9 Most Deprived Areas in Scotland

[@vanderquast]

Scotland still is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, according to us your good old friends at the other side of the North Sea. Love you Scotland 🇳🇱❤🏴

[@leeboslounge1690]

🇬🇧🤝🇳🇱 🤴 🤚 💙 🗡 🛡

[@1stinlastout165]

I'm not full Scottish and I too love Scotland

[@RobGordon35]

Yes Scotland is Beautiful.

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@vanderquast Thank you, from all over here in the Old Country... we love The Netherlands too, and even when you guys are speaking Dutch, it sounds as if it's in a Scottish accent...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@sooticablue1664]

aw that's such a lovely comment!

[@Kblog777]

No mention of Blackhill/Provanmill, Niddrie, Craigmiller, Easterhouse, Cranhill, Possilpark. There’s a lot of deprivation in this beautiful country.

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@Kblog777 Aye, Niddrie's in Edinburgh, Riddrie here in Glasgow, next to Blackhill/ Provanmill...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Bigtimecharlie1349]

Why did he not just say Glasgow. No mention of possil tho😂

[@B0rnles13]

Exactly, I would rank Niddrie at number 1 compared to these examples.

[@billygoat1449]

Deprieved areas,look around, look at the type of shops, look at the way people dress,that tells you all you want to know.

[@TicketyBoo.]

I've visited many cities in many countries and seen much worse than anything shown here. Yes there are unemployment blackspots where the government needs to help but the residents of many of these places have a role to play too. Poverty is no excuse for burnt out cars, vandalised properties, graffiti and the likes. If you take pride in what you do have, improvement and investment will follow.

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@TicketyBoo. Well, it's a nice thought, laudable, but it's not quite as simple as that... there are many, may reasons for poverty, both economic and cultural, and aye, sometimes a malaise among the residents plays a part on that, but, again, it's a wee bit more complex... be groovy...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@andrewwhelan7311]

Beware my friends, I am from s Wales valleys which are also deprived. This is how it goes, property is cheap with a lovely view. Outside developer's move in for the kill / buy to rent market and so push up prices. Soon, local people can't afford to live in their own community, resulting in ethnic cleansing. This is rife in the west and north of Wales, but I never thought the s Wales valleys should become desired by middle class English city dwellers fleeing from the grime. Embrace your communities cos the establishment want you to move so they can move in.. Heddwch / Peace from the Cymru.

[@SnowofLight]

I'm surprised that the S.Wales valleys have held out for so long. Anyone wanting a Southern rural lifestyle is completely priced out of England, Wales is the next logical step.

[@r1ckySV]

Well that is something that is definitely happening. I work as an electrician on social housing and these housing associations are everywhere. There aren't many council owned properties, they are all privately owned.

[@YllaStar95970]

Pp😊m

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@andrewwhelan7311 You're right Andy, 100 percent... .I fucking LOVE Wales, and my wee Welsh brothers and sisters... lively people, grooves cats I know... so talented and passionate, and you deserve SO much better... Hell, we ALL deserve better... Tory arseholes...🤨👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿... Be well guys...

[@cr1s69]

Keyword here is deprived. Greenock is stunning, with outstanding scenery and fantastic history but like many towns in the UK slowly being robbed of its culture, heritage and identity.

[@mecx7322]

Once a thriving shipbuilding centre, now everything shut down...

[@sassythesasquatch101]

greenock is filled with enough drugs to make pablo escobar jealous

[@KobraaRl]

Dundee where I'm from has so many drug dealers and stuff happening that's just not good

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@cr1s69 Aye, true... I've got family in Greenock and know it well. It has, unfortunately, declined in terms of mass local employment, over the decades... beautiful setting though, never tails to move me...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@sassythesasquatch101 Ach, everywhere's fulla the gear though, gell, even wee 'shortbread tin' toons like Rothesay, Dunoon etc... All blighted by the swag, and the trouble it brings... Sad...😔👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ChrisPipinghot]

Yasss!! Coatbridge is finally on the map!! 💪

[@JohnCasserly]

Already on the map. Right there in the Buckfast Triangle. 😏

[@glasgowgallus247]

@@ChrisPipinghot Coatbridge has always been on my map... Spent many a night on the floor of The Mint...🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@adrianmccombe625]

You have obviously never been to any of these areas. I live in Coatbridge and like everywhere there is a huge divide in wealth. It has new housing developments everywhere and all the land has been purchased for future developments. You can also see from the pictures it's hardly run down looking. It has instant access from both entrances to the town to the motorway. 15minutes from Glasgow and 30minutes from Edinburgh. Coatbridge is at the heart of the central belt of Scotland due to its access to the motorway and growing at some rate because of this. Your conclusions really are surprising.

[@cthree7792]

He cited his source in the video. Data doesn't lie. Building new houses doesn't magically fix the social issues of an area

[@adrianmccombe625]

@@cthree7792 investment does though and it always starts with land and housing. It does make a huge impact. I mean look at Glasgow as a whole compared to 30-40 years ago. Even Easterhouse is considerably better compared to 30 years ago. Want to know why? They demolished the old and built new houses. It doesn't sound to me like you know what you're talking about at all. What a nonsense comment.

[@653j521]

@@cthree7792 Data lies. It is manipulated all the time.

[@clairehislop5873]

I was surprised to see how small Coatbridge's town centre was

[@mrsargent4842]

Excuse me, you failed to mention wester hailes in Edinburgh, I was once mugged by a dishonest 9 year old there.

[@imspyingonyou2243]

He was 4 at the time.

[@pyeltd.5457]

@ don't mess or you will find out

[@garrygemmell5676]

@ I think he was being sarcaustic - you obviously are not au fait with the Scottish sense of humour!

[@bighoggg]

wester hails and Craig millar

[@marcsmith4244]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adoptmegirl9948]

That was a public information film by the Scottish tourist board.

[@gentarofourze]

Everythings relative, I grew up in a town that was hit hard by factory and mine closures and even then it was old fashioned and had nothing there, I moved away at first opportunity but moved back for a few years in my 20's and liked it, specifically as it had excellent and cheap priced old pubs. and very cheap and high quality take aways, and had a lot of beautiful scenery around within very short distances, I moved away to close to Glasgow and the rent was cheaper, more work and more transport links and miss where I grew up.

[@rootsmoncom]

Agreeing with others here, the pronunciation is abysmal. Pitkerro is not a district of Dundee it's a road which runs between Mid Craigie and Linlathen. There's a lot worse places than here.

[@megataurus7779]

Yes,arbroath is a real shithole

[@anabautista8071]

09. Barlanark, Glasgow; 08. Pitkerro, Dundee; 07. Merkinch, Inverness; 06. Coatbridge (North Lanarkshire); 05. Buckhaven (Fife); 04. Alloa South and East; 03. Ferguslie Oark, Paisley; 02. Carntyne West and Haghill (Glasgow); 01. Greenock, Inverclyde

[@kyledarling-tinsley6238]

Ferguslie is honestly not a terrible place, it's not the most appealing place but it's got some lovely features. There's always been a good community in the area, some good people. Definitely an interesting place but I'm glad to have grown up in ferguslie.

[@robertcatterson8835]

I was born in Paisley in 1955 and there were good and bad people, and the one thing that we all had in common was everyone was piss-poor.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💯😎

[@kayamac3]

Same - all good people. Dad woke up and drove his van one morning and all his tyres were gone 😂 the shed also got ransacked. Apart from that, it’s a nice place, close to ASDA and motorway connection anol so why would you wanna live there

[@JScot92]

Yes, Greenock is deprived in parts but there is a lot good about that town. Just over 30 mins to Glasgow on a frequent train service, amazing views over to the Argyll hills, great leisure facilities and some parts of the town (the west end) are really nice places to live. Inverclyde as a whole is an amazing place to live, it tends to be very specific parts that you have to be wary of.

[@adrianmccombe625]

This is the same of all areas. I'm a bit disgusted by this video. I'm English and live in Coatbridge and when I see videos like this, it's no wonder there is so much animosity in Scotland towards the English!

[@georgerobert4709]

Inverclyde is a beautiful place the towns are shite holes mostly due to the efforts of those who live there !! They treat the place like a toilet or council tip depending on their needs at the time. I was born in Gourock 60 yrs ago . Growing up it was a beautiful wee town well kept and looked after by it's inhabitants. Then they formed Inverclyde council and it all went to rat shit. Greenock councillors set about exacting a revenge on the town . Shipped all their junkies and problem families into Gourock and trashed the place. !!!

[@SimonWallwork]

Having worked in Greenock for a few years, looking after the delightful teenagers who live there, I can only agree. For many of the residents, the ready availability of Heroin and other class A drugs is another major bonus of living there.

[@alexandercarder2281]

I’ve lived many years in Greenock and currently live in the Port (Highholm street) and compared to 2000, the area is so much better. Just across the road from me is a huge shopping area with like Tesco and TK max boots etc. it’s a shame about the oak mall though as so many stores remain empty. But I love Inverclyde.

[@drumgold23]

Hey, if it's not Inverness, you are winning.

[@michaeldoolan4036]

I'm from greenock but moved to Dublin I miss back home. It might have its bad points but there are people from there that are the nicest people u cud meet. Some real diamonds in the mud ❤

[@johnlee5423]

You find very few diamonds in mud

[@alangoldman4906]

Bet he cannot pronounce milngavie

[@RounakSamdadia]

This is hilarious cause I totally relate to this. I'm living here for 9 months now and got to know Mil-gai just last week! 😂😂😂

[@dad7720]

Bet he cannot pronounce piobaireachd either

[@margaretcoyle4224]

@@dad7720haha

[@JohnnysCafe_]

It's funny listening to his mispronunciation of Scottish names.

[@glasgowgallus247]

​@@RounakSamdadiaI don't want to be picky mate, but I'd be saying 'Mul-gai...' 🤣👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@oddities-whatnot]

Love it when people talk about building affordable homes. What they mean is developments that are designed mainly for shared ownership. Its a scam to make money yet think they are doing people a favour. Tempting the gullible with nice new houses “yes, YOU can move in with a low mortgage and own a 25% share”. The developers have a nice little earner with these types of properties. Shared ownership is a con because the rental portion on the unowned share increases every year (and can be £300 a month to start with on a house worth £170k), and if you wish to sell after paying money into it for years, you will only get a percentage of the value because you dont own it outright. If you retire and still dont own 100% of the property, will you be able to afford to live on just the government pension ? If you sell, you get very little back so you wont be able to afford to buy anything else. A lot have no idea what they are getting themselves into as they get older with these houses.

[@davesalmond6726]

scam

[@studebaker4217]

Your English accent will go down a storm with this video, and I'm English too!

[@JohnCasserly]

We expect English people to mispronounce Scottish place names, but at least include all the consonants. Balanark? Whit? Cawntyne... Listen to Billy Connolly's song Three Men Frae Carntyne. The reason most of these places like Greenock (I can't believe it's worse than Port Glasgow) is because they are full of ex shipbuilders, ex IBM, Semiconductors, Texas Instruments employees, ex Tate and Lyle workers... There's a pattern here, you close down places of work, you get unemployed people. Same as Bathgate, Linwood, Ravenscraig... Not to mention the coalmines. I feel a Proclaimers song coming on...

[@josephmcgonigle880]

Deprivation is everywhere in Scotland .I was brought up in Drumchapel where the weans bite the dugs .😁😱💚 Wouldn't change a thing growing up.

[@GrahamReid34]

I was brought up in Drumchapel loved it, place has went right down hill now though

[@matthewt-ty33]

Jukkie land

[@deborahjohnstone7930]

@@Azureecosse pleased they ended up happy, people don't help themselves nowadays, think they are owed a living. X

[@daveboy1247]

@@deborahjohnstone7930 Scotland needs to become an independent country to fight against poverty.

[@Spookieham]

In the Drum even the dugs had to go around in pairs😁

[@alastair6356]

We have struck oil, gas and have an abundance of electricity generated by wind power, In return Westminster gave us food banks, poverty and unemployment.

[@johncollins-rh2cj]

North Lanarkshire council is the reason the 3 blocks in the town centre went downhill . The council turned it into a drink and drugs den by who they moved into these houses . Ex prisoners(including peodophiles) drug dealers and alcoholics . I watched it decline over the 39 years I lived there but they are due for demolition by 2025

[@l0rd_7426]

What parts of north Lanarkshire shire are due f demolition in 2025 do you think

[@wcw4life931]

@@MaryBrown-em3xn I've stayed in motherwell and bellshill all my days and was shocked those 2 weren't on the list, also gowkie

[@fernsnyder7072]

Very weird narration, sounds like a robot. Also "dishonesty has moved up by 28%", what the heck does that mean??

[@lucindafergusonart]

I would like to point out that South Alloa is a completely different place from Alloa and is not deprived , average house prices are probably somewhere around over £200 thousand the data the makers of this video used probably included the Marr Policies in Alloa which is the other side the north side of the river, this on a map looks close however there is no longer a ferry there and its a 30 minute drive from South Alloa, bad research on video makers part there,interesting attempt though .

[@scottluterotty9923]

Adding a map as you go along would help us foreigners get a better sense of where things are. I find myself pausing to research, then down the rabbit hole of distractions. Great videos though. Dreaming of more time traveling in retirement, but on a low budget. Ok, more time spent traveling. If I could 'go back' I'd be in my 20's, , & in Dunoon.

[@fionadiazdalriada]

My hometown, Dunoon. My immediate family members still live there.

[@oscarslife5497]

Pitkerro isn't an area its a road that has some lovely houses on it, and the picture they show is garden allotments not houses.

[@pbg0301]

Ferguslie Park has had a lot of money and time invested in it more than anywhere else in Paisley. Doesn't seem to make any difference

[@garrygemmell5676]

The FEEG will always be the FEEG its the criminal community that makes it what it is - i remember working in the outreach centre, i put two sticks of computer ram on the table next to the pc i was fixing and went ot the other side of the room and when i came back it had been nicked - i was told later never to leave anything lying unattended that was my first experience of the FEEG!

[@angelarussell3491]

@@garrygemmell5676 I once had to tell a member of staff off who was not pulling her weight. She could have said 'Fair enough' if from now on I turn over a new leaf and become really motivated and committed, could you help me get on the first rungs of management ? I would have replied 'You bet I will !' But no, she said 'Oh I'm fed up with this, I think I'll give this job up and go on the dole'. My guess is, she now lives in a 'deprived area'.

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@angelarussell3491 Yes indeedy in the UK we strive for the mediocre as "there is always the dole" - sooner we do like Poland and 6 months benefits and no job then no more benefits the lazy brit dole bludgers need a good kick up the arse to be honest its vrutal but its the truth and the only way to do it!

[@ElffQueen1]

@@garrygemmell5676 that is a fiction and you know it! Who would choose to live like that when there are jobs out there!

[@markc7955]

Linwood no more.

[@HerbertLemons]

Having driven through Jaywick near Clacton in Essex - all those places look like exotic holiday destinations.

[@lisacallear4419]

Scotland better than england as at least we dont av a nob for goverment borris johstone is urs

[@Williamthehedonist]

I had the unfortunate experience of living in Arbroath, very racist towards English....even when you are half Irish...Dicks

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

Jaywick is a lovely place. Yes it is deprived but a place is it's people and they are nice folk.

[@elizabethwatters6610]

Greenock was a thriving industrial town with shipbuilding, sugar refineries, electronic industries and all the smaller industries who are suppliers. The reason for its decline is Margaret Thatcher in the 80's who closed down the shipyards and their offshoot industries in the eighties and did very little to replace the thousands of lost jobs . Labour also did very little to halt Greenock s decline as no significant new employment was attracted to the area apart from call centres and of course a rise in the need for carers as the general health and wellbeing of the people suffers in a declining healthcare system which, especially during the present circumstances, falls short of meeting basic needs of the people. And now we come to the SNP reign over the Scottish people and things have declined even further in healthcare, education social services especially in solving the drug problems in the area. A new system of government overall is what is required as the only ones who benefit from the present system are the politicians and their in crowd buddies. The country could be run far more economically and the excess money redistributed amongst the people to improve standards if living in every area. Get rid of the "GREED IS GOOD " philosophy of Thatcherism and we'll all be better off.

[@lucindafergusonart]

I understand what you are saying about Thatcher but remember cant blame everything on her and this was 45 ish years ago, she gets blamed for a lot of things but wasn't necessarily her fault plus the latest bunch of tyrants in power have done little for the people of Scotland, I don't like many of them but the SNP seem the worst.

[@mecx7322]

Shipyard were doomed to fall anyway, but a couple of years later due to cheap competition from China. All European shipyards met the same fate, East German and Polish in the end.

[@elizabethwatters6610]

The reason the shipyards were doomed to fail was corporate greed putting profit before the people's wellbeing. That's the reason the shipyards failed it was manipulated by a tory government whose interests were not for the people but for maximising profits for big businesses at the expense of the British and European people anyone thinking otherwise is living in cloud cuckoo land. We need a totally new people orientated system in the UK, run by the true majority ie the people and current democracy doesn't cut it.

[@mecx7322]

@@elizabethwatters6610European shipyards failed due to cheaper labour force from China and greed from shipowners, not governments. Goverments were attempting to help but were unable to cheat economic rules. First to collapse were huge yards in Sweden and Denmark, due to very high wages. Danish yards survived slightly longer ( gigantic Odense shipyard ) only thanks to big order from Maersk ( A.P. Moller ) - biggest ship owner in the world and government subsidies. Then UK shipyards, German and finally Polish collapsed. Only cruise ship production survived: Turku yard in Finland, Lloyd Meyer in Pappenburg in Germany, Chantiers d'Atlantique in St. Nazaire in France and 2 or 3 Finncantieri yards in Italy. China, South Korea and even Japan are unable to compete and deliver demanded vessels so cruise ship industry in Europe seems to be still unthreatened.

[@elizabethwatters6610]

Yes, maximising profits at the cost of people's jobs and well-being by big businesses, the greedy elite and probably exploiting the cheap labour in the process

[@Spookieham]

Bearsden deprivation is the shops running out of Advocado and Quinoa

[@garrygemmell5676]

Roflmao yes very true you could add Bothwell and Newton Mearns to that list too!

[@kevindocherty8292]

This video would have had better pronunciation if an American done it,pure butchery

[@pyeltd.5457]

That would be worse as they can't pronounce England names like burning ham

[@Nightbird.]

@@pyeltd.5457 And the English can't pronounce American names either..like La Jolla..so we're even.

[@personalemail9329]

​@@Nightbird.Half of Americans not from San Diego/Cali pronounce it wrong as well. That's more of a self own comment rather then owning the Tea drinkers since they can atleast pronounce Birmingham unlike Americans and "La Jolla" .

[@Matelot123]

People move for more than just quality of life. People move for all sorts of reasons. Employment, family ties, financial and social reasons. You shouldn't just claim that people move just to improve their quality of life.

[@edjohnson8017]

Everything you just mentioned was tied to “quality of life” genius

[@Matelot123]

My list wasn't exhaustive (clearly) but I guess you're partly right. Not sure why you felt the need t be so sarcastic with your "genius" comment at the end though. Do you feel all superior now then?

[@edjohnson8017]

@@Matelot123 “employment” and “social reasons” are all something that improves your quality of life...

[@Matelot123]

@@edjohnson8017 As I said I see your point and agree. What I didn't see was the need for the insult.

[@Rache_777]

😂😂😂

[@ianaustin6642]

It’s prounced. Bar-Lanark.

[@Thatbookishguy69]

I’m from Ferguslie and I was not shocked to see it on this list

[@johnhiggins2983]

used to test my running their

[@marksaunders2M0]

#1 - GREENOCK - a town under Labour Party stewardship since the end of the Second World War till the present day. I do wonder how many constituents had previously voted for the Labour Party - a political group that at one time was in power not only in the UK, but in Holyrood and most of Scotland’s local authorities and did nothing to stem the rise of poverty and deprivation. If anyone thinks that this is a scandal brought about by the SNP (caretakers of a devolved government in a parliament designed to perpetuate minority administration) then they have very short memories or have never opened a book. Perhaps the voters in these ten areas have recently been in search of a different path from the one which has been well trodden by their Labour voting parents and grandparents.

[@penman1289]

Look to the SNP, not fairly distributing, the money it gets from England, because people there don't vote for sturgeon,

[@marksaunders2M0]

@@penman1289 What ‘money’ does Scotland ‘get’ from England? Dennis Healey former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer - “Scotland “pays its fair share” and that “these myths” (drawn by Westminster politicians, portraying Scotland as a subsidised state dependent on the UK for charitable handouts, with higher levels of debt and a dependency on the public sector) are simply perpetuated by those that oppose independence … the oil wealth had been squandered by Westminster rather than invested, while being underplayed (in value terms) by multiple UK governments to subdue calls for Scottish independence”. But you know better I suppose Danny. Fair’nuff. I’ll take your word for it.

[@angelarussell3491]

It's not in Labour's interests to stem poverty and deprivation, cos they will run out of voters. Remember, it was a Labour cabinet M.P. who had been educated at a Public School, who closed down most of the grammar schools

[@penman1289]

@@angelarussell3491 only a selfish person who has a job ,would say such a remark, narcissist.

[@angelarussell3491]

@@penman1289 You need to tell me what it is you disagree with vis-a-vis my remarks. It's no argument just insulting me and calling me names. What do you disagree with and why ?

[@thomasmorin749]

Nicola sturgeon's constituency of govanhill is no beauty spot.

[@davieleerio]

Agreed but there shes no beauty either lol🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VR-Stories26]

A lot of good people and great iniatives in Govanhill.

[@davieleerio]

@@VR-Stories26 Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garrygemmell5676]

Ahh you are obviously not from Scotland its not called Govanhill anymore hasnt been for the last 20 years I've known it, its called TURBANHILL now, always has been to the locals! >;o)

[@VR-Stories26]

@@garrygemmell5676 I'm defo from Glasgow. I was one of The Pool occupiers twenty years ago and next Spring 2022 there shall be a new state of the art pool and well-being centre in Calder Street.. There is a distorted narrative which consists of stereotypes which weaves in the air about Govanhill. However, I know many lovely people who are doing great work. It does have its issues, like many inner cities. There are independent bookshops, Locovore organic store, upcycling, recycling Community Gardens, community Magazine, etc. However, I fully understand I won't and can't convince you otherwise. We are propelled by the stories we take on and the underlying theme gets stuck. So wishing you all the best. It's Christmas, peace and goodwill to you.

[@stevenmunro]

"When the haves and haves not of Inverness are being discussed"?! Who writes and narrates this? The jaunty upbeat narration style is also very odd.

[@theolderigetthewrongbitget4746]

I was born in Ferguslie back in the 50's, was a great place to live, then the local council decided to put all the scum from other estates into the one place, Ferguslie, from then on it became a sh*thole, really sad to see tbh.

[@frankanderson3503]

Irvine and most of North Ayrshire are truly deprived

[@lornaedgar6861]

Yes it is. I live in North Ayrshire and it is really run down.

[@garrygemmell5676]

yEAH FORGOT ABOUT iRVINE IT IS QUITE A sTABB iNN!

[@rippingale100]

Lorna Edgar further down you've got Dumfries,Annan and look at stranraer since they closed the port to get to Ireland.At least if you live in the central belt you have excellent computer links,down in the south completely stuck in the middle of nowhere it's easier to get to England

[@fci1]

The garnock valley.

[@voicezful]

Would it not be quicker and easier to say that under the SNP Govt, all of Scotland is currently deprived and getting worse.

[@carradalebear840]

100% correct, the party for junkies, unemployed and racists😡

[@allanthomas6238]

I live in aviemore its beautiful and not deprived of anything we just need loadsa snow for the tourists

[@grahamfleming8139]

Free Ireland, now the 4th richest in world. Says everything.

[@voicezful]

@@grahamfleming8139 The video is about Scotland not EU

[@grahamfleming8139]

@@voicezful the British state for ye that and northern Ireland something to bang the drum 🥁 aboot.

[@eamon4584]

Blaming SNP as if there were no Schemes in Scotland before the SNP took power, if anything the schemes were a lot worse back then and a hell of a lot more dangerous places to live.

[@GrahamReid34]

Really? Lol open your eyes then

[@ellichrisott]

@@GrahamReid34 some of us have

[@ellichrisott]

@@Azureecosse just cause it’s still awful, there’s a lot less crime more drugs but less hassle generally. Think yours glasses are the tinted ones.

[@joetanjm]

SNP SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY INTO SCOTLAND AND STOP BLAMING WESTMINSTER!!!

[@ellichrisott]

@@joetanjm yeah cause they don’t get their money from Westminster at all and spend more than they do comparatively. I don’t vote snp but I also don’t tolerate ignorance.

[@margaretsmallallan28]

I wish someone could have put him right, about how to pronounce the names of places? It just sounds so amateur, especially when the camera work and video are good!

[@rippingale100]

What crap ,not a mention of the south of Scotland,some parts are so deprived that they are not even mentioned ( deprived and forgotten)

[@nicksmpsn6546]

It's difficult to hear this as it's my home country. I just hope things will turn around in the future. Incidentally, I really like Greenock. Never had a bad experience in my many times in the town.

[@penman1289]

Yes but it sounds like you don't live there

[@nicksmpsn6546]

@@penman1289 I don't, it's true, but still like Greenock.

[@garrygemmell5676]

Greenock is actually not that bad but try poor old Port Glasgow its a real dead place full of poor old unemployed souls wandering aimlessly or sitting drunk in doorways i used to work for Calmac in the building above the library and it was the only place where people had jobs its a right sad old place!

[@penman1289]

@@garrygemmell5676 you keep comparing, who is the worst off, and you will always have a poor mans way of thinking,

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@penman1289 Comparison is the only way of becoming better and striving for more! Without comparison you WILL have a poor mans way of thinking and never rise above the mediocre!

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Thing is though please don’t judge the people to the state of the area ,there will be dafties etc but good working folk as well

[@ashattack5789]

You forgot pilton I live here it's so rough,poor muggings, stabbings, arson on a daily basis. Anti social behaviour

[@kayla-Rey22]

Couldn't the person making this video at least have researched the place name pronunciations? It started with a total mispronunciation of Barlanark and didn't get much better.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Do the most depraved places next.

[@thies7831]

Thank you very much. This will be my target list for running a trip, devoid of the usual "madcap, selfie driven" tourists, encountering the real 21st century Scotland.

[@Craigdan85]

Bar-larn-ock that’s how it’s pronounced 😂

[@patrickhouston2610]

He should really have done simply research into how to pronounce the names of the areas, take two points of ha ha.

[@soulseekerscotland4365]

Sounds like he's saying bana-nark 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

BAR LAR NOK IS ALSO KNOWN AS GREATER EASTERHOUSE (THiS I'd WHERE Donna Drummond did her Crimes against youngsters and got away from with all of them)

[@sirrobertthebruce534]

Get leathered down my bit asking for directions to places like that🤣

[@soulseekerscotland4365]

@@sirrobertthebruce534 my question is how did they forget to include possilpark 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@waynewallace2583]

Like many other Paisley natives, my Scottish family members left Paisley and emigrated to Kearney, New Jersey, aka “Little Paisley”.

[@fazbell]

LOL....Scotland is not deprived compared to places like Alabama and Mississippi in the USA. UK is ahead of a good part of the world.

[@coybig6761]

I don't think Coatbridge should be on this list tbh

[@eamon4584]

Depends what part of Coatbridge like he said Cliftonville

[@garrygemmell5676]

Yes i agree i thought that was rather harsh! Can we transplant Greenhills in East Kilbride or the Murray?

[@Ross-um4bc]

​@@garrygemmell5676Dont be daft ek is nowhere near that bad

[@weeyin64]

Seriously, how can you comment when your pronunciation of the areas is shockingly deprived!

[@robertjohnston7625]

When doing your research into these areas you obviously felt comfortable in the Pronunciation of them , you failed horribly.

[@Bigtimecharlie1349]

These areas have been deprived for the last 30 years. Nothings changed 😮❤

[@corinnelouiseedwards1250]

Im absolutely raging, smid data yes etc but the presenter clearer doesn’t have a clue regarding the areas he can’t even pronounce the name of the first location properly!!!!!???? What good came from this video? For what benefit was it created etc? If moving to a new area everyone can google and visit it in Scotland so please don’t repeat this waste of air time!!! All this does is bring people in these areas down, in Scotland we’re all about trying to bring each other up 💗 #people make scotland!!!! 💗💗💗

[@5688gamble]

Coatbridge and surrounding towns definitely suck, Bellshill nearby isn't much better, but going into Coatbridge, or Airdrie- you really see it. North Lanarkshire in general is deprived with Motherwell probably being the best place due to it's good transport links and nice walkable town center, where most of the shops are actually not boarded up, at least in Bellshill, where I live, there are nice walks and I can get a train to Glasgow or Edinburgh regularly- I dunno Shotts looks pretty bad too, it has nice rural areas but Shotts proper has very bad transport and very little to do- would NOT want to live there, at least if I was in Coatbridge I could hop on a bus somewhere nicer!

[@wilfredzielinski5685]

should do a video on whats good in scotland

[@voicezful]

It would be too quick to view.

[@pyeltd.5457]

@@voicezful it would be Scotland good England bad Wales mixed

[@Highland_lad]

Have you ever been to these areas? Merkinch is not deprived and coronation park got knocked down in the 80s and is classed as the kessock ferry...

[@bigteddy66]

Or just the ferry

[@sheilamitchell2215]

Twin towned with Basra....I moved up here over 30 years ago my first house was in the Ferry and it was spotless. I moved up from Peterhead and Fraserburgh I've lived in both and I can say hand on heart that the Ferry is like paradise in comparison to both towns. There's a lot of decent people down there and a lot of folk work tirelessly to help the area and some of the nicest people in town live there. There are idiots in every town or city and not just in the deprived parts either.

[@bigteddy66]

@@sheilamitchell2215 you're not painting a good picture of Peterhead or Fraserburgh.

[@sheilamitchell2215]

@@bigteddy66 I'm speaking about the town itself not the people....both are very run down and regularly vandalised. Years ago both towns took a real pride in the many different shops and businesses but like everywhere else retail parks sprung up and folk go there businesses fold and both town centres look neglected and shabby. Both used to be very successful fishing ports but these days are long gone and I lived and worked in both when fishing was at its peak. In both towns Saturdays was usually shopping day and the town was mobbed and shops thrived but now most are closed because of the Internet the extortionate rent and rates and the likes of Tescos swallowing everything up. Yet the people are the most kindest generous genuine warm and welcoming folk out and I'm proud and privileged to be a North East quine!

[@scottreid1677]

The guy has obviously never been to Broomhouse ,Niddrie or Wester Hailes in Edinburgh.

[@sandersson2813]

You need to work on your stocato delivery and eliminating repetition and superfluous content. You say "most deprived in Scotland" about 50 times.

[@markboni2615]

for anyone not from scotland, 1.Wester Hails and Sighthill 2.Methil, Fife 3. Kilmarnock 4. Port Glasgow 5. West Lothian and i’m sure theres a few others but these are just personal opinions

[@WuIIie]

Went to college in Kilmarnock. Place is a complete shit tip.

[@MrJckDoo]

I would think that Clune Park Glasgow (Scoyland's Chernonle) has to be the worst of all in Deprivation

[@brianjohnston3707]

I'm not surprised bar-l on that list, it's went right down hill in the 20 yrs I've been away, drove through it lately and it's as if the council has abandoned it??

[@seanbruce2425]

Drugs are killing Scotland

[@brendanmurrill5059]

Whilst I dispute your ranking, your pronunciation of the names of several areas is wrong. This is offensive and makes your video sound like an English opinion of somewhere they don't know. Maybe you start closer to your home!

[@kfckillie1]

Agree

[@pyeltd.5457]

He did and it was crap as well

[@isabelstokes4042]

I am a native of Greenock. It used to be a lovely place, and there are still many lovely parts of it, before Margaret Thatcher came along and tore the heart out of it by closing down the shipyards.

[@charleslouden6600]

Has nobody been to govanhill ,too scared,sturgeons seat is twice as bad as the bronx.

[@1630revelloify]

Was the text written by an AI bot? So many grammatical howlers and unnecessary repetition.

[@garrygemmell5676]

Loves how he pronounces ballanark lol its Bar Larn Ark - Gave me a chuckle anyway! Its actually known by the locals as Scumdee not Dundee and its the whole of Dundee that is deprived full of druggies and alcoholics we call these places a STABB INN! A lot of that is wrong you never mentioned GIRVAN, EASTERHOUSE, GORBALS, TURBANHILL, QUEENS PARK. PORT GLASGOW

[@Spookieham]

Queens Park is an absolute slum now - huge change in the last 50 years.

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@Spookieham Yeah even the Hamilton Accies wont live there now!

[@l3awjawz]

It's a bit unfair lumping Girvan in with the other places...unless you meant Govan...

[@charcolew]

BarLANark, not BallanARK! You lost me there...

[@davidl1969]

Love the way the narrator can't pronounce Barlanark.

[@johnthomson6507]

Is this out of date agree with some of it but ferguslie park is now mainly private housing. Port Glasgow imo is alot worse than Greenock and there are some nice housing estates coming into Greenock from Renfrewshire and the bit that borders gourock is really nice. Agree with the east end though my father came from carentine. Less said the better.

[@l3awjawz]

By coming in from Renfrewshire, I take it you mean Bridge of Weir & Kilmacolm? Agree these are nice as well as the west side of Greenock approaching Gourock. The majority of Greenock is slum town and there seems to be a lot of rival scheme gangs for such a small place.

[@mimod155]

Seaton in Aberdeen is also really deprived.

[@mimod155]

along with all the areas around Seaton.

[@robertmcdougall3166]

I don’t think we should focus on party politics, most of these areas have been in this list for decades, ruling parties come and parties go and they are still in a mess. IMO it is all about the quality of local councillors and the expertise of council officers. When it comes to making decisions ours (Alloa South and East) really scrapes the bottom of the barrel, for instance it is actively considering a TEMPORARY swimming pool and wellbeing centre at a staggering £3.9m, so many opportunities for wise investment totally ruined and areas of the town have become the domain of junkies.

[@seigneurjesuistoipshaw.5359]

Everywhere has deprivation in Scotland.

[@BALAPMOBILTV]

Interesting information

[@LearningCanteen]

Thanks for visiting

[@SuperTube1985]

This video makes out that you'd expect Scotland to have plenty of deprived areas as the English equivalent of this video insinuates that England shouldn't or you wouldn't think of having many deprived areas now i wonder why that would be??? There's a lot of shitholes everywhere you go anywhere in the world you'll see it its down society that's lacking in respect work ethic & self worth You look at a video from any city in the 70s people are better dressed slimmer streets are cleaner what does that tell you? Society has changed a lot & is getting worse in turn so will your deprived areas

[@rogerramjetukuk]

What a lot of tosh..

[@camelia9802]

🤣🤣🤣 his pronunciation of 'Barlanark' ... is wrong, typical sassenach... 😆😂😅

[@craighobbs3708]

Pathetic comment

[@pyeltd.5457]

@@craighobbs3708 pathetic reply using a pathetic WiFi connection

[@daviewinters7871]

Cumbernauld

[@jimking3288]

An interesting video but when Indian people came here in the 60s with nothing and are now multi millionaires what can we learn from their example ?? These folks got their heads down and worked extremely hard and did not waste their money on the latest tech unless it had business benefits, tattoos, fashion etc !! Then they valued education and used the local schools available and the local libraries and as their wealth grew and their families advanced fee paying schools with their dedication to education and high standards became a popular choice !! There is no excuse for living like a pig if you are poor and if these people making these areas into ghettos kicked themselves up the arse and got some self respect instead of living like that these areas would dramatically and drastically transform and for the poor souls through health reasons who have difficulty maintaining standards would have a greater share of the limited resources available to support them !! You can take a pig out of a pigsty but it'll turn a palace into a pigsty so it's time these folks in these areas change their attitude and take responsibility for their own environment !!

[@gentarofourze]

Ah yes the poor are poor because they choose to be mentality, and stereotyping everyone not sucessful.

[@jimking3288]

@@gentarofourze try reading and understanding what I said unless you are a lazy thinker !!

[@gentarofourze]

@@jimking3288 I did, and you stereotyped 2 groups of people.

[@jimking3288]

@@gentarofourze you obviously cannot understand context and you are reading into what I said what you think or want to think I said so do apologise once you get an education !!

[@gentarofourze]

@@jimking3288 I have a degree from a reasonable university, so I have an education. Doesn't mean I am the smartest person around though. But your comment was generalising at the very least yet you cannot see that, maybe you should be the one that gets an education! That and a chill pill.

[@annag201]

Is he making these videos tae wined us up 😄

[@jr5389]

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[@B0rnles13]

I think so look at all the comments it's generated.

[@ga3680]

Some of the pronunciation in this video is just awful. BTW Barlanark is pronounced Bar-LA-nark and borough is pronounced BU-RA.

[@andisadler2897]

Slightly bemused with this video, my family lives up in Aberdeen, Fraserburgh areas and there is definatly money up there trust me. Alot of oil opff shore workers, alot of farming. Alot of BMW and Range Rover. Obviously inner citys same as everywere but out in the sticks there is money in them mines.

[@Nightbird.]

Can you please recommend a peaceful and safe rural area to retire to that is about 30-60 minutes away from either Edinburgh or Glasgow? I would love to retire in the woods with privacy and no near neighbors..yet only be about -30-60 minutes away from a large city with a variety of good restaurants and entertainment. Thank you!

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@Nightbird. Newton Mearns the largest suburb in the whole of Europe - where else - and if you have the money Thorntonhall area really quite pukka but unfortunately areas like that are full of the most insuferabke snobs who think they are better than anyone else just because they live in a 50o grand house (with a 490 grand mortgage) and a second hand bmw or merc with privatge plates to disguise the fact its a 10 year old car but hey its all about the fur coat and nae nickers brigade in thay places INNIT#1

[@robinburn4974]

Green ok is that in Scotland?

[@johnlee5423]

I am extremely angry 😠 about this list why is my town Airdrie not in the top 3.

[@ddtv394]

These look better than 90% of small towns in Canada

[@StewartL]

Girvan and Maybole. The land that time forgot.

[@garrygemmell5676]

Haha so true but the chippy in Girvan does a great special fish we always pop in on the way home from Culzean lol Mind you I always take a chibb!

[@StewartL]

@@garrygemmell5676 Yeah the marina chippy was good. I grew up in Girvan but moved away to Edinburgh 17 years ago. Was in Girvan last summer and as soon as you drive up the high street the shops all look neglected.

[@garrygemmell5676]

@@StewartL Yes but many of the little towns are like that its quite sad to see the boarded up little shops all in a row must be a nightmare living there now - what do you do all day if you dont have a job - drink, smoke the blaw, stay in and play xbox and not much else with the attitude of the kids these days!

[@williammcmillan9344]

Am from Denny canny believe we never got a mention 🤣

[@pyeltd.5457]

Boris Johnson knows more about Scotland than you bot man

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Havnt watched it yet... I'll assume Ballingry abd lochgelly will be on it..!

[@dulceetdecorumest90]

I am unfortunate enough to say I live in Buckhaven. There have been three fires in the area in the space of a week. Coincidence...I think not 🤔. Not to forget the walking zombies... ie heroin and meth addicts.

[@sadken50p]

Did yi gan ti the auld buckhind high schail?

[@dulceetdecorumest90]

@@sadken50p nope

[@sadken50p]

@@dulceetdecorumest90 your lucky. I had the pleasure to go to buckhind in the 90s. Then they made the mistake of moving kirkland together with buckhind...... That was a mistake lol

[@lyndamcclure9865]

Why does that shop in Ferguslie always get on stuff like this. It looks totally different now. Needs deleted.

[@chris-ub8in]

From Greenock and yep its a toilet full of scummy dealers and junkies. The council do not help by spending the publics money on stupid things instead of improving the town.

[@drm888]

There are NO deprived in Inverness, it is absolute rubbish to suggest this.

[@weefernsy7]

Greenock my home town 🤣🤣

[@alibali193]

Went there once. Lost car keys and someone offered to hotwire it for me 😂😂

[@weefernsy7]

@@alibali193 hahaha might seem like a Shite hole but most of the people mean well haha

[@insanegenius3993]

Aye same here bro 😂

[@alibali193]

@@weefernsy7 agreed. He thought he was helping me. They had been dropped by a friend down a street drain. He then went head first down the drain to retrieve them. He had a heart of gold

[@Nightbird.]

So which are the good cities to live in Scotland then?

[@chintureddy9254]

Aberdeen