Edinburgh residents have "spare cash of about £14,000 a year"?!

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From todays local rag:

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GARETH ROSE

THE Capital's residents have more disposable income than those in most of rest of the UK and are among the healthiest in Scotland, a new survey reveals today.

With spare cash of about £14,000 a year, residents have more money to spend on themselves than any other part of Scotland, and only lag behind the richest parts of London and South East England..>
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1786252005

Where do they get that figure from!? I don't know anyone who has "spare cash of £14k a year", I know a few people who don't even earn that much in a year (before tax, working full time).

Jinx

Hmmmm disposable 14k a year????

God knows where they got that figure, most at my work earn 14-20k, so lucky to take HOME 14k!!!!

We're clearly in the wrong job!!

Edinburghlass_2

Ok, own up, who has my share :mad:

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Never heard such P*SH (outside a party political broadcast).

My wife and I have full time jobs, she has qualifications dripping out of her ears (I have "only" a humble degree), and we ain't got the 14 grand spare each year!

If that is an "average" figure, and I know there are loads of people in Edinburgh on the poverty line (it isn't all the new town and Princes Street you know), there must be lots of folk coining it in.

I suppose determined MSE-ers might get there eventually!

Wild (14 grand-less) Rover

john0612

probably comes from them renting oot their hooses' at the festival and at ne'erdy lol.

dag_2

With spare cash of about £14,000 a year, residents have more money to spend on themselves than any other part of Scotland

I think it means that all the residents of Edinburgh put together have £14,000 spare between them. It doesn't mean £14,000 each!

Edinburghlass_2

Having travelled into town the other day by bus and looking down from the upper deck at the litter and dirt about the city I was ashamed.

Round about Waverley all the bins were full and rubbish was dumped on the ground around it for the lack of anywhere else to put it.

Come on Edinburgh town council, we pay enough in rates for heavens sake, get the city cleaned up for all these visitors

Oh and if you find my £14,000 you can even use that...