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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Went to sheffield once for a night out and got a kicking just because i was scottish. There are rough places most towns and cities you go to. But i agree with you on certain areas of glasgow. Not a city i am fond of if i am being brutally honest. Much prefer edinburgh myself   |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"in my mind there is no such thing as a bad place only bad people populating it "
It start as a small minority of people you wouldn't want to have as neighbours but before long it can get into the fabric and that's when the rot really sets in. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
Pubs with no windows were a decision of the breweries who funded them in the first place and it isn't that long ago that even if a pub (or a bookies) DID have windows, they had to be made so you couldn't see in from the strets. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Jesus Onny, just answer the question.... i am nearly erring on the side that the worst would be your house lol...ps i went to kilmarnark once... wasnt pretty, or Cumbernauld.. a bit dire to say the least from what i saw |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Jesus Onny, just answer the question.... i am nearly erring on the side that the worst would be your house lol...ps i went to kilmarnark once... wasnt pretty, or Cumbernauld.. a bit dire to say the least from what i saw"
Just remind me what the question was?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There's no such thing as bad areas, just bad people- a community is what is made of it, by people all pulling together, in an attempt at keeping the anti-social elements in check.
As someone once said, it Only takes for man to do nothing, and let the majority overrun our society. |
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By *z ThongzWoman
over a year ago
Lanarkshire |
Better the devil ye know and its the same with places if ye dont know it then it can be pretty bad , if yer familiar u can avoid the more unsavory parts , think its much of a muchness no matter where you are. |
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I work within the community of north Lanarkshire and some of the places I visit are pretty horrid ..but that's down to bad people and not the area ,in fact there are some petty pleasant people who live in these places who are respectable and decent people x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I work within the community of north Lanarkshire and some of the places I visit are pretty horrid ..but that's down to bad people and not the area ,in fact there are some petty pleasant people who live in these places who are respectable and decent people x "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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ive stayed, and still live in one of the most deprived areas of glasgow. ive been brought up properly and have nothing but respect for the people that live around me. some may have fallen on hard times but who am i to judge, some of the best people i have met have stayed in deprived areas so basically i dont judge a book by its cover and i think this post is a wee bit sad but each to their own i suppose |
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By *nntoinetteCouple
over a year ago
West Dunbartonshire |
"ive stayed, and still live in one of the most deprived areas of glasgow. ive been brought up properly and have nothing but respect for the people that live around me. some may have fallen on hard times but who am i to judge, some of the best people i have met have stayed in deprived areas so basically i dont judge a book by its cover and i think this post is a wee bit sad but each to their own i suppose "
I actually do agree with your opinion sense why I did not name a bad area. I work in one of the most deprived areas in Glasgow helping people with there claims to benefits and such as. Now I was brought up in Govan and I am a single parent who is severely struggling. So therefor I understand and help people out the best I can. 90% of the people from the area I work in are wonderful, yes poor but, cheerful even though they are penniless and decent people. Who are we to judge after all you never know whats round the corner.....appreciate what you have it could be a lot more worse. |
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I live in a housing scheme near Dalkeith which has been called by some people bandit country, yes it has it's rough element but I have the nicest neighbours. Before that I lived in a wee paper mill village in a tiny mill workers flat, again the nicest of people lived in the block. I was sorry to leave but the flat really was tiny.
People make or break a place and I have found the people with the least are usually the most generous. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People make or break a place and I have found the people with the least are usually the most generous
very true and those that have are always the ones looking down their noses at others  |
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"Kola, that to an extent makes the place bad, but they didnt build the tower blocks and the pubs with no windows..."
pmsl g i live in a tower block and i am very glad i do my neighbours are diamonds and i have no garden to worry about, a cummunual park for those that have children secure entry and concierge to look after community areas live in a supposed horrible place but its home and i love it |
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"People make or break a place and I have found the people with the least are usually the most generous
very true and those that have are always the ones looking down their noses at others "
Yep went out with a lovely guy, very intelligent, went to Cambridge ect came from the Edinburgh illiteratey, his friends were some of the worst people I've ever met, didn't like me because I didn't go to uni or speak 3 langues, they spent the whole time we were going out looking down their noses at me and pointing out I didn't go to the right school....blaaa life is too short for that nonsense. |
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By *ompip3Couple
over a year ago
Paisley |
We're from Paisley, which in recent years has had some bad justified and unjustified) press, and are fiercely proud of our town.
Yes, there are some elements which drag the place down, but there are just as many "Good Buddie's" who shine and keep that smile on their faces, and can lift the spirits of those around them by exuding goodness and kindness.
The destructive people can be found in all walks of life, not just the slums so to speak....when you move to the posh parts , the only difference is they can afford a better class of drugs! 
Take Ferguslie Park, reputedly to be one of the worst areas in Scotland...Yet it has given the world people like Joe Egan (singer/songwriter)
Gerry Rafferty (singer/songwriter)
Kelly Marie (singer/songwriter)
John Byrne (artist and playwright)
and not to ignore Billy Connolly who spent many many times there.
Anyways, I digress.....what im trying to say is look a bit deeper when you think a place is a bad place, as it may be a lot better than the place you are right now!
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so true tompip some really do think that money can buy you class but sadly it doesn't
and just because some people live in a more deprivad area than others does not mean they are any better or any worse than anyone else. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I think architecture plays a large part, just as much as the people. No one has really mentioned that.Take Glenrothes centre, who ever designed that should have their head looked at! |
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"I think architecture plays a large part, just as much as the people. No one has really mentioned that.Take Glenrothes centre, who ever designed that should have their head looked at!"
hahahah G hence why i dont live there anymore its a shit hole lol xxxxxxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Remember Queen Elizabeth Square in the Gorbals?They were designed by a Spanish architect......origionally designed and constructed for the good people of Barcelona.....beautiful city,beautiful weather,fantastic places to stay!!!Put them up in the Gorbals.....shitehole(I can say that cos I was born in the Gorbals!!)with our shite weather......DAMP,SHITTY hi rise flats.Horrible places to live!!! |
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I stayed a night in Govan with rioters running through the street.
Attended a New Years Party in Pilton and someong got shot in the Gunner
Neither one of those incidents made these areas stand out as the worst place in Scotland for me because these actions were by the minority.
The worst place on Scotland would be somewhere nobody takes a minute to pass the time of day, nobody returns a smile and most importantly everyone forgot to say please and thank you.
Apologies for highjacking
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Remember Queen Elizabeth Square in the Gorbals?They were designed by a Spanish architect......origionally designed and constructed for the good people of Barcelona.....beautiful city,beautiful weather,fantastic places to stay!!!Put them up in the Gorbals.....shitehole(I can say that cos I was born in the Gorbals!!)with our shite weather......DAMP,SHITTY hi rise flats.Horrible places to live!!!"
Hutchie C was designed by Basil Spence. Admittedly it was to a "Mediterranean" design but he ain't Spanish.
You may be thinking of Miralles of Holyrood fame. |
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Lots of places in Glasgows southside I wouldnt want to live in. Penilee for example, I really don't like it. But, a new research student at the uni who is intelligent, well spoken & thoroughly nice is from there.
There are definitely lovely people in some of the deprived areas, no doubt about it but I still wouldn't want to live there, given the choice.
Btw, although lots of the southside of Glasgow does not appeal to me, I'm from there & still live there & I do rather like it. I have a nice, quiet wee place with very pleasant neighbours, in among bandit territory haha. |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
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Take Ferguslie Park, reputedly to be one of the worst areas in Scotland...Yet it has given the world people like ............
Gerry Rafferty (singer/songwriter)
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People who spoke at Gerry's funeral said he was born in the west end and brought up in Foxbar. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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would you walk through Ferguslie at night if you didnt live there, i would suggest there wont be a queue of people wanting to discuss the arts or shake your hand, and im from Paisley as well if you think im having a moan about Paisley |
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A lot of this boils down to economic muscle, you have people mortgaging themselves up to their necks as soon as they can afford it to move to so called "better areas" which are mainly dictated from school league tables,moving from one sort of closed society or "shithole"to another,many of these people then like to look down on others to make themselves feel better about their overpriced property. As many have said on this post already ALL AREA'S have their share of socially unproductive types, there are good people everywhere , we should not be so judgemental, as it is not a residents fault, that an architect was having a wet dream !!! Rant now over. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lived in a few places, Herts,,lovely,, North London nice too,busy yet nice big green areas etc and full of life, spent a short time in Ballachuilich*(god knows correct spelling), beautifull, but stunning scenery may content some people, not me. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Lived in Kent, London and a few places in Scotland. The north wins hands down on scenery. But loads of dodgy areas and crap architecture. Some great places too, Princes street is gorgeous.
It is a thread about the worst though ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I meant me ABS talking about Edinburgh.
I hated Marryhill due to the hi rises and the industrial estates..and no one spoke to you and everyone wore shell suits and hoodies. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You canny change the physical landscape without first changing the social one.
I'm in Motherwell and i'm afraid we are full to the gunnels with wasters and lowlifes  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just an observation people are saying things like "minority of people" and "people dont make an area bad"
What are you saying there are no good or bad places?
That ferguslie park or easterhouse or possil are just as safe with the same people as newton mearna and bears den.
People do make an area good or bad and some areas have a higher percentage of scum than others.
Im from ferguslie park and although alot of decent people there lets be under no illusion there are more scum, more neds, and more bad people than say bearsden r milngavie. Thats why it has a higher crime rate a higher police presence and is more run down
Stop living in a PC mindset and start Being honest. Places are shitholes because people livin in them make them that way |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just an observation people are saying things like "minority of people" and "people dont make an area bad"
What are you saying there are no good or bad places?
That ferguslie park or easterhouse or possil are just as safe with the same people as newton mearna and bears den.
People do make an area good or bad and some areas have a higher percentage of scum than others.
Im from ferguslie park and although alot of decent people there lets be under no illusion there are more scum, more neds, and more bad people than say bearsden r milngavie. Thats why it has a higher crime rate a higher police presence and is more run down
Stop living in a PC mindset and start Being honest. Places are shitholes because people livin in them make them that way"
city center glsgow can be the worst place EVER on almost any nite...even George Sq at newyear can be majorly embarrassing |
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My own personal opinion, having grown up on a pretty dodgy estate in Edinburgh and now living on the edge of a really rough estate is that whilst there are still good people then it is not the end if hope for that area. Estates can be won back from Neds, drug dealers etc it only takes a few in a community to take a stand. That, to be perfectly frank is not PC crap it is believing in mankind. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just an observation people are saying things like "minority of people" and "people dont make an area bad"
What are you saying there are no good or bad places?
That ferguslie park or easterhouse or possil are just as safe with the same people as newton mearna and bears den.
People do make an area good or bad and some areas have a higher percentage of scum than others.
Im from ferguslie park and although alot of decent people there lets be under no illusion there are more scum, more neds, and more bad people than say bearsden r milngavie. Thats why it has a higher crime rate a higher police presence and is more run down
Stop living in a PC mindset and start Being honest. Places are shitholes because people livin in them make them that way
city center glsgow can be the worst place EVER on almost any nite...even George Sq at newyear can be majorly embarrassing "
The majority of trouble makers tending to be from these rougher areas |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
" .......... Estates can be won back from Neds, drug dealers etc it only takes a few in a community to take a stand. That, to be perfectly frank is not PC crap it is believing in mankind."
I don't doubt they CAN, but have any actually BEEN won back?
I can't think of any. |
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The man is on an ego trip and will fall off his perch eventually. how can you ask 16year olds to vote when half of them cant even spell!!! Can you imagine the voting papers? if they are not on twitter or facebook these kids wont have a clue on the day!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Coatbridge is an absolute s?!thole.
As another poster stated, it has a lot to do with the architecture, and not the residents.
Weather hailes in Edinburgh pretty scummy, but the park head area of Glasgow has to be the worst in scotland, which also has the highest crime rate in the strathclyde region, per head.
Edinburgh and Aberdeen have a much higher standard of living. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"i visited ferguslie park when i was 14 and memories are still clear to this day.... and i lived in paisley at the time just the other end of town. Beruit is probably safer."
Beg to differ I have friends and family from ferguslie park and beruit is by far an exageration.
I personally think every place has good and bad its what you know even posh places have the "junkies" they just hid better and dont think blatently slating somewhere where people live and have grown up is a nice thing to do |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i visited ferguslie park when i was 14 and memories are still clear to this day.... and i lived in paisley at the time just the other end of town. Beruit is probably safer.
Beg to differ I have friends and family from ferguslie park and beruit is by far an exageration.
I personally think every place has good and bad its what you know even posh places have the "junkies" they just hid better and dont think blatently slating somewhere where people live and have grown up is a nice thing to do"
Ok, well theres a few that have said glenrothes is shite and the OP has not taken offence, hell theres a lot that claim a lot on here and dont live up to it, "my man says it how it is and if we dont like it tough", pffft, they are on christmas holidays i guess ? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i visited ferguslie park when i was 14 and memories are still clear to this day.... and i lived in paisley at the time just the other end of town. Beruit is probably safer.
Beg to differ I have friends and family from ferguslie park and beruit is by far an exageration.
I personally think every place has good and bad its what you know even posh places have the "junkies" they just hid better and dont think blatently slating somewhere where people live and have grown up is a nice thing to do"
I lwas born in ferguslie and lives there for 21 years dont talk pish its a shitehole.
There are nice people in beruit as well doesnt make it nice
Its shit and its not a wee minority that make it shit more people that your pc brigade mindset is saying. And sure posh people may have junkies lets count how many junkies and how violent they are between feegy amd say milngavie. Then the rest of jus the scummy neds between the areas.
Shut up ferguslie is a shite hole and you having relatives there doesnt make it less of a shite hole |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i visited ferguslie park when i was 14 and memories are still clear to this day.... and i lived in paisley at the time just the other end of town. Beruit is probably safer.
Beg to differ I have friends and family from ferguslie park and beruit is by far an exageration.
I personally think every place has good and bad its what you know even posh places have the "junkies" they just hid better and dont think blatently slating somewhere where people live and have grown up is a nice thing to do
I lwas born in ferguslie and lives there for 21 years dont talk pish its a shitehole.
There are nice people in beruit as well doesnt make it nice
Its shit and its not a wee minority that make it shit more people that your pc brigade mindset is saying. And sure posh people may have junkies lets count how many junkies and how violent they are between feegy amd say milngavie. Then the rest of jus the scummy neds between the areas.
Shut up ferguslie is a shite hole and you having relatives there doesnt make it less of a shite hole"
Eh shut up dnt think so if it that bad move out ffs dnt think if I thought a place I lived was so bad id still stay there and yea I have a lot of relatives that stay there most of my family and friends stay there my opininn and you have yours hence the forum  |
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