To live in Glasgow or Edinburgh?

To live in Glasgow or Edinburgh?

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jonny996

2,603 posts

216 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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to the OP, you may want to think about how welcome you want to feel. The west has a far stronger feel towards independence than Edinburgh & I am unsure how this would translate in to welcoming an English person. Edinburgh has so many English people already, in fact I am sure in the Marchmont area of Edinburgh English is the largest population percentage, ahead of Scottish.
For me both cities are great, both have areas to avoid as well. if I could live my time again I think I would split my time:
Edinburgh ages 0-23, better place to bring up family & not so much gang culture.
Glasgow 23 - 35 best place to be single once you got the anger out of your system, don't be angry in Glasgow because someone will always put you in your place!
Edinburgh 35 - dead, as above family & then retirement.

I think you fit into the Glasgow category as per above.

TheJimi

24,862 posts

242 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Who me said:
Just as I suspected.It all depends on which coast you originate from.
Not so much; I'm west coast and I'd rather live in Edinburgh than Glasgow.

Also, you should think about removing the question mark from your username as it buggers up the quote formatting.

Mike22233

822 posts

110 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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jonny996 said:
to the OP, you may want to think about how welcome you want to feel. The west has a far stronger feel towards independence than Edinburgh & I am unsure how this would translate in to welcoming an English person. Edinburgh has so many English people already, in fact I am sure in the Marchmont area of Edinburgh English is the largest population percentage, ahead of Scottish.
For me both cities are great, both have areas to avoid as well. if I could live my time again I think I would split my time:
Edinburgh ages 0-23, better place to bring up family & not so much gang culture.
Glasgow 23 - 35 best place to be single once you got the anger out of your system, don't be angry in Glasgow because someone will always put you in your place!
Edinburgh 35 - dead, as above family & then retirement.

I think you fit into the Glasgow category as per above.
If you meet a Glasgow lady during 23-35 one might struggle to get her to move to Edinburgh.

SpunkyGlory

Original Poster:

2,321 posts

164 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Thanks for all the replies, it's good to hear opinions from both sides.

I think I'm going to move to Glasgow, I appreciate it might be a bit rough around the edges etc but it sounds like the better place to enjoy being young, free and single. I love the 'city life' and so moving to one of the places slightly outside the city doesn't appeal to me at the moment. It looks like I'll be moving in the next 4 weeks and I honestly cannot wait!!

StescoG66

2,108 posts

142 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Honestly don't believe the myths about Glasgow. Like any city it has its problems, however overall it really is a much maligned place but really ok in reality. Glaswegians don't suffer fools and bullstters easily and this can be mistaken by many, but it's a city that looks after it's people in truth. Get wise to the various 'blackspots', avoid them and enjoy the rest. Climate here does suck though.....

BigsimonY

616 posts

124 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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I live in Edinburgh. So i can give you a run down. Edinburgh is smaller than Glasgow, so everything is closer around you than Glasgow. Parking ,if living in center is a nightmare!! Shopping, i tend to go out of town for shopping to Livingston is my fav. Edinburgh has great nightlife and is a great foodie place too. It suffers less from the whole Scotland secret shame too, the catholic Protestant divide. It has a huge young student community too witch is a down side for me. I stayed in the Grassmarket for 2 years. very noisy at night, but a good hub for socializing, close to most places. Not stayed in Glasgow but spent a bit of time working and socializing. Its bigger than Edinburgh,it has better commuter links, they built a motorway right though the center of it so easier to get about.

simoid

19,772 posts

157 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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I was just thinking that Edinburgh can feel like a really big town, whereas Glasgow is a city.

scratchchin

Possible nonsense talk.

jshell

11,006 posts

204 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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simoid said:
I was just thinking that Edinburgh can feel like a really big town, whereas Glasgow is a city.

scratchchin

Possible nonsense talk.
No, that's very accurate.

DottyMR2

478 posts

126 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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As displayed from some comments of Glasgow being "best in the world" at nigh on everything, many people from Glasgow do not own a passport either wink

rossybee

931 posts

256 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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All I've gleaned from this is that the weegies certainly are more nippy about any negative comments made about their home town.

I'm just glad I live in neither! (although fully agree about Aberdeen traffic comments as my work takes me there all too regularly)

And it's all very admirable to be proud of your home town (as I am), but really? Lighten the f*ck up!

That's all smile

Technomad

753 posts

162 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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jshell said:
No, that's very accurate.
+1 - which is why I like it (apart from coming from there, of course!). So, as an anti-nationalism Edinburgh native with what's regarded as a 'posh' accent who spends a deal of time in Glasgow, do I feel intimidated? Not a bit of it - it's a friendly, egalitarian city wherein I've had some bloody good and friendly arguments. Both are great places, whatever your age - as ever, it's up to you what you make of wherever you are.

duckwhistle

276 posts

150 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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[quote=rossybee]All I've gleaned from this is that the weegies certainly are more nippy about any negative comments made about their home town.

Hey jimmy, whit the feck ur you on, thiss's a city no a toon, al nippy ye ya bass, this is the freenly'st place on earth an any knut that says otherwise gets their heid kicked in.
An whit's this 'weegie' ste aw aboot? Glesga folk are Keelies no weegies. When aw us yins went awa fur ra ferr doon the watter they locals wid shout 'heer come the Keelies hide yer bikes'. Ha Ha the edjits soon stopped laffin wi a bust mooth fur their trouble. The wounds soon healt up but nine months later the hoilday weans arrival pit their gas at a peep. Us Keelies soon showed ra choochters how tae ride a bike proper. if ye get ma meenin. They heilan burds did'ny haulf like a bit o' ruff.
Ach they were braw lads, next year wi aw had a good laff an bevy wi them an patted the weans heids
A blame they wine bars for aw this crap, thir's no a proper boozer left noo since lassies were let in. Oor boozer had a sign 'Nae Wimmin' oan ra door an a proper trough runnin roon the flair whaur a man could spit an piss in peace.
When yon cooncil pooves banned this, big Dan pit up a sign 'No ladies Please' which wis dead fly as it depends how ye read it, kno whit a mean 'n that.

An by the way,whit's aw this 'Glasgow' and 'Edinburgh' stuff, ? it's GLESGA an EMBRA fir fuk's sake. Whaur did yoose lot learn tae tak wi bools in yer mooths?
Embra's aw fur coat an nae nickers, Glesga on the other haun it's a knocked off fur coat an nickers in yer haunbag. Gaun yersel, nae wunner we lose the rag, am fae Oxford by the way, right posh it is tae.
Am aff fur a bevvy noo, ma heid's nippin.

TheJimi

24,862 posts

242 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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hehe good effort !

technodup

7,576 posts

129 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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That bellend on the video isn't from Glasgow. Not even the most tttish of Kelvinsiders speak like that.

Anyway Glasgow all day long.

Edinburgh is full of bagpipes, tourists and students and in August it's 100 times worse. Traffic and parking is diabolical.

Glasgow is better for nightlife, shopping and music and the birds aren't as fussy. It's 20mns from Loch Lomond and the west coast. Aye it rains a bit more but it doesn't have the cold wind the east gets, plus the birds won't wear coats anyway. Keep away from the west end ponces and stay in fanny central soo'side in Shawlands, the bungo or God's own Pollokshields.

Typical Shields house


Typical Edinburgh house

rossybee

931 posts

256 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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duckwhistle]rossybee said:
All I've gleaned from this is that the weegies certainly are more nippy about any negative comments made about their home town.

Hey jimmy, whit the feck ur you on, thiss's a city no a toon, al nippy ye ya bass, this is the freenly'st place on earth an any knut that says otherwise gets their heid kicked in.
An whit's this 'weegie' ste aw aboot? Glesga folk are Keelies no weegies. When aw us yins went awa fur ra ferr doon the watter they locals wid shout 'heer come the Keelies hide yer bikes'. Ha Ha the edjits soon stopped laffin wi a bust mooth fur their trouble. The wounds soon healt up but nine months later the hoilday weans arrival pit their gas at a peep. Us Keelies soon showed ra choochters how tae ride a bike proper. if ye get ma meenin. They heilan burds did'ny haulf like a bit o' ruff.
Ach they were braw lads, next year wi aw had a good laff an bevy wi them an patted the weans heids
A blame they wine bars for aw this crap, thir's no a proper boozer left noo since lassies were let in. Oor boozer had a sign 'Nae Wimmin' oan ra door an a proper trough runnin roon the flair whaur a man could spit an piss in peace.
When yon cooncil pooves banned this, big Dan pit up a sign 'No ladies Please' which wis dead fly as it depends how ye read it, kno whit a mean 'n that.

An by the way,whit's aw this 'Glasgow' and 'Edinburgh' stuff, ? it's GLESGA an EMBRA fir fuk's sake. Whaur did yoose lot learn tae tak wi bools in yer mooths?
Embra's aw fur coat an nae nickers, Glesga on the other haun it's a knocked off fur coat an nickers in yer haunbag. Gaun yersel, nae wunner we lose the rag, am fae Oxford by the way, right posh it is tae.
Am aff fur a bevvy noo, ma heid's nippin.
biggrin Fair play fella biggrin

Surprised no-one picked up on my home toon wink

/aff fir a peh

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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rossybee said:
duckwhistle]rossybee said:
All I've gleaned from this is that the weegies certainly are more nippy about any negative comments made about their home town.

Hey jimmy, whit the feck ur you on, thiss's a city no a toon, al nippy ye ya bass, this is the freenly'st place on earth an any knut that says otherwise gets their heid kicked in.
An whit's this 'weegie' ste aw aboot? Glesga folk are Keelies no weegies. When aw us yins went awa fur ra ferr doon the watter they locals wid shout 'heer come the Keelies hide yer bikes'. Ha Ha the edjits soon stopped laffin wi a bust mooth fur their trouble. The wounds soon healt up but nine months later the hoilday weans arrival pit their gas at a peep. Us Keelies soon showed ra choochters how tae ride a bike proper. if ye get ma meenin. They heilan burds did'ny haulf like a bit o' ruff.
Ach they were braw lads, next year wi aw had a good laff an bevy wi them an patted the weans heids
A blame they wine bars for aw this crap, thir's no a proper boozer left noo since lassies were let in. Oor boozer had a sign 'Nae Wimmin' oan ra door an a proper trough runnin roon the flair whaur a man could spit an piss in peace.
When yon cooncil pooves banned this, big Dan pit up a sign 'No ladies Please' which wis dead fly as it depends how ye read it, kno whit a mean 'n that.

An by the way,whit's aw this 'Glasgow' and 'Edinburgh' stuff, ? it's GLESGA an EMBRA fir fuk's sake. Whaur did yoose lot learn tae tak wi bools in yer mooths?
Embra's aw fur coat an nae nickers, Glesga on the other haun it's a knocked off fur coat an nickers in yer haunbag. Gaun yersel, nae wunner we lose the rag, am fae Oxford by the way, right posh it is tae.
Am aff fur a bevvy noo, ma heid's nippin.
biggrin Fair play fella biggrin

Surprised no-one picked up on my home toon wink

/aff fir a peh
A plehn ane?

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Sunday 31st May 2015
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Reminds me of Robert Louis Stevenson's opening passage from Picturesque Notes:

"The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad champaigns. To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of the May lighthouse, where the Firth expands into the German Ocean; and away to the west, over all the carse of Stirling, you can see the first snows upon Ben Ledi.
But Edinburgh pays cruelly for her high seat in one of the vilest climates under heaven. She is liable to be beaten upon by all the winds that blow, to be drenched with rain, to be buried in cold sea fogs out of the east, and powdered with the snow as it comes flying southward from the Highland hills. The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory in the spring. The delicate die early, and I, as a survivor, among bleak winds and plumping rain, have been sometimes tempted to envy them their fate. For all who love shelter and the blessings of the sun, who hate dark weather and perpetual tilting against squalls, there could scarcely be found a more unhomely and harassing place of residence."


Obviously this caused glee with the Glasgow folk, so Stevenson added a footnote to the second edition:

"These sentences have, I hear, given offence in my native town, and a proportionable pleasure to our rivals of Glasgow. I confess the news caused me both pain and merriment. May I remark, as a balm for wounded fellow-townsmen, that there is nothing deadly in my accusations? Small blame to them if they keep ledgers: ’tis an excellent business habit. Churchgoing is not, that ever I heard, a subject of reproach; decency of linen is a mark of prosperous affairs, and conscious moral rectitude one of the tokens of good living. It is not their fault it the city calls for something more specious by way of inhabitants. A man in a frock-coat looks out of place upon an Alp or Pyramid, although he has the virtues of a Peabody and the talents of a Bentham. And let them console themselves—they do as well as anybody else; the population of (let us say) Chicago would cut quite as rueful a figure on the same romantic stage.

To the Glasgow people I would say only one word, but that is of gold; I have not yet written a book about Glasgow."

SrMoreno

546 posts

145 months

Monday 1st June 2015
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Halmyre said:
A plehn ane?
And an ingin ane an aw?

Lugy

830 posts

182 months

Monday 1st June 2015
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Personally I wouldn't choose either and go for somewhere further out with decent links to where you'd be working. For me the ability to look out my window and see trees, hills and pleasant stuff, have BBQs in the garden (even staying in an almost ghetto), to walk 5 mins and be in the middle of the countryside, to drive 2 mins and be in the middle of the countryside for a hoon and be able to breathe fresh air yet still close enough to get in to town for a night out greatly outweighs any benefit to living in a city. Of course that's only my preference and depends what you want!

rossybee

931 posts

256 months

Monday 1st June 2015
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SrMoreno said:
Halmyre said:
A plehn ane?
And an ingin ane an aw?
Being pedantic, that's mair aboot bridies, cos ye dinna get ingin pehs, but I'm willin tae let it slip biggrin