Glasgow: Manhattan with a Scottish accent? September 6, 2008
Posted by chambeli in World.Tags: glasgow, home, poverty, scotland, World
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[/caption]They say you should begin with what you know. What I know is home, and Glasgow city is just that. The USA’s “In Style” magazine made the statement that “Glasgow is Manhattan with a Scottish accent”.
I don’t know how much I personally agree with that. Certainly, Glasgow has it’s fifth avenue (Buchanan Street), but it also has it’s Bronx It’s certainly no glitzy, glam, make-it-happen city of dreams like the Big Apple.
Glasgow is a pretty poor city, infact, the life expectancy here is lower than in the Gaza strip. We have terrotorial battles, recently I’ve been hearing about alot of Pakistani vs White property/area disputes. We’re all in the same situation – I think we should live in peace. This isn’t to go for everyone; Glasgow, and Scotland in general are places in which racial lines are blurred and ethnicity is disregarded; our culture in terms of racism is far less prominent than other parts of the world i.e. the USA and parts of Asia.
These are the pictures of Scotland you won’t see on your tourist brochures.

