I'm moving to Glasgow in a few months, can people tell me what it's like please?

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nanook570

depends what part of Glasgow you're moving to.Stay clear of Govan,bearsden,and some parts of clydebank cos they're really rough.The nightlife there is fantastic,plenty o pubs and clubs.If you're into rock music,the solid rock pub and the cathouse are the best places to go for that.There's concerts on all the time at barrowlands,secc and royal concert hall and the best place for clothes shopping is buchanan street and sauchiehall street.There's two shopping centres there too,st Enoch's (sp?) which is near George square and buchanan galleries which is at the corner of sauchiehall st and buchanan st.Plenty of nice restaurants to eat in.Good luck,hope you like living in Glesga

stu2easy

Glasgow is great just take it easy and you'll settle in. Everyone says it is a rough place but I'm born and bred there and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The people are friendly and honest if you need anything someone will be there to help.

Brian R

It's like is Drink.

JonEff

Glasgow is by far the safest place in Scotland. Just ignore Basment Bob, hes an idiot and just jelous because he is a poor edinburger and cant afford to live in rich Glasgow!

Liz R

I lived in Glasgow for 8yrs and found the place great, the people a good laugh and the nightlife is fab..... go, chill and enjoy.....

Terry

I am german and live in Glasgow since 3 Years. It is a nice place to live. Scottish people are very friendly, and the nightlive is very cool.
Glasgow is not a particular beautiful city though (i think), but a good place to live, work and make friends. Its also nice for shopping.

jackie m

I was born in city centre 50 years ago when it was a lovely place to stay but went to school in a so called new town outside city, I work in city centre but would not like to live in it as it is full of Asians and refugees, housing is bad and a very long waiting list, unemployment is very high with the minimum wage, crime is high but apart from that the Glasgow people are very friendly.

Michelle B

You'll not find a better place than Glasgow! All of the people are really freindly, but watch out for the Neds (Chavs in the English language) just keep well clear of them! You'll have a great time!

Will Ben Rayn

Whatever you do, do not except an offer of a Glasgow kiss!

Basement Bob

Keep yourself to yourself & don't go out at night alone. Always lock your doors & don't be on the streets when the pubs shut. Glasgow is also the murder capital of Europe. Glasgow is the western European killing capital

GLASGOW was yesterday branded the murder capital of western Europe by shock new figures. The horror statistic was revealed alongside damning evidence that the number of illegal killings murders and culpable homicides in Scotland has soared while the conviction rate has plummeted.

A report from the Scottish Executive confirmed thatthe number of people dying in violent incidents had rocketed to its highest level since 1995.

Most deadly attacks were fuelled by booze or drugs and stabbings were the main cause of fatal injuries.

There were 125 incidents which resulted in killings in 2002 40 of them in Glasgow alone and 127 people died as a result.

The majority of victims were stabbed to death by friends or relatives who were in a drunken rage.

The statistics showed that 186 people were arrested for the 127 killings. Nine out of 10 werecaughtwithinamonth of the incident.

But convictions occurred in only 71 of the 125 homicide cases, compared to 75 convictions in 113 cases the previous year.

Eight of the killers in 2002 were under 16 and 46 were aged 16 to 20.

According to the report, the typical murderer was male, aged 16 to 29, lived in Glasgow, knew the victim and stabbed them to deathwith a knife during a drunken weekend row.

Yesterday, Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson vowed to crack down on the killer culture which has blighted so many lives.

She said: ''This kind of behaviour and its shocking consequences can no longer be tolerated in a modern Scotland.

''Too many of these cases result when either the accused or the victim is drunk. Most occur at the weekend and involve young men.''

The figures for 2002 showed Glasgow had a homicide rate of 58.7 people per million of population more than twice the level of the other Scottish cities.

Aberdeen was the second most dangerous city, with an average of 21.9 killings per million while Dundee had 15.9 victims and Edinburgh was safest with just 15.6 fatalities.

Glasgow had the highest rate of any city in western Europe, including Belfast, Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Dublin.

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