Derry Alli Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, Torpar said: Glasgow - Where people will stab each other because they happen to live in a different housing scheme from you You can throw a lot of dirt at Glasgow but this certainly isn't a problem specific to that city. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: You can throw a lot of dirt at Glasgow but this certainly isn't a problem specific to that city. That's true but it doesn't exactly scream friendly for any city. Edited February 22, 2021 by Torpar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I'll never understand why, when Rangers were liquidated, folk never took the opportunity to move their support to clubs not steeped in sectarianism. Because they’re all bigoted scumbags who lap up all that shite, and the new club follows the exact same ideology. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahemps Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 15 hours ago, ZingaliMan said: EDINBURGH you will have had your tea. GLASOW come in have your tea. True true true. I've heard this saying for years but in all my visits to peoples house I have never heard either of these sayings been mentioned.......ever. Most people offer you a cup of tea but I think you are meaning the dinner version of 'tea' here. Do you regularly get offered your dinner when you visit someones house? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I'd like to congratulate Glaswegians on being freindly. Some achievement. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 58 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: Because they’re all bigoted scumbags who lap up all that shite, and the new club follows the exact same ideology. I would have used a tongue in cheek emoji, had such a thing existed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Arbroath really is the pits, which is a shame. Should be a beautiful little town but drugs have absolutely devoured it. To be fair, if I was surrounded by smokie b*****ds every day I'd probably try to blot out my existence with the strongest drugs available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 A number of years ago I got stuck overnight in Edinburgh due to an unexpected snow storm. No offer of help and a dreary night stuck at the bus station. A few years later a similar thing in Glasgow. This time free drinks at the bar, a bed for the night from a complete stranger and mad filthy sex. I’m not sure if this make Glasgow more friendly or if the missus is just luckier than me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Those who connect Glasgow to jaikies, stabbings, sectarianism, scheme running battles, junkies etc ie endless list of stereotypical sometimes derogatory descriptions), clearly haven't spent any time in the West End, Kelvingrove, Finnieston strip/Hydro, Dennistoun/Duke St or the Southside. I would hazard a guess that a number of these perceptions have been informed by solely frequenting train station, bus station or football pubs/nearest Wetherspoon.. I imagine it is a bit like spending a weekend drinking Carslberg in a Prague Irish bar and then proudly offering an opinion on Czech beer and traditional Czech pubs. As for Glasgow being a friendly city, it is no more friendlier than any other city I have lived in when out and about. But I would say that staff in Glasgow pubs are far cheerier and friendlier than pub staff in many other comparable cities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: You can throw a lot of dirt at Glasgow and most of it won't get noticed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Torpar said: Since the list is based on tourists I can understand why Glasgow is top, I'm sure all the Yanks absolutely eat up all the "patter" when they visit Glass-cow but like other cities on the list, if your not a tourist then the top 3 cities can be as far from friendly as you get. Glasgow - Where people will stab each other because they happen to live in a different housing scheme from you or you went to school named after a saint or not Dublin - Junkies, Scumbags, dirty Montreal - Friendly until they discover you are an anglo Canadian who doesn't speak any French The sneering way English Canadians talked about Quebec independence used to remind me a lot of the way English people talk about Scottish independence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bonksy+HisChristianParade said: The sneering way English Canadians talked about Quebec independence used to remind me a lot of the way English people talk about Scottish independence. And just like the Scottish they voted no, twice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Sannox Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 In Glasgow they pretend to be friendly, in Edinburgh they genuinely are unfriendly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, Glen Sannox said: In Glasgow they pretend to be friendly, in Edinburgh they genuinely are unfriendly. It's an under used selling point. "Visit Edinburgh, we'll gie you peace". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 All this Edinburgh is unfriendly thing might have something to it, I'm from just outside Edinburgh and I hate people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Sannox Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: It's an under used selling point. "Visit Edinburgh, we'll gie you peace". Indeed, for the most part you can rest assured that if you go into an Edinburgh pub, you’ll be left well alone. Go into a Glasgow pub, and within minutes some drunken fantasist will regale you with stories of how they are great pals with Paul Ferris, Ally McCoist and Billy Connolly. Lunatics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Glen Sannox said: Indeed, for the most part you can rest assured that if you go into an Edinburgh pub, you’ll be left well alone. Go into a Glasgow pub, and within minutes some drunken fantasist will regale you with stories of how they are great pals with Paul Ferris, Ally McCoist and Billy Connolly. Lunatics. They only do that with tourists. My demeanour exudes that I live near enough that they cut straight to the chase and ask for money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Almost all city based characteristics are complete myths, with the exception of Aberdeen. They truly are miserable b*****ds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEETHING Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Tbf Dundee and its citizens/service users exude the air of rampant drug misuse, so there may be something to that characterisation too. Edited February 22, 2021 by SEETHING 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 I didn't call anyone dirty, I said the city is dirty. I respectively disagree, where I come from jakies are like a foreign cultured west coast chav, it's not that deep. It's the same level of description to me as calling someone posh. Which also doesn't show contempt. The post quoted above this one puts what I said across better and admittedly funnier. Using the term “chav” disqualifies you from having an opinion. Edinburgh = Tories so they can f**k off.Seriously though, no city is friendlier than another. I’ve lived in Glasgow my whole life and consider myself at least a tiny bit friendly, I’m sure it would be the same if I was born and raised anywhere else. If you actually give a f**k about a city being voted friendliest on some daft list then you are for the watching. You’d have to be some level of weirdo to think about booking a holiday and look up friendliest city in the world before doing it. Also the list is clearly ridiculous cause Dublin is near the top and it’s an expensive shitehole with the worst accent on earth. Go to Galway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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