Cuprabob Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Glasgow is not as bad as it used to be but like every other city in the UK there are areas you want to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I could list a few places in Manchester to avoid - and not the ones most people think they know about. But there's a difference between "you might find trouble" and "you will die". There is no city like Glasgow on this island. I ****ing love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm in Glasgow every other day. For entertainment, diversity and culture it's brilliant. It looks horrible though. And there is an undertone of menace. If I had to stay in a Scottish city it would be Aberdeen if it was hot, so baring that in mind, I'd go Edinburgh all day long. It's a stunning city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I visit Edinburgh for a couple of days each month, I love it. I'm yet to have any experience there or meet anyone there that is not thoroughly nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm yet to have any experience there or meet anyone there that is not thoroughly nice. That's because they're all tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm in Glasgow every other day. For entertainment, diversity and culture it's brilliant. It looks horrible though. And there is an undertone of menace. I don't get the undertone of menace but possibly I'm too close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TP27 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I had to endure the ignorant ***** that are your average Edinburgh residents. Note - average, not all. They really are about as unfriendly as it gets compared to the rest of Scotland. I'm just glad that a few of us gave you the time of day, MrMe !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I don't get the undertone of menace but possibly I'm too close You're maybe not close enough. There are many parts of the city where we don't attend at night and many parts we don't attend unless we have a police escort. To be fair though, that is probably no different than many big city's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I'm just glad that a few of us gave you the time of day, MrMe !! Well I did stress some were okay. It was the miserable feckers down at the end of the Royal Mile I didn't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I think I might need this list pf places to avoid. The g/f already thinks I speak like a cockney (and I really don't). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 To be perfectly honest anyone with any instinct whatsoever soon realises they're in parts of Glasgow they shouldn't be. And gets out fast. The average person isn't going to 'stray' into them unless they're totally lost. As Garcon eluded to earlier though, there are parts of Manchester (and Liverpool) you could easily stray into and think nothing of - but soon discover you could end up in a lot of bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Scotland has hot bed locations, if you are catholic or Protestant, gers or Celtic, and that's just the locals at each other. Add in a London accent and it becomes all a bit hill billy in places. I like the place, and have managed to avoid grief most of the time. As kids we'd go to the baths with the Cousins (I was resident at the grand parents for 6 weeks every year for 12 odd years) and had to run through certain villages due to the Cousins being known Catholics. Aged 13 some NED pulled a knife on me because I kept on getting past his defense in a game of football. A lump of fallen tree was soundly wrapped round his head, and my grandad went and gave his dad a kicking for good measure. Now that isn't normal life, other than Scotland is it? (well it could be, as mentioned find any social housing area with poverty and the locals tend to have rather large chips of resentment to any outsider). Tongue in cheek, it's the monks fault for selling Buckie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Buckfast. Glaswegian for water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 It looks horrible though. And there is an undertone of menace Very true Good fun for a night out though, albeit a rough/tacky one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The average person isn't going to 'stray' into them unless they're totally lost. I'm not so sure. Some of the nicest houses in the city are right next door to some of the roughest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I'm not so sure. Some of the nicest houses in the city are right next door to some of the roughest. That the same in most places. You want to try some of the small towns and villages around where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The car looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxyboy Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 The car looks good Is this thread about a car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Even I had forgotten. It now looks sh1te due to tree sap etc so I got a shot of it in its prime. Now, back to the social demographics of southern Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyokco Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Looks stunnin v nice example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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