invergowrie arab Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Always thought of D&G as a Tory voting area so this anti-English racism is good to hear about 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Higgins Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I am absolutely not a bot!!! Not if bots sit at their kitchen table smoking rollies and sobbing whilst trying to figure out their life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Higgins Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: Always thought of D&G as a Tory voting area so this anti-English racism is good to hear about Why is anti-English attitudes a good thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Anna Higgins said: I realise this is an old thread but I am really hoping someone can help with some advice. We are an English born family who have lived in Scotland for the last 5 years (fulfilling a life-long dream). Problem is we now realise that the area we moved to in rural Dumfries & Galloway is incredibly racist and anti-English and not at all what we had hoped for. We have 2 primary school aged kids and I have had enough of asking them 'Which kid in your class hit/punched/spat at their teacher today?' In short, I just need advice about nice, friendly places to live in Scotland - somewhere as interesting and as beautiful as where we currently live, just simply somewhere with less racism and litter. I have fallen in love with Irvine and I'd love to know if anyone has any experience living there? Any advice would be much welcomed. We are looking for a 3 or 4 bed house for under £700 pcm, close to a good primary school. Dundee is accepting of all backgrounds, even a doric accent like mine. You won't go wrong up in Oban either, although it could be a bit pricey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Jeremy Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Anna Higgins said: I am absolutely not a bot!!! Not if bots sit at their kitchen table smoking rollies and sobbing whilst trying to figure out their life. Smoking bots with feelings. Interesting development. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Higgins Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Big thanks to those of you who have given me useful suggestions - I'll be spending the next few weeks glued to rightmove and hope we find something suitable. It was my dream to live in Scotland since I was a kid and was proud to be able to vote SNP and lend my voice towards Scottish Independence but sometimes I wonder whether life might just be easier if we went back to England and just forgot about the last 5 years. I think I put a bit too much faith in a daft dream. I really really should've listened when someone told me that Sanquhar was a shithole. They were right. Anyway - I'll be off now to do whatever it is that bots with feelings do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I used to work with a girl who came from Irvine. She spoke very highly of it and, after a bit of time in Cardiff and elsewhere, moved back there. Don't think I have set foot there myself before. I lived in Irvine in my "formative" years and loved it. Still got loads of mates there. It's exactly like everywhere else in so much as it has some really nice areas and some really dodgy areas but as always all you ever here about is the bad.Main issue today is just like every other provincial town, it's main street gives an awful 1st impression with the usual mix of empty shops or vape/bookies/cash converter type outlets. Still some decent pubs and a nice harbour side area too.It's certainly no worse than Ayr, Kilmarnock etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Anna Higgins said: I am absolutely not a bot!!! Not if bots sit at their kitchen table smoking rollies and sobbing whilst trying to figure out their life. Fife - Check us out! To be fair, Fife is reasonably cheap and it’s an okay place to live. Loads of nice beaches and parks. Haven’t noticed any anti-English racism but then I’m not English. I work with various folk from England though and a couple of them live in Fife - Dalgety Bay and Dunfermline. Edited December 8, 2021 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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invergowrie arab Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 59 minutes ago, Anna Higgins said: Why is anti-English attitudes a good thing? I apologise I thought you were a troll who had signed up to an account on a Scottish football website to ask question about where in Scotland to live but greeting plus smoking rollies in the kitchen rings true as I'm sure @Melanius Mullarkey can testify. Have you thought about Edinburgh New Town? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Higgins Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: I apologise I thought you were a troll who had signed up to an account on a Scottish football website to ask question about where in Scotland to live but greeting plus smoking rollies in the kitchen rings true as I'm sure @Melanius Mullarkey can testify. Have you thought about Edinburgh New Town? not a troll or a bot. just a young(ish) mother trying to do right by my kids. Left England cos I hate B**** J****** so much and had more faith in the intelligence of Scottish folk but I now find myself surrounded by Scottish Brexit voters who discuss who their favourite member of the royal family is. But I still have faith that not everywhere in Scotland is like Sanquhar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: I apologise I thought you were a troll who had signed up to an account on a Scottish football website to ask question about where in Scotland to live but greeting plus smoking rollies in the kitchen rings true as I'm sure @Melanius Mullarkey can testify. Have you thought about Edinburgh New Town? Might want to read her opening post again She can only pay £700 a month Think that will rule out Edinburgh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 3 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Any of the former mining villages in East Ayrshire should do you absolutely fine. Drongan, New Cumnock, Auchinleck - really, you can’t go wrong. A lot worse places than Auchinleck IMHO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Anna Higgins said: I am absolutely not a bot!!! Not if bots sit at their kitchen table smoking rollies and sobbing whilst trying to figure out their life. Do we need milk? Can you check the fridge to see if we need Lurpak. Just heading into Tesco now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 The next time I have a weekend to myself I’m going to take a drive to Dumfries and or Galloway as I’ve never been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 9 minutes ago, maicoman said: A lot worse places than Auchinleck IMHO There's Mogadishu, Basra, Pripyat, loads of places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, Anna Higgins said: not a troll or a bot. just a young(ish) mother trying to do right by my kids. Left England cos I hate B**** J****** so much and had more faith in the intelligence of Scottish folk but I now find myself surrounded by Scottish Brexit voters who discuss who their favourite member of the royal family is. But I still have faith that not everywhere in Scotland is like Sanquhar. Dundee it is then. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 30 minutes ago, Anna Higgins said: But I still have faith that not everywhere in Scotland is like Sanquhar. Come on in, al show yi aboot. 8 minutes ago, throbber said: The next time I have a weekend to myself I’m going to take a drive to Dumfries and or Galloway as I’ve never been. Don't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Mr. Alli said: Come on in, al show yi aboot. Don't. We've seen the boots you hang about with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 On 14/04/2019 at 10:07, Sooky said: The Sunday Times have compiled a list of the best places to live in Scotland, with Dundee taking the top spot. Dundee appears to have been given top spot due to its “transformation from run-down industrial relic to vibrant creative hub” and its low house prices. West End and Broughty Ferry get much praise, but the Sunday Times do appear to be concerned by the lack of John Lewis in the city... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dundee-best-places-to-live-r2lwq7tkx Honourable mentions have gone to: Leith, Edinburgh Stockbridge, Edinburgh Finnieston, Glasgow Killearn, Stirling Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire Mull, Argyll and Bute North Berwick, East Lothian Port Appin, Argyll and Bute St Boswells, Scottish Borders https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-places-to-live-scotland-sunday-times-033c9cwxz Is Dundee a rightful winner? Where is the best place to live in Scotland? Do any P&Bers hail from the 10 best places to live? Can a place truly be a good place to live if there is no John Lewis? Can remember about 30 year before that article i think it was the 10 best towns in Britain to live in Beith was at number 7 Not sure why Kilbirnie did not get a mention 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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