Crroma Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. I can understand this but I'm from Perth so I've never taken a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh or vice versa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I can understand this but I'm from Perth so I've never taken a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh or vice versaI have a dislike for Doncaster for similar reasons. Croy isn’t a bad place in fairness there just isn’t much there, it has a decent local shop IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Crroma said: 1 hour ago, Darren said: It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. I can understand this but I'm from Perth so I've never taken a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh or vice versa Glasgow to Perth and vice versa goes through it. In fact Galsgow to pretty much anywhere significant north of Glasgow goes through it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Darren said: It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. Pat Clinton was from Croy, which is its only other notable achievement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Pat Clinton was from Croy, which is its only other notable achievement.So was Fergus McCann if I recall? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanCityHibee Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. However, the winner for me has to be Linwood...an absolute fucking abortion of a hellhole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. However, the winner for me has to be Linwood...an absolute fucking abortion of a hellhole. No more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, VanCityHibee said: My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. Fife definitely has a variety of almost everything. On the one hand it's the daddy's boys and blokes dressed as 70s pimps golfers of St Andrews, the Fence Records culture/ Edinburgh lawyer retirees of the East Neuk, then one or two nice bits in central Dunfermline, Falkland Palace, the aspirational 'keys on the floor' commuter burb of Dalgety Bay and even some nice parts with DD postcodes overlooking the Tay. ......to the other extreme and the likes of Methil and various Sevconian-infested derelict ex-mining communities where corrugated iron shutters are the norm - what is it Ian Rankin refers to when Rebus heads home, the ABCD villages? - they always sound especially grim Edited February 20, 2019 by tarapoa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 One thing I've learned from this thread is that Scotland isn't that bad. Some of these places that folk are touting as hell on earth are far from it, just your usual grey looking Scottish town with some schemey bits thrown in for good measure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 hours ago, VanCityHibee said: My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. Methil and Windygates up to Kennoway area and Glenrothes, Thorton, Ballingry and towards Oakley are utter dumps that would be best served being demolished. If you were coming to up to Fife I'd suggest North East Fife like St Andrews and Cupar then down to the East Neuk like Pittenweem and Anstruther where you could have a nice afternoon out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3 hours ago, The Moonster said: One thing I've learned from this thread is that Scotland isn't that bad. Some of these places that folk are touting as hell on earth are far from it, just your usual grey looking Scottish town with some schemey bits thrown in for good measure. If Scotland had a warmer climate It would be the most popular country on Earth. Imagine how much businessman and wealthy folk would pay for a villa on Loch Lomond or Loch Ness with warm sun from April-October. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crroma Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 One thing I've learned from this thread is that Scotland isn't that bad. Some of these places that folk are touting as hell on earth are far from it, just your usual grey looking Scottish town with some schemey bits thrown in for good measure.We are a self depreciating lot us scots 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (edited) Saw this piece in the Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/business/these-are-the-scottish-regions-with-the-highest-and-lowest-average-weekly-earnings-1-4877133?page=8 Interesting that Dumfries & Galloway, Borders and Angus rank so low - but all returned Tory MPs. I thought it's because they had more money than sense in these places. Edited February 22, 2019 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 A lot of bitterness towards Aberdeen on this thread. Sad, very sad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: A lot of bitterness towards Aberdeen on this thread. Sad, very sad. Contempt isn't the same thing as bitterness champ. Unlucky. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: Sad, very sad. Accurately sums up how I felt for the majority of my three and a half years in Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Couple of bitter lads proving my point immediately. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 1 hour ago, MixuFixit said: Aberdeen looks nice on that one day every 5 years that its sunny The east coast is the sunny side of the country................many's a time I've admired the splendour of the sparkling silver city and sapphire blue North Sea from the warmth of a car, only to get out and it's also blaan a hoolie that cuts you in two........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: Aye I know, just wanted to join in winding up Aberdonians. You wanted to join the angry Morton fan and the Hearts fan in the bitterness club. Shame on you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Just now, MixuFixit said: FWIW I enjoyed Aberdeen when I stayed there. I knew you weren't bitter like the rest of them mixu. The East coast minus the gorgie loyal are a more enlightened bunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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