Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy View Post
You know more about Edinburgh than me and I only stay 30 odd miles away, typical Scot I know more about Ireland, Europe and the Canary islands than my own country!
I believe that is typical for most. Many of us don't know our own neighborhood as well as we might, but we'll know all about more distant places.

I live just outside of Washington, DC and work inside the city limits, but I don't go into the city but perhaps once or twice a year. Thus, I don't know my way around, where the good restaurants or watering holes are, or even much about many of the popular tourist attractions.