Glasgow

[johnbc70]

Pretty accurate, no?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11356250

[Beefster]

Yup, I love Glasgow city centre but, like most cities, it has some absolute ****-holes.

[IWasThere2016]

It is the ******** of the world - I loathe the place. Apologies if that offends.

[CropleyWasGod]

It is the ******** of the world - I loathe the place. Apologies if that offends.

So you'll just be passing through, then? :wink:

[SlickShoes]

Dont think you can blanket statement that all the suburbs are **** holes. Glasgow is bigger than edniburgh so has more **** areas with more **** people in them.

A lot of the **** areas are closer to the city centre than most cities so you get more jakeys in the city centre too.

Its common sense as a tourist not to go into the deprived suburbs, i went to LA and i didnt go wandering about south central trying to meet the people and take some pictures.

There is a large number of takeaways here more than ive seen elsewhere but as for unhealthy lifestyles it depends what part of the city you live in. Generally the west end and south side are far nicer than the east and the north.

As for the rangers and celtc thing, yeah its horrific, until i moved to glasgow i dont think i fully grasped how deep the hatred runs, the orange marches too really get on my nerves.

[deeks01]

my outstanding memory of glasgow is getting off at central station to see all the bins out the front on fire while junkies stopped me every 2 feet to ask for money and tourists looking like they've arrived in bosnia by accident and are about to burst into tears.

on the pluside the nightlifes good and the (non sectarian) banter is excellent! the accent ain't the best though... boak lol

[Phil D. Rolls]

"I think Glasgow has come a long way. It is now one of the world's leading tourist cities. It has an enormous amount of wealth and opportunity for tourists to come and see, so to describe places in Glasgow as 'rubbish' is just awful.

"Glasgow has some difficulties but you wouldn't expect to read about them in a tourist guide. For instance, you don't read about 1950s housing around Krakow or the difficulties that Vancouver has in regards to crack and heroin."

What utter tripe from the head of their tourist bureau. Throughout the summer, we take in kids from Italy and Spain who come here to study English. They are always taken on an excursion to the Weedge, and come back totally unimpressed.

But it seems the Weegie answer to any criticism is to deflect it onto somewhere else. To imply they are in the same league as Vancouver as a destination is just wrong.

I love Glasgow, it is a great city and I think it contrasts well to Edinburgh. It is an acquired taste though, and to sell it to foreigners as a vibrant exciting destination is unfair.

The most notable thing I think they would have to improve their act upon is customer service. They just don't have it when it comes to providing what visitors want.

Like the hotel I stayed in one, described as a boutique hotel. When we arrived there was a power cut, we were told it would be fixed "soon". (The electrician was sitting at the bar having a pint - cos no job in Glasgow gets done without a drink).

The problem was we were going to a wedding and had to be ready in an hour. Could happen anywhere I suppose, but it typified the slovenly attitudes of the Glasgow when it comes to serving the public.

Another time we were in the Copthorne, and again there was a power cut (is it me???). On ringing reception we were met by a bloke who said that an electrician had blown a fuse, but not to worry it was "no fault of yours".

Only in Glasgow would they have to reassure a paying customer that they weren't getting the blame for a fault with the electrical system. In a way, it's that humility that I love about Glaswegians, but not if I'm paying good money for a hotel room.