Live in Stirling
Stirling has been the place of choice to live since the 15th century when King James III abandoned his other residences because he considered it 'maist pleasentest dwelling thair'.
Commuters have chosen to live in Stirling since the arrival of the railway in the 1850s. Marketed as a 'a health resort', the villas of King's Park were described as 'little short of princely in their elegance of architecture'. They still are family homes.
An accessible transport network means that a quarter of the working population travel 20km or more to their job. They choose to live in the country and work in Stirling or to enjoy the lifestyle benefits of a smaller city while working in the Edinburgh and Glasgow areas.
Stirling enjoys a lower cost of living than other cities in central Scotland.
The average cost of a house in the city in 2005 was £154,000, a rise of 9.9% over the last year.
Equivalent house prices are lower than in Glasgow or Edinburgh while choice ranges from Victorian villas and townhouses to rural farmhouses and new-build starter-homes.
Stirling offers a wide choice of schooling with 31 nursery, 42 primary, seven secondary and one private day school within the district. Local schools consistently outperform the Scottish average in examinations.
Stirling has the highest life expectancy of any Scottish local authority area. The World Health Organisation has recognised Stirling as a healthy city.
Stirling is a safe city with significantly lower crime rates and higher detection rates than for Scotland as a whole.
Stirling is a regional shopping centre with the equivalent of 17 football pitches of retail space.
Stirling is a sharing community A third of adults carry out voluntary work in 533 local organisations.
As a tourist destination and university city eating out and entertainment is cosmopolitan. The city’s theatre and exhibition spaces put on more than 2000 events a year.
Stirling residents enjoy the heritage and amenities that attract 4.5 million visitors to the city, all year round.
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