Quote Originally Posted by Cyd View Post
the more tourists a town attracts the more rubbish is produced to cater for them. The Royal Mile in Edinburgh is famously lined with what look like high end shops, most of them hocking rubbish for tourists.
Yes indeed! It's shocking, really, to see the difference between The Royal Mile back in the 1980s (when it consisted of legitimate Scottish Highland Dress Outfitters and pipemakers) and today (full of shops selling Pakistani tat).

Last time I was there (2007) there were still two or three legitimate shops.