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Extra Crispy ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 14 Jul 2024 2:11 p.m. PST |
My daughter is starting school in Glasgow this September and looking for a furnished apartment. Trying to suss out areas that she should avoid. She's city-wise but wants to feel relatively safe walking home at night. So questions: Areas between Trongate and Blythswood Hill – good, decent, avoid? How about the area just across the river near the Squiggly Bridge? Or Dunbarton Road near the B808? Any insight appreciated. |
Stoppage | 14 Jul 2024 4:10 p.m. PST |
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Stoppage | 14 Jul 2024 4:27 p.m. PST |
Oh yeah – just remembered: I used Glasgow as a gateway for a Scottish tour last year (Loch Lomond, Oban, Tobermory, Glencoe, Fort William, etc) and stayed in Hotel Indigo Glasgow, on Waterloo Street. One evening there was a a major football event and I couldn't believe how pleasant and well-behaved the footie-fans were – that is, compared to football and town-centre evening shenanigans we get in England. Glasgow is an impressive city – looks like a good choice. |
RittervonBek | 15 Jul 2024 1:48 a.m. PST |
She will need to watch Billy Connolly videos to get a grasp of the language and humour. 😀 |
20thmaine ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 15 Jul 2024 3:32 a.m. PST |
Can't help on accommodation recommendations – but Glasgow is also a major music city if your daughter is at all interested in that kind of thing. The Celtic Connections festival is pretty broad in musical choices: celticconnections.com That link also shows the range of venues around. Probably the best UK city for music venues outside of London. |
korsun0 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 15 Jul 2024 6:59 a.m. PST |
Aye, the Big Yin is a must, funniest comedian I have ever seen. Only advice I have ever been given about Glasgow is never wear blue (Glasgow Rangers) or green (Celtic) on derby day. |
Andrew Walters | 15 Jul 2024 9:25 a.m. PST |
In the US there are many web sites that will show you crime frequency. There ought to be something like that in Scotland, it's not have far from civilization. |
Andrew Walters | 15 Jul 2024 9:28 a.m. PST |
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colgar6 | 15 Jul 2024 9:39 a.m. PST |
Ah, my home town (and I still live close by)! So, in terms of safety, most places in Scotland are very safe. Nowhere is perfect, but with a little bit of caution anyone should be as safe as is possible. My eldest son completed his degrees just a few years ago; he had flats at different times in Cardonald, Shieldhall/Govan and in Partick. I'm sure there are many other areas where students live as well. Does your daughter intend to cycle? Take the train? Use the buses? Walk? The answers to these might lean the solution one way or another. But, as has been said already, you'll probably get the best result by asking the university student association or something like that. All of the local universities are well used to hosting overseas students (I have got that right, haven't I – she is coming from outside the UK?) |
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