Inverness, Scotland
fix(markets): remove the 15-80km qualification rule from 19 profile pairs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ quality: stub status: active audience: customer-woodfine bcsc_class: current-fact short_description: "Scottish Highlands capital, well beyond commuting distance of Edinburgh or Glasgow — outside the current Top-400 qualifying band." short_description: "Scottish Highlands capital, well beyond commuting distance of Edinburgh or Glasgow — not among the markets published in the current Top-400 set." paired_with: markets/gb-sct-inverness.es.md last_edited: 2026-08-26 editor: editorial @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ editor: editorial Inverness, the northernmost city in the United Kingdom, does not currently appear in the European Top-400 Regional Markets list. Its distance from Edinburgh and Glasgow, the nearest major metros, is far beyond the 80 km outer edge of the suburban-regional band nearest major metros, leaves it serving the Highlands as its own regional centre applied for qualification. ## Overview @@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ the happiest place to live in the United Kingdom in 2024. ## Regional Market Standing Inverness does not currently appear in the [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] list. This is not a data defect; its distance from Edinburgh and Glasgow places it well outside [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location qualification system's]] 15–80 km suburban-regional band, classifying it as standalone-secondary. Europe]] list. This is not a data defect; the market is not among those published under the confirmed 2026-08-07 dataset. Inverness serves the Highlands as its own regional centre, and [[about-regional-markets-system|the co-location qualification system]] selects on anchor composition rather than on distance from Edinburgh or Glasgow. ## See Also