Do parts of Scotland work?
Do parts of Scotland work?
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Peterpetrole

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1,665 posts

25 months

Yesterday (18:38)
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Staying in Bellshill near Glasgow for a few days for the Commonwealth games. Not a terrible area, mostly semis and terraces, reasonable cars, green spaces, the odd dumped fridge but nothing major.

Dead quiet all the time we've been here. Nothing much going on in the evening or morning. Appreciate pace of life can be different away from the South East but didnt see a single car heading off to work in the morning. All seems a bit strange. Doesn't seem to add up.

Lefty

20,726 posts

230 months

Yesterday (18:39)
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G Postcode.

Nuff said.

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I have some friends, they’re actually from Belarus but lived in Russia (including Moscow) for a long time and they hate Glasgow because it’s scary/threatening.

Undoubtedly there are bits that are nicer than others but some of the surrounding towns really are grim AF.

Edited by Lefty on Friday 31st July 18:59

sherman

15,148 posts

243 months

Yesterday (18:45)
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Glasgow is very well served by public transport for people to get into the city centre for work.
The city centre is a nightmare for parking so you wouldnt take the car if you had a choice.

CMTMB

1,604 posts

23 months

Yesterday (18:52)
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Scotland has a lower unemployment rate than England.

HTH

gotoPzero

20,483 posts

217 months

Yesterday (19:04)
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I moved to Scotland a couple of years ago and one of the things I noticed is in the evenings a lot of people kind of just baton down the hatches and call it a night around 7 ish. Very different to where I used to live.

Also the schools finish a lot earlier up here - so lots of people will have gone away by now.

I think most break up in late June and will be back by mid August.

bodysnatcher

243 posts

278 months

Yesterday (20:12)
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Glasgow fair- they're all off to find the sun
(ex Airdrie resident)

weeredmetro

138 posts

197 months

Yesterday (20:12)
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It's the middle of the school holidays in every local authority area in Scotland plus today is Friday and there are a lot of people now working a 4-day week so during term time the roads are noticeably quieter on Friday and Monday compared to every other weekday.

Terminator X

20,214 posts

232 months

Yesterday (20:20)
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Peterpetrole said:
Staying in Bellshill near Glasgow for a few days for the Commonwealth games. Not a terrible area, mostly semis and terraces, reasonable cars, green spaces, the odd dumped fridge but nothing major.

Dead quiet all the time we've been here. Nothing much going on in the evening or morning. Appreciate pace of life can be different away from the South East but didnt see a single car heading off to work in the morning. All seems a bit strange. Doesn't seem to add up.
5.5m people I think in a big area of land? Totally different to the SE or London.

TX.

POIDH

3,509 posts

93 months

Yesterday (20:48)
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Holidays.
Friday.
Working from home.
Retirees.

alangla

6,634 posts

209 months

Yesterday (22:06)
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Bellshill - Ravenscraig, Thatcher, etc etc.

Seriously though, why Bellshill of all places? Are you in the Belziehill Premier Inn? If so, most of the jobs are in the massive industrial estate just north of you towards Coatbridge.

Rusty Old-Banger

7,412 posts

241 months

Yesterday (22:16)
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My mum is ex-Bellshill

What you describe is my understanding of the place. Full of Nesbitts, as she would say.

Spare tyre

12,471 posts

158 months

Yesterday (23:30)
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They are all helping Donald find his trousers

John87

1,100 posts

186 months

Yesterday (23:40)
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As mentioned it's the middle of the school holidays and just at the end of the Glasgow Fair which is a 2 week period that lots of tradesmen etc have off every year.

It's also been awful weather for the last week or so therefore everyone has been indoors.

Bellshill is a small town anyway but the part where you most likely are is surrounded by industrial estates and business parks so never likely to be much going on. It's a shame the Orb has closed or you could have taken in some of the local culture as featured in Trainspotting 2