When people ask me what it's like to live in Scotland, I tell them: The sky is gray, the buildings are gray, the people are gray. But if you go about 10 minutes in any direction you'll come across nature and it's just green.
But seriously, my main problem with Aberdeen is psychological. It feels so far from everywhere else. In Glasgow and Edinburgh, you're much closer to the rest of the UK and even the population centres in Scotland.
On the other hand, the whole HS2 debacle is a great way to explain this to my friends outside the UK. Bizarre to think it was promised as a way to connect the north of England (and Scotland) to London and the SE...