[Closed] Glasgow - where to live?

Depends if you're looking for a house or a flat ?
West and north of the city centre is best. West end for flats and city living. Bearsden and Mingavie if you wanna live slightly out of town

I'd mostly echo j_me here. West End is great if you're looking for somewhere with plenty of bars/shops/things to do and it's very handy for the city centre - about 10mins by Subway or bus.

On the other hand Bearsden or Milngavie would be a great place if you have a family. They are just at the edge of the countryside so have plenty of mtbing options and the Glasgow Mountain bike club is based in Milgavie.

Neither of these areas are cheap though. Are you looking to rent or buy? West End has plenty of rental accommodation in most sizes. The only rental properties I know in Bearsden tend to have been 4 bedroom houses.

15 miles takes you pretty far out -

Bearsden or Milngavie if you are rich and have a family!
West end can be a bit studenty and noisy as a result. Traffic here can be hell, but shouldn't bother a cyclist.

Plenty of better value stuff elsewhere in the city with just as good standard of living. Glasgow is pretty well mixed and it is likely there will be social housing not far from wherever you are. There are even pockets of poshness with services better than the west...in the east and south but don't tell anyone.
Parts of The south/east will soon have excellent motorway access.

Drive around and have a look, you will soon get a feel for the locations.

I live in Glasgow; West End is very nice and good for going out. If you want something near the city and slightly quieter south side is nice (Cathcart isn’t that bad, I’d avoid the river, and football areas). Merchant city is good if you want the party life but expensive and noisy. Bearsden is also good but you need a car. If you want somewhere cheap and revamped gorbals isn't bad (it used to be a lot worse!) Avoid govan, ibrox, parkhead & maryhill. Outside Glasgow avoid port Glasgow, greenock but Largs isn't bad but that is a bit of a drive. Sorry to be rude but where are you working?

Brother and his wife just moved to Carmunock - five minutes ride from Cathkin Braes where the trails are being built for the games. Not to bad an area in that direction from the Braes.

I always think the start of the A82 looks quite nice (don't know the name of the area), appears to be a mix of students and profesionals and some nice looking buildings. Although, we did stop to eat at a pub there, which was a bad choice.

Carmunock is lovely but quite expensive.

As a general rule avoid the north and east of the city. West end and south side are good with a few dodgy areas in the mix which should be easy enough to swap.

Personally I'm a long term southsider having lived in Shawlands, langside and now Newlands all of which have been great. I've got bars, restaurants and shops on my doorstep. Good public transport links, 3 miles to the city centre. Lots of parks and green spaces nearby.

What boardinbob says. I used to live in the South Side and now live in the West End. Both are great places to live.

Depends on your personnel circumstances to. Kids? Schools? Staying in a flat? Want a garden? etc

15 miles takes you a bit out that may be a bit of a miserable cycle. It gets kinda blowy and wet in the west from October to August. 😀

Under the Campsies here- G66.

Some good local riding, and ten miles from city centre.

Plenty of houses for sale (including ours!)

Depends in lots of factors really - what do you want from where you live, nice bars etc, easy access to the countryside, lots of shops, good schools. Tell us a bit more and we can help.

I've lived in both the west end and the south side - both good for different reasons, life in Ayrshire now which I'm happy with as we wanted out of the city.

As a general rule avoid the north and east of the city. West end and south side are good with a few dodgy areas in the mix which should be easy enough to swap.

South side. Pollokshields. A bit cheaper than Shawlands but within walking distance of it. Slightly bigger tenement flats and wider streets, so it feels a bit more "airy". Great transport links with 2 train stations, a motorway on-ramp and an underground station all within a 10 minute walk of each other. Probably about 10-15 minutes to cycle into the city centre.

The "poorer" part of Pollokshields, mostly tenement flats, where I lived, has Scotland's highest concentration of ****stani population, so good takeaways and independent food stores - no problem buying a bunch of coriander at 9 in the evening. The richer part, round about Maxwell Park, has some seriously stunning detached Victorian villas set in a load of their own space, lots of which have been split up into equally stunning conversions. But you'd need a few bob to live there.

You're a drive away from the countryside, although the trails in Pollok Park are within shooting distance for a quick blast in the evening.

I loved living there and get pretty homesick for it, now I'm dahn sarf.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6564215.stm (best in UK apparently, not just Scotland.)

Bearsden is pretty much full of dobbers.

South side is the best.

Renfrewshire is also really good.

Avoid the East End unless your workshy and live off the rest of the populations taxes...

StefMcDef

So you're still on the Isle of Wight eh?

Drop us an e mail when you can to say hello!

Hope you are well and stil riding?

As for Glasgow, there are plenty of options open to you depending what you want. The riding is pretty terrific when you figure in Mugdock, the Campsies, the Kilpatrick Hills, Gleniffer Braes not to mention the stuff a little further afield in Stirlng and beyond.

The West End gets my vote though you get more for your money south of the river.

Cheers

Sanny

Bearsden is pretty much full of dobbers.

? Never found a problem with anyone in Bearsden, seems a pretty much up-market nice place to live with good amenities.

Blimey! Thanks all.

ok so more info from me...
- I will be working in the city (bath street).
- we would liek to be out of the main part of the city.
- It will be just my girlfriend and me.
- We would like offroad parking, easy access to the countryside, either a train or a cycle commute, a garden and a pub rather than a bar, somewhere quietish, but not grand and poncy.

Thanks again...

Think you're looking at somewhere like bishopbriggs/north end of bearsden/milngavie/milton of campsie/torrance/balmore in the north. I'd be less inclined to go with lennoxtown and certainly don't head out to kilsyth/twechar. I'll leave the south recommendations to the guys that live there.I dont think anywhere around glasgow rates as "poncy" or grand, other than some of the west-end areas where you'll see rows of porsches and ferraris.

greenock

Oi! West end of Greenock is fine (although much of the rest isn't), and used to have an active MTB club of which my brother was a member; you haven't mentioned Gourock, which is also reasonable; I agree the Port is a total hell-hole though.

Lots of nice places between Greenock & Glasgow that you haven't mentioned (clearly not including the pit that is Paisley) - what about Bishopton? I think it would meet most of your requirements, and there is a fast, regular (x5/h IIRC) train service to Glasgow Central.

Andy

DOI Grew up by the West Station.

[i]Bearsden is pretty much full of dobbers.
South side is the best.
Renfrewshire is also really good.
Avoid the East End unless your workshy and live off the rest of the populations taxes... [/i]

I would disagree with everything in that post, re bearsden I guess you may think it's 'full of dobbers' if you're a wee ned, southside is the best for what exactly, renfrewshire mmm some nice parts but not 'really good' and I work with plenty of folk who live in the east end.

A mate lives in Knightswood - pretty nice there. Good sized houses, great size garden, off road parking, quiet.

I was brought up in Knightswood, full of ex council hooses, In fact I'm struggling to remember where there are any non council houses, loads of neds hanging about when I grew up there, I wouldn't live there or advise anyone else too. No pubs unless you go up to Anniesland, great western road or the shit holes on dumbarton road, very few shops, no easy access to the countryside.

Anniesland, where my mum now lives, may be a slightly better bet.

Sorry Zedsdead I'm not picking on you.

Zedsdead -- Bearsden is pretty much full of dobbers

andyfb78 - Welcome to Glasgow !

Have you any idea what the word "dobber" means?

Googling it doesnt return any sectarian results for me.

[url= http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dob ]try here[/url]

Have you any idea what the word "dobber" means?
If you do then you deserve a ban as there's no place for sectarianism here or anywhere.
If you dont then you deserve a ban for using offensive language without understanding its true meaning.

andyfb78 - Welcome to Glasgow !

Dobber has nothing to do with sectarianism. See: Chewin' The Fat

"Geez a gobble ya dobber"

DOB is an acronym I can honestly say I have only ever seen used in anger on the internet.

Dobber has been a Glesca slang word for the male member since time immemorial.

And anyone who quotes "Urban Dictionary" as a definitive source, well... 😆

I don't know if there's a word for that yet. Maybe I'll invent one and stick it up on Urban Dictionary.

StefMcDef - and anyone who quotes "Urban Dictionary" as a definitive source, well...

I'm gobsmacked.....cofeeking said he could not find a sectarian reference when he googled it. I provided one. Its top of the list when you put dobber into goole.co.uk, never seen the site before in my life.

But I certainly knew dobber is sectarian slang!
If your that confident it isn't, venture into the Red Lion and ask the barman "Gonnae geez a pint o Tennants ya d...."

dobber for me has always meant knob. I've never heard anyone use it as a sectarian insult...

DOB on the other hand....

Coffeeking said it "doesn't return a sectarian reference" when he googled it. You provided a link to a definition of the word "dob", on a website notorious for spurious user-provided definitions. A different word. A whole three letters shorter.

The word in question is "dobber". If you're determined to find some sectarian meaning in it, go on - knock yourself out.

StefMcDef - i prefer my way of settling it. You go into the Red Lion and ask the barman "Gonnae geez a pint o Tennants ya d...."

j_me - http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dobber

i prefer my way of settling it. You go into the Red Lion and ask the barman "Gonnae geez a pint o Tennants ya d...."

Fairly sure that walking into a pub and calling the barman a dick would probably get you a kicking anyway, so a poor test really!

I'm in the back of Rutherglen (Cathkin) Read far south side - still only 7 miles from the centre. Train station, bus, garden, pubs after a fasion, blah blah blah.

I would suggest looking at the areas which have local access to the underground which is extra handy for getting in/out of town when its wet.

[quotecoffeeking - Member
j_me - http://lmgtfy.com/?q=dobber

Click on link number 2
View definiton number 9

[quotei prefer my way of settling it. You go into the Red Lion and ask the barman "Gonnae geez a pint o Tennants ya d....

good grief I've read it all now.

I just had a look at the urban dictionary I was reminded that at primary school 'dobber' was also used for a grass. 'i'm gonna dob you in' , 'he dobbed me in', 'don't tell him about the scud books he's a dobber'

j_me, as a slang word for the thing that lives down your boxer shorts, it's pejorative and [u]not[/u] [u]sectarian[/u]. So the barman in whatever manky pubs you frequent may indeed take exception to it, but to request a libation by addressing him as such is [u]not[/u] using [u]sectarian[/u] language. Capisce?

I have never heard the word 'dobber' used as a sectarian insult, and I've lived here all my life!
In my experience it has always been used to liken someone to a penis, regardless of what team they choose to follow.

As for OP's question - although I grew up in the southside I'd echo coffeeking's suggestions for the north. The landscapes there offer more hint of the not-so-distant highlands.
South is alright, but you seek quietish, with gardens - Giffnock/Merrylee perhaps, Clarkston/Muirend maybe, Cathcart/King's Park even. Not sure about 'pubs' there, in the way that I understand English ones to be, but still.

I'm sure another STW user did some asking on here before making a move to Glasgow. Anyone recall who that was?
Don't know if you get a recon trip before you move, but I'm sure you'd get a warm welcome and a couple of volunteer tour guides.

best of luck

'don't tell him about the scud books he's a dobber'

😆

I've never heard of dobber being used in a sectarian context, I've always thought it menat 'knob'.

Click on link number 2
View definiton number 9

Not convinced that having to get to the 9th most popular definition on a rather questionable site is really the best proof of origin really!

also once you get past definition no 4, the majority start to disagree with the definitions.

Anyway, thats that settled. Back to the OP. `

Andyb78, I'd suggest Milngavie or Bearsden as being furthest up your street based on what you say you want. Pricey though. You could bask in the reflected glory of Bearsden a bit more cheaply by choosing Maryhill Park or bits of Anniesland though.

PS: Sanny - YGM. Ya dobber.

Thanks again all,

I think I'll avoid using the D word just in case... I can only claim ignorance in that regard....

I notice the Glasgow Tri club sessions seem to be around Anniesland area so had been looking there, and easy access to them thar hills is always a bonus...... I might finally get to go to the 7 Stanes...... yippeeeeee...

I guess I need to mark greens, yellows and reds on a map now from all your comments and do a tour.

We will be having a couple of house hunting recce weekends over the next month or so.

Thanks again, really looking forward to the move away from the SE....

Ta
Andy

lol

j_me I live in Glasgow and have done for years and years and years. You hear it every day and means that thing dangling between yer legs.

Anyhow, back to point. Knightswood maybe used to be like that back in the day but it's pretty quiet now. There's loads of places really.

Easterhoose!

Who needs to tour when you've got Streetview?

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Ahahahahahaha.... Zedsdead! I went for a drink in staduim bar last friday! It was a right laugh, blood in the toilets and all!

My mate Ross rented a flat in that street view shot!