Quote: (09-30-2014 06:28 PM)Carlos100 Wrote:
Some interesting info on the city from an expat's perspective here.
I have to disagree with a few of his comments.
I've never heard of anyone being pick-pocketed here, and if everyone wears trousers as tight as he claims they're hardly going to miss someone trying to grab their wallet out of their pockets.
Forget the umbrella from autumn onwards, half the time wind comes with the rain and you see bins full of broken umbrellas. Just wear a hood or grin and bear it.
Plenty of reasonable hotels in the city centre, though there are a lot of B&B's, can't comment on how good they are.
The subway shuts at 6pm on a Sunday, but every other day it shuts at around 11pm. Taxis can be quite expensive for one person, but as a group it's cheaper than the train. If you're alone, you can get the train from say Partick to High Street and pay £2 at most for a single journey, less if you're going to Charing Cross or Queen Street.
Customer service is generally fine. Sending food back if there's something obviously wrong is also fine.
Ashton Lane is fine during term time, but outside of that it's mostly the middle-age crowd and overpriced drinks.
Fully agree on not making a bad attempt at the Scottish accent, it will not go down well.
Plenty of good chippies about, it's not restricted to Doon the Lane.
And you don't need to use just a Clydesdale or RBS bank machine, any will do, those two are simply the ones who always give you Scottish notes.