This came up recently in a discussion on Charlie Stross' blog. He lives in a seemingly large city-center apartment in Edinburgh. Although Edinburgh is not Londo

This came up recently in a discussion on Charlie Stross' blog. He lives in a seemingly large city-center apartment in Edinburgh. Although Edinburgh is not London City or Manhattan, it's a pretty expensive place to live. Part of his justification seems to be that for Sci-Fi, contemporary or near-future, living somewhere cheap can isolate you from an inspiring community. He also seems worried that living somewhere cheap can have a negative effect on your life in terms of health care and whatnot. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/03/cmap-4-territories-translation.html#more http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/03/cmap-4-t...