To live in Glasgow or Edinburgh?
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Glasgow featured in a Ross Kemp programme, tells you all you need to know:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
gwm said:
Glasgow featured in a Ross Kemp programme, tells you all you need to know:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
How does it tell you 'all you need to know' exactly? There are plenty of homeless junkies in Edinburgh too and every city for that matter.http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
gwm said:
Glasgow featured in a Ross Kemp programme, tells you all you need to know:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
All you need to know is Ross Kemp is a thttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mmxuk_ross-kemp...
t. Maybe it's a coincidence, but Kemp is an ex-Rector of Glasgow University, who was booted out of office for neglecting his duties, i.e. not turning up for functions.
MitchyRS said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
Glasgow has been ranked as the UK's most violent area in a new report. (2013)
In 2012 there were 2.7 homicides per 100,000 people in Glasgow. This compared to a 1.67 per 100,000 in London and a rate of 1.0 across the UK as a whole.
However, in 2007 Glasgow's homicide rate was much higher at about 4.5
As for life expectancy, this report is barely a year old...
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/...
There was also quite a comical article about the life expectancy in the Calton area of Glasgow at 53.9yrs old but that must be bollo*ks surely?
In its defence, Glasgow is improving and on the up, things are clearly getting better, the homicide rate has halved since 2007. Its a vibrant exciting city and the vast majority of people are friendly and welcoming. The press can paint a bleak picture with a set of statistics but if you stay in the right areas and dont go off the beaten track then Glasgow is a nice place to be.
Personally, i still prefer Edinburgh though but if you're after the nightlife and picking up more girls, it has to be Glasgow
Yeah it's soo different in any other city, course it is.Glasgow has been ranked as the UK's most violent area in a new report. (2013)
In 2012 there were 2.7 homicides per 100,000 people in Glasgow. This compared to a 1.67 per 100,000 in London and a rate of 1.0 across the UK as a whole.
However, in 2007 Glasgow's homicide rate was much higher at about 4.5
As for life expectancy, this report is barely a year old...
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/...
There was also quite a comical article about the life expectancy in the Calton area of Glasgow at 53.9yrs old but that must be bollo*ks surely?
In its defence, Glasgow is improving and on the up, things are clearly getting better, the homicide rate has halved since 2007. Its a vibrant exciting city and the vast majority of people are friendly and welcoming. The press can paint a bleak picture with a set of statistics but if you stay in the right areas and dont go off the beaten track then Glasgow is a nice place to be.
Personally, i still prefer Edinburgh though but if you're after the nightlife and picking up more girls, it has to be Glasgow
Edited by MitchyRS on Friday 22 May 14:08
Ladies and Gentlemen,, we have here, not only a snob, but an illiterate, one who does not understand that social deprivation knowns no city district, boundary or indeed region.
Edited by Mojocvh on Saturday 23 May 21:09
BrownBottle said:
I thought homicide was an American term?
Its roots are Latin via Old French and Middle English. It has a long use in the UK, usually as a collective term for the offences relating to the killing of a person (murder, culpable homicide (Scots law version of manslaughter), corporate homicide, attempted murder, etc).Mojocvh said:
Yeah it's soo different in any other city, course it is.
Ladies and Gentlemen,, we have here, not only a snob, but an illiterate, one who does not understand that social deprivation knowns no city district, boundary or indeed region]
Well, yes it is different to other cities. (Clearly)Ladies and Gentlemen,, we have here, not only a snob, but an illiterate, one who does not understand that social deprivation knowns no city district, boundary or indeed region]
I dont see Edinburgh having the label of the city with the highest rate of murders or lowest levels of life expectancies so your point is mute.
Leeds, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Aberdeen etc clearly are different, they dont hold these titles.
As for literacy, oh the irony
Read your quote back above after ladies and gentlemen MitchyRS said:
Well, yes it is different to other cities. (Clearly)
I dont see Edinburgh having the label of the city with the highest rate of murders or lowest levels of life expectancies so your point is mute.
Leeds, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Aberdeen etc clearly are different, they dont hold these titles.
As for literacy, oh the irony Read your quote back above after ladies and gentlemen
That's taking the city as a whole. If the OP can live in some of the nicer areas - the life expectancy is highee than average for the rest of ScotlandI dont see Edinburgh having the label of the city with the highest rate of murders or lowest levels of life expectancies so your point is mute.
Leeds, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Aberdeen etc clearly are different, they dont hold these titles.
As for literacy, oh the irony
Read your quote back above after ladies and gentlemen Just as I suspected.It all depends on which coast you originate from. Me i've lived in both, but I'm a west coast bloke ( with ancestry in Glasgow) and prefer Glasgow. The OP could look at living somewhere outside one of the two ,on one of the rail commuter links into Glasgow. Looking at work patterns ,I'd suggest between both.
[quote=Who me ?]Just as I suspected.It all depends on which coast you originate from. Me i've lived in both, but I'm a west coast bloke ( with ancestry in Glasgow) and prefer Glasgow. The OP could look at living somewhere outside one of the two ,on one of the rail commuter links into Glasgow. Looking at work patterns ,I'd suggest between both.
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Hmm - Coatbridge, Airdrie, Cumbernauld, Bathgate, Livingston, Armadale - spoilt for choice!
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Hmm - Coatbridge, Airdrie, Cumbernauld, Bathgate, Livingston, Armadale - spoilt for choice!
Could equally well say somewhere up the Clyde side /Gairloch area. Cardross/Craigendorran are equally nice with a fast train service to Queens Street and hence to Edinburgh.
but the OP did say " The commute is not a concern as I shall only be in the office in Glasgow one day a week, the rest of the time will be split between the two cities. ", so I'd have thought somewhere mid would be more suitable .Stirling seems a tad far away.
but the OP did say " The commute is not a concern as I shall only be in the office in Glasgow one day a week, the rest of the time will be split between the two cities. ", so I'd have thought somewhere mid would be more suitable .Stirling seems a tad far away.
[quote=Who me ?]Could equally well say somewhere up the Clyde side /Gairloch area. Cardross/Craigendorran are equally nice with a fast train service to Queens Street and hence to Edinburgh.
but the OP did say " The commute is not a concern as I shall only be in the office in Glasgow one day a week, the rest of the time will be split between the two cities. ", so I'd have thought somewhere mid would be more suitable .Stirling seems a tad far away.
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Its only 30-40mins to Glasgow and is closer to Edinburgh than staying in Glasgow
but the OP did say " The commute is not a concern as I shall only be in the office in Glasgow one day a week, the rest of the time will be split between the two cities. ", so I'd have thought somewhere mid would be more suitable .Stirling seems a tad far away.
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Its only 30-40mins to Glasgow and is closer to Edinburgh than staying in Glasgow
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