Moving to Edinburgh or Aberdeen

I'd recommend Edinburgh over Aberdeen for sure. The weather in Aberdeen is atrocious. Quite wet, very Northern Europe. The weather in Edinburgh is much better, lots of sunshine, pretend rain (I've seen sheet rain once here in 8 years!)

Something to keep in mind though about Edinburgh. If you live in North Edinburgh, close to the sea,it's fine because it's below the snowline. But above it, beware. Snow? Lovely to look at, lovely to see, but not outside my front door please. Why? Firstly, because above the snow line is freezing in winter compared to nearer to the sea. Plus the council really only make a good effort to snow plough the main roads rather than side streets. So last winter, for instance, in an area north of the Royal Infirmary, none of the roads in that area got cleared. The residents literally couldn't drive to their homes from the main road. No joke, people were having to dig out the road - the road mind you - by hand. People here don't have to clear the footpath outside their building, or salt the footpaths in anticipation of snow. And the council doesn't clear the footpath of ice either except if it gets bad in the city centre.   


Another winter, Balerno, a lovely area in the south west of Edinburgh, well above the snowline, got snowed in. For six weeks! Go out to Midlothian? - cheaper rents and nice homes, but they regularly have to close their schools for a few days here and there during the winter months because everyone is snowed in. 
for the way britain deals with snow in general, think a small rural place, not much money around, in Eastern Europe somewhere. And they probably still deal with it better than here!