will end up working in PR.

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