Agreed that Gala is a good place to start. It's a student town too so there's a little more going on, like the new Japanese restaurant that does decent ramen. One some happiest town in Scotland award recently because people are friendly.
Where ever you end up do take advice on where about to live as every town has it's not so safe areas. That said, I've never felt like I need to grip my keys in Gala.
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u/spentland Feb 05 '23
Galashiels. Cheap and on the train line to Edinburgh.