Worst Places to Live in Scotland

What are the worst places to live in Scotland? As one of the great countries making up the United Kingdom, Scotland is under serious internal and external pressure to live up to the standard expected of the UK. Thus, those living in Scotland, or hoping to move to Scotland one day have reasons to hope that they are or will be living in one of the best places. Just like every other great nation, however, cities and towns in Scotland don’t have all factors and amenities working for them equally. Some of them are not so good. Let me share with you the worst places to live in Scotland.
Please note that these worst places to live in Scotland are by no means the worst places to live in the world. As I said earlier, Scotland as a part of the UK is one of the places people are dying to live. Thus, living in Scotland and being gainfully employed there, you should consider yourself very fortunate. Yet, the following places are some of those that Scots don't what to live, from my finding and my research.
8. Falkirk
Let’s start with Falkirk, a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland that is historically in the county of Stirlingshire. It’s is the main town and administrative center of the unitary Falkirk council area. This town is in the Forth Valley, 23.3 miles northwest of Edinburgh and 20.5 miles northeast of Glasgow. Despite its rich history and location at the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals junction which has once proved key to its growth, Falkirk is one of the worst places to live in Scotland.
In the review by one of the residents, education is not given priority in the town. Yes, the town is home to the largest of the four campuses of Forth Valley College. Yet, the majority of the students are probably not from Falkirk. The efforts of the eight high schools which were recently rebuilt appear not to be good enough to erase the derogatory description of Falkirk as the ‘ned capital of Scotland’.
Getting on the roads of this town, you see some folks displaying publicly their low social standing and education. You also see needless violent dispositions borne out of their inability to accurately judge situations.
7. Coatbridge
Coatbridge, a town in North Lanarkshire, some 9 miles east of Glasgow city center in the central Lowlands is another one of the worst places to live in Scotland. This town, with Airdrie its neighbor, as a part of the Greater Glasgow urban area, is where you'll find a lot of junkies with one of them ready to accost you.
The ancient town with the earliest known settlements dating back to the Stone Age is described by a disgruntled resident as nightmarish, adding: “You see them (the locals) everywhere swaggering and grunting at each other in their version of English with all the slang.” Others interviewed claimed that at any time you walk down a street, you’ll surely find something burning, be it a house, a car, or even a child’s bike.
The issues of miscreants’ dominance of the town’s major centers make this town one of the worst places to live in Scotland. In afternoons, you can be sure they’ll be in the stores looking for freebies and, in the night, looking for who to rob or what to vandalize.
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#Scotland

[@dianacoles1017]

As someone English who has moved to Inverness i have no idea what he is talking about.

[@dolldami]

DO NOT TALK ABOUT STIRLING THAT WAY

[@THETWISHPEXPERT]

Agreed he insulted my hometown and it's number 1 on the list 😢😢😢😮😮😢

[@matildamartin2811]

Every town has a no go area and always has, even before the drug scene. Eighty years ago when I was a child in a Scottish town, ( I won’t say which one, ) there were rough areas. Even or more so in Victorian times. Poverty is not always the cause, there are just some people who don’t want to live within the law and cling together like a pack of feral animals.

[@justaguywithapowerpole]

My town kinda has a no go but also kinda doesn't it's odd

[@mofobecks]

Inverness? Really? The most benign place you’ll ever go to! Some of the stuff in this you were plainly either making up or your sources weren’t being very truthful

[@Myndir]

I think it's a more or less 100% AI generated video. Somehow, I don't think olumayowaonline is actually narrating...

[@justaguywithapowerpole]

...

[@Greatglenway]

Totally made up from what I can see, so sad people put out this inaccurate stuff

[@michaelkiczun5417]

Just watched the first part about Falkirk. Absolute nonsense. Falkirk is fine, the high street isn't what it was 10 years ago but that unfortunately is not unusual throughout the UK. You need to research your videos properly.

[@drumgold23]

Compared to Inverness Falkirk is like Paris in comparison

[@andrewyoung6507]

Falkirk, is that bad I’ve got a barbecue stone

[@derekhart3308]

Falkirk is boring and if I had the money I'd move tomorrow any where in England

[@dtfootball14]

Stirling is one of the few places that has only one rough part called the Raploch. The rest is lovely in my limited experience of it. I have only been to Paisley once but by god is it a dive.

[@andrewcook1159]

The birds and bees pub out in the country Stirling class

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Yes it only needs the one area the raploch will spread its crime around no problem.

[@LabRat6619]

That like Durham (which is nice), the city is good but the surrounding towns are hideous old mines slums

[@johnlee5423]

Why is not just called Raploch instead of 'The Raploch'

[@kennethmorrison7689]

Fixated on crime...

[@thomasmorin749]

One of the worst places to live in scotland is nicola sturgeon's constituency of govanhill.

[@gaz8177]

Facts 👍

[@Govanmauler]

Grew up in Cumbernauld , had my first flat in Govanhill . It wasnt THAT bad 😂

[@gordonbradley3241]

I'm English ! Married, worked, lived in Cumbernauld for 20yrs. Never a problem ! Very happy !

[@cityzens634]

Do you ever leave your house? 🤔

[@evelynwilson1566]

Stirling really isn't seen as a 'chav' town. It's very expensive and considered quite posh by those of us in the surrounding area - or at least some parts are. It's also a major tourist site, has a beautiful Castle, a University, lovely countryside, and a fascinating history. I lSame with Inverness and Falkirk. Stirling, Falkirk and Inverness are pretty safe though and certainly not rife with murders - only Glasgow really has that problem, murders aren't something that are very common in Scotland. I live about eight miles from Stirling and roughly fifteen from Falkirk. The Forth Valley is a beautiful area, with lovely countryside and a great history. We do have a lot of poverty, unemployment and a drug problem but it's certainly not a murder hotspot and most places in it are pretty safe. I love my home area of Clackmannanshire and I would certainly recommend that visitors to Scotland go to Stirling, Falkirk and when travelling north, to Inverness. To be honest, this video and the one about Worst English Towns unfortunately come across as very snobbish.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

What about stenhousemuir?

[@LabRat6619]

Neil oliver lives there

[@omarhanafy5582]

What a relief i am about to move to Derry as I will work in NHS Forth Valley

[@sammyhope7216]

It’s shit hole

[@raycroal]

Stirling is beutiful this video is full of it

[@odyshopody9387]

I've been told my home town of Greenock is pretty rough! Surprised Inverness made the list and Greenock did not.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Aye greenock loves a right good petrol bombing 😆 I'm from glasgow so I'm clued up in the petrol bombing scenario lol.

[@l3awjawz]

Greenock is like a big concrete scheme by the sea. At least yous have nice views across the water - something that most other towns don't have. Also being next to the Port makes Greenock look better too.

[@labos7250]

@@l3awjawzA town with an esplanade isn’t rough lol. Greenocks got some rough areas but it’s not as bad as most towns in west/central Scotland.

[@l3awjawz]

​@@labos7250 LOL you've obv. never been to Birkenhead or Blackpool! Both have a esplanade and both are rough as phuq! 😂 As for Greenock, that town probably had more scheme gang rivalries than any other town outside Glesga!

[@sturner80]

There are some real rough , tough areas in Aberdeen which get ignored due to the misconceived ideas of Aberdeen being “ oil rich “ . Woodside in particular is a rough area with Tillydrone , Torry and Northfield also dodgy .

[@marksimpson9430]

I know Falkirk and Stirling very well with having family there, I have never felt unsafe ever in either place

[@alindaalexander3994]

But you can't spell STIRLING, 😂😂😂

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

@@alindaalexander3994 what do U mean

[@branthomas1621]

Falkirk is full of men with tattoos on their necks, why is that?

[@angriffslusticherWildoger]

I mean we are talking about Scotland mate :D

[@mop2254]

I think your standards is a bit lower than most people unfortunately or that your tolerance for scum is higher.

[@ethanjohnston4685]

How about do some proper research or visit more places in Scotland before making such an abysmal list

[@davidsworld5837]

I have been to all of these places. and I have not seen the things he has said in this video. Kilmarnock is going down hill the last visit and more shops are boarded up. I would say that places like Maypole with few shops and a main road with trucks which are making the windows and stone dirty is a worst place to be. even along the road in Girvan the main high street has many closed businesses. there are quite a few places were there shops are limited types, hair dressers, bookmakers, takeaways only open after 5pm, or were high parking charges make places not worth visiting.

[@douglasherron7534]

@@davidsworld5837 Covid lockdowns have helped to accelerate the destruction of the high street in most places... Nice one Nicola!

[@tr_nt.]

What's ironic is that the slideshow shows mostly decent looking pictures.

[@stpeterscooksriver1873]

It is something more than ironic that the photographs don’t sync with the commentary. That a picture is worth a thousand words is something which the creator should think about very deeply. It appears that this person hasn’t done so, so far. Let us learn from the Americans, who interview, for example, University students, to point out just how ignorant they are of the rest of the world. This series has the hall mark of someone who uses Google maps for his picture collection and whose research essentially stems from some government agency whose definition of poverty is something different from what some of us have known in the past.

[@robertpearce9563]

An interesting list with some interesting omissions.The truth is most people who live in some of these towns knew their town would be listed (Coatbridge and Cumbernauld for example) However that is where people stay and it is up to people to be positive about towns.

[@johnlee5423]

I'm raging why is my town of Greenock not on this list, it should be in the top 3 at least.

[@kaweah]

Impressive pride of place.

[@howarddonaldson8006]

Stirling is a major university town and quite pretty and Inverness is the major service centre for the whole Highlands with good shopping and eating. I think the fact you listed Inverness but not Fort William shows a lack of research. The rest are all quite crap though...

[@paulm7265]

When did the boundaries move? The last time i checked the Auld Kirk was in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Not in West Dunbartonshire as the intro to that segment would suggest.

[@sputumtube]

Why have I never seen the Learning Canteen channel before - this stuff is pure gold.. :)

[@jamiemobilerepairnow5968]

hilarious innit

[@TheSingingBarmaid]

"getting on the roads of this town, you see some folks displaying publicly, their low social standing and education" ...... Ok so I stopped listening at this point, that's such a vile, snobby and victorian view of people. Makes my shit itch.

[@clairehislop5873]

Makes my blood boil especially when i saw Killie & Cumbernauld on the list

[@GioMarron]

Thing about Scotland is it’s the cities that sit in this weird juxtaposition between the more anglicised central lowlands but still trying to cling on to their Scots identity that always seem to fair the worst, and I say this as someone in one of those towns. Look at the towns/cities, though. Falkirk, Stirling, Coatbridge, Airdrie, Paisley… you could draw a line from just outside Edinburgh around Glasgow through my hometown, Dumbarton (which featured in many of the Wedt Dunbartonshire pics, including at the end of my street). There’s honestly no coincidence There SHOULD be money in these areas, but there just isn’t. Families are all working class and very, very poor

[@douglasherron7534]

Lot of the trouble is these were the heartland of Scottish heavy industry when we were a manufacturing powerhouse (before it was shipped abroad to the Far East). Nothing replaced that. Don't know about Inverness though... not exactly Lowland/Central Belt there!

[@gavinfinlay2801]

I love in Kilmarnock the pub you show is great

[@bigtex4058]

"You'll find a lot of junkies with one of them ready to accost you". He says that as if saying "You will find the view from the bridge to be the loveliest in Scotland."

[@brbasaurus]

That fuckin' voice man

[@cuddlemuff6632]

Greenock has some of the worst levels of deprivation in Scotland.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Along with the love of petrol bombings.

[@Tvdiet]

There really only 2 parts of Inverness where you should try to avoid at all cost Hilton and in a lesser extent Lochardil I’m thankful I never grew up in either of those areas

[@binkwillans5138]

Thanks. I'll buy a house down the Ferry, then.

[@radgeboy]

Stirling does not belong on this list. Coatbridge and Paisley well deserve their spots.

[@BADBVTCHRECORDS]

As someone from cumbernauld i expected us to be on this yet it still makes me sad to see, we have some runned down areas but we do have some nice ones too just give us a chance plsss

[@charlestaylor9424]

One main shopping centre in Stirling is called the Thistle Centre.

[@20102880]

Is stirling a nice place to live in scotland? Shall i move there from london? Bored of england and house is expensive here.

[@jordanharristunes]

Wheres dundee?

[@dannygmtg]

Who is this walloper?

[@GBPaddling]

Hees a Peelie Wally 🤣🤣🤣

[@Glenn1967ful]

Rigside, Lanarkshire, a council estate stuck in a field, that was a weird place when I was working out of Carlisle on a magazines sales job in 1994. Half of the place was boarded up and we decided the vibes were so bad that we drove off quite quickly. Seemingly it had two murders in a week.

[@RickPop85]

dumping ground by councils for Glasgow junkies still the same in 2022

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@RickPop85 It's bleak, but I suppose having all the junkies stuck in a field is better than them making the nice new Glasgow the council wants to promote look bad.

[@LabRat6619]

Junkie holding pen 🤣

[@l3awjawz]

There's reason that Lanarkshire folk call it 'Rignam'. ;-)

[@raycroal]

Sounds like Upperton,, it is like a marage of easterhouse tenements sitting in a damp field in the middle of nowhere,, it is a surreal place.

[@paulinemaclellan8204]

What a load of crap...most towns have bad areas. I've lived in the Falkirk area for 10+ years and have no problems

[@clairehislop5873]

Visited Falkirk a few weeks ago & through my eyes it's a really nice town (love the steeple & wheel)

[@wieczornepogawedki5720]

Im Polish dude. Im living in Cumbernauld for 15 years and I love it. You need to know how to talk to locals and that simply it. To me Glasgow is the worst place to live in Scotland.

[@grahamryan2481]

Can't believe people are taking this seriously 😂

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Why not?

[@LabRat6619]

Because if you don't you will get stabbed up there

[@andrewtaylor1342]

Agreed. Click bait.

[@chiefgilray]

Yeah, sounds like a video by someone who hasn't even been to Scotland

[@johnlee5423]

It's a piss take 🤣🤣

[@timpearce3314]

what these videos cease to show is that it,s "society" that has turned certain areas into disrepair and slum conditions and as for "bad areas to live" I don,t doubt it! but what isn,t pointed out is that without proper work or incentives for the up and coming younger folks of today the same beat will go on since time began, if things don,t get better society won,t either! you can go to any town or city in the u.k. today and find these "pockets of depravity" these places are what they are, count yourself lucky if you don,t have to live close by, i,m sure that even places like Kensington" has it,s problems, if you consider anywhere to be "slightly dodgy" avoid it ,but don.t do it down because it,s "poor!"

[@violentinstincts]

Paisley is 8 minutes train from central glasgow; the rents are cheap, the Last Post is an awesome pub, and there's many more that cater to whatever type of person you are. They got a privately-run woodfired pizza delivery, one of the world's best butchers, a proper tobacconist & pipe shop, every commodity you need in shops, so what the hell you' on about.

[@charlestaylor9424]

Everything he said could apply to London.

[@Fernandwinnie]

Multiply that by 20.

[@shuyelbari8853]

True, ppl street begging on the North circular.🙈☹️

[@shuyelbari8853]

question though if everything the narrator speaks off in the video is true. How precisely did the traffic cone land flush on the head of the Statue of Victoria? eehh

[@DavidJones-mn7ie]

You do realise that London is not in Scotland?

[@shuyelbari8853]

@@DavidJones-mn7ie , there's a London in Ontario I do believe the first post is only just saying as a course of fact.🤔

[@joeronald167]

You really need to take a very quick spin through Annan. Especially the Newington scheme.

[@MBOROPE]

I feel like you've made a judgement on a lot of places here without actually visiting them. Stirling? Falkirk? Inverness!? You can learn a lot more from experiencing places than you can from reading about them mate. This video may be well edited etc but the content is extremely poor.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

How's falkirk know any nice areas to live in?

[@finlaygodfrey8222]

@@TheMasterblaster32 boness is alright bit boring but

[@chiefgilray]

@@TheMasterblaster32 jesus christ man, you really don't like Scotland do you

[@kevinhamill2828]

Load of nonsense. Your cover picture is Port Glasgow, Roberts St area. GREENOCK ALSO THE MOST DEPRIVED AREA IN THE COUNTRY

[@TheBearAndTheBull]

Can confirm Robert St was quite the sight, having worked in the flats as a maintenance worker when I was 16 around the 2000/2001... some of the things I seen in those flats.. not to mention sweeping the court yards and getting hit with bin bags coming out of the flats filled with all sorts of crap inside them. Surprised I didn't contract something f with the amount of needles planked inside couches or die from falling off the roof when trying to fix someones aerial on a windy day considering the roofs were completely flat with no barriers to stop you going off the side. Shoutout to the mysterious guy with a cabinet that when unlocked and opened contained hundreds of porn dvds never met you, thankfully as I didn't fancy that handshake.

[@jamiemobilerepairnow5968]

That Coatbridge section was brilliant

[@turbokarbo3748]

You greatly over exaggerated on Inverness, yes it has rough parts(like Merkinch which was shown in 90% of those photos), and getting stabbed is extremely rare although it is a boring town to live in

[@wallacesousuke1433]

I dont get how a place can be "boring" or how that means it sucks to live in there...

[@kevinmulligan5090]

Correct. The ferry/merkinch was pretty rough but the headbangers have been banned from it and its vastly improved. Hilton, raigmore the same. Its a city it has a couple of rough areas but overall its a lovley very friendly place and sorrounded by some of the best scenery in europe for which millions flock to see every year. How dare they tag inverness with this list stupidity. Dundee,leven,forfar,aberdeen,perth,and a 100 other places a lot worse than inverness.

[@gingernoggin3158]

@@kevinmulligan5090 I live near Perth, it's a rundown shithole with not a lot going for it.

[@RRTR4Evr]

@@wallacesousuke1433 They literally ran a cafe out of business to sell more souvenirs when there are literally 2 more souvenir shops on the same street. Nothing interesting happens at all.

[@douglasherron7534]

@@kevinmulligan5090 Hey, hang on, nothing wrong with Forfar (except for the recent influx)!

[@sharpy1122]

How did Grangemouth not make the list? It's literally on fire as we speak

[@davidsworld5837]

But even with few shops, parking is free. there is a toilet. I would more say Bo-ness along he road with even less shops.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Is grangemouth on fire a lot?

[@petemullen842]

Moved out of Scotland some years ago I lived in a place called Bellshill terrible place, I have been asked would I go back definitely not best thing about Scotland is the way out, much better in England Nicer people and a lot more.

[@LabRat6619]

Sean Connery lived in the best part, Bermuda.

[@petemullen842]

@@LabRat6619 So what does that prove he had a load of money the poor people have to stay in that shit hole

[@douglasherron7534]

@@petemullen842 Yet he kept banging on for the SNP - when he didn't live here... Bit of a hypocrite really!

[@petemullen842]

@@douglasherron7534 Exactly agree.

[@peterm1826]

I had Ancestors in Govan suburb of Glasgow They lived in harmony row I was told by my grandfather it was everything but harmony lol.

[@Philliben1991]

Govan is quite a weird place. There are nice parts but then you go round a corner and it's like Chechnya.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

@@Philliben1991 correct

[@youraveragejoe1]

Inverness also featured on the most popular destinations for tourists video. Doesn’t make sense.

[@kaweah]

As if us tourists had a clue!

[@douglasherron7534]

If it was not restricted to towns, this list should include Glasgow Southside at No.1.

[@kingofthemawds9472]

Stirling really?

[@margaretsmallallan28]

Why is the west highland port for Calmac ferries to the inner hebrides here?

[@cuttinaboot]

Haha I'm from kilmarnock and I was arguing with a girl a few month ago about paisley being worse thanks for affirming haha

[@sandradee1579]

Love Kilmarnock! Good town, good people.

[@stevenkilpatrick6397]

Stirling shouldn't be on this list

[@jackstorrie5109]

tbh I think its a bit harsh putting kilmarnock on this list there are towns that are way worse in Ayrshire

[@MrMonero]

WTH is this tripe? Inverness is a great place. I live about an hour North of Inverness so spend a lot of time there for all sorts of things as its the main hub that services the entire Highlands and Islands area. I have never had any issue ever in Inverness in all the decades I have been travelling to it or living around it. Good place, good people, got everything anyone could need and surrounded by some of the best scenery in the World. Its one of the best cities in the UK!!!

[@matthewhegarty2873]

“A town that is historically in the country of Stirlingshire” in the COUNTRY of Stirlingshire?! 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@robakles1]

To me whole Scotland looks depressing . I could never live there. And it rains all the time. Fuck that

[@anabautista8071]

8. Falkirk; 7. Coatbridge; 6. Stirling; 5. Kilmarnock; 4. Paisley; 3. Inverness; 2. West Dunbartonshire; 1. Cumbernauld.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

I believe Edward II could not get away from Stirling fast enough.

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Correct saved his head rolling and rightfully so.

[@staceymurray9644]

im from Paisley we had Gerry Rafferty who came from ferguslie in Paisley, paulo nutini is from paisley many more talents from this town a ley line runs through the town i always felt our councils never wanted it to thrive the way it could have if they spent the money on the town

[@pyeltd.5457]

The Golbals was the worst part of Scotland. Looked like Soviet Scotland just like how Woolwich or elephant and castle estates was Soviet England

[@janetgough6585]

Golbals? It's Gorbals, ye numpty

[@nbay500]

Yip 30 years ago!

[@Fernandwinnie]

Falkirk is in Stirlingshire, not Sterlingshire.

[@dad7720]

You missed most of them. Proclaimers sang about Bathgate, Linwood, Methil, Irvine all no more, then there are Kirkcaldy, Dysart, Coaltown of Wemyss, Leven, Buckhaven, Dundee, Arbroath, Ballingry, the list is endless...

[@alfredroyal3473]

I’m from Coatbridge originally and have never, ever been accosted by a junkie, jakie (piss head) or anybody. I agree it is a toilet but the folk are just ‘depressed’, with no hope, no wonder. The best thing in Coatbrig/The Brig is the Glasgow train.

[@linzynhs3747]

The scenery is magnificent....such a beautiful country....energizing and alive especially the west coast, loch lomond, oban, the western isles and STIRLING. Don't just go to Edinburgh got to Glasgow and Largs. Fort William to mallaig on the hairy potter train...haha brilliant 🤣

[@douglasherron7534]

You've been on a hairy train?

[@foz775]

Utterly amazed Inverclyde avoided this list 😂

[@iainlindsay5687]

Good point mate.

[@ross78rs]

You missed out Hawick 🤣🤣

[@waqasahmad8015]

I remember a family friend from oldham greater Manchester we used to go to there house in oldham every week then i think they had a family death they moved to Edinburgh in the late 90s they used to keep in touch with us and said how nice scotland is and they would never move back to Manchester again

[@bcdave91]

I haven't been to Stirling since the1970s, but I remember it being a nice city. I recommended it to a couple visiting Scotland from Canada. When they returned, they told me it was basically a dump: people doing drugs on the main street, etc. Their description of the town is consistent with this video.

[@hazbojangles2681]

Great research. Funny how Craigmillar and other places aren’t there

[@andreward8510]

it is part of Edinburgh, can't be on the list

[@hazbojangles2681]

@@andreward8510 Ah yes. Some parts of Glasgow in the list aren’t in Glasgow

[@iamgointowin]

I just came back from a trip exploring Scotland. Stayed in Inverness and Cumbernaud, cant believe they're the worst places, felt safe and nice there. Those places could probably be near the top of a list of best places in other countries.

[@RidesandRambling]

You were lucky... Inverness isn't that bad, but this videos description of Cumbernauld is spot on.

[@maryannmac941]

This is the most untrue video I have seen on KZbin.

[@scotsanorak540]

Wow! So bad it's good. It's like it was written by a teenager in America or India who used no sources other than Google.

[@iainlindsay5687]

Take Stirling off the list, Dont know how it got on in the first place, Keep the rest in fairness. lol

[@digitalfusionpk]

I have lived in West Dumbartonshire and its an amazing place with welcoming people.

[@LabRat6619]

Well that makes up for any lack of money, nice one.

[@wboyle9721]

I hear people knocking dumbaron it's a great wee town people are nice you have levengrove park the castle it's no perfect but with more reeneration in the future dumbaron has great potential

[@bitterolive7800]

Greenock? Some of these are definitely not the worst 😂

[@TheMasterblaster32]

Love a right good petrol bombing in greenock, I'm from glasgow and you get occasional ones but folk just seem to want to burn everyone in greenock.

[@realmusiklover]

Stirling and Inverness shouldn't be anywhere near this list. Paisley, despite its problems, has a built heritage only rivalled by Scotland's main two cities. Cumbernauld is a mixed bag, but the true horror is the "town centre", an indoor mall which must be among the worst in the Europe.

[@LabRat6619]

Has anyone noticed that people breed like mad in the worst parts of uk? Thus within another 16 years that town has even more unemployment due to two parents having 5 children!

[@johnlee5423]

The Aristocracy used to breed like mad.

[@themickster6775]

I have to admit when I visited Coatbridge for a few days a few years back to visit a 'friend' who turned out to be quite the nasty, vile individual who was more interested in taking pot in front of her kid and screaming at him, that it's a pretty grim place... didn't see any real trouble but it's almost as if once the main industry went, like with so many towns up and down the UK, Coatbridge seemed to have died with it.

[@RaithValek]

One thing I've noticed as a common thread in all these types of videos (whether good or bad places to live) is that absolutely no mention is ever made about anywhere along the West Coast of Scotland at all?! Why is this? Is the West Coast just that meh?! That forgettable?!

[@brendatracey8642]

L lived in Greenock as a child you stayed away from some of the people but most whete good and wood help you out when needed my mother and father and two children we did leave to go to Australia because there on jobs alot of places where closing back in the 1980s

[@julzb7165]

Im amazed that Greenock is not on the list!

[@tonyhero3998]

What about glenrothes and Glasgow

[@nicolamiceli9097]

Is it me or all these towns look the same? The pictures seem to be taken in different neighborhoods of the same town if it wasn't for the landscape... they just copied and pasted buildings all over

[@pyeltd.5457]

Scotland is copy and paste Kingdom

[@adamd6648]

@@pyeltd.5457 As a scott I agree.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

Thats the entirety of UK in my eyes.. still looks like a great nation to live in

[@idlewild1964]

Go visit Chicago Illinois sometime friend!

[@kra6750]

Inverness?? Come on you can’t be serious!

[@garybhoydon2577]

Why is an image of Port Glasgow used as the thumbnail when the town isn't even meantioned in this video 😂

[@davidsworld5837]

you have used the same start as another worse Scotland video done. the start place looks like Oban fly over the place. yet that is a place not in this video or the other video you did list. I have visited these places. and I see problems with shops closing which make the area look run down. with this comes high unemployment and money, so many will be unhappy and drink and use drugs to escape. I don't think that the way a place is the worst should be based on lack of jobs. its not the people fault that government and employers are not providing jobs to the area. Any city or town can have the problem you have listed. But Cumbernauld was a big error in building. far too many stairs up and down, dead end corners just to have shops on both side of a road. But with that it has a good number of shops. clean paths, good lighting. just confusing to visit for new visitors.

[@AC-sz7le]

Scotland is not pleasant place to live. I have been living here since 2006 and so good few years now. Houses are horrible, all grey, dump and covered with moss (thanks to high humidity), build quality is very poor (from plumbing to plastering). Quality of services is poor. The weather is not a myth. You wake up on a Monday morning, getting outside and guess what? The sky is grey, the road is grey, the houses you passing by are grey, it's raining and all you want is to hide. You immediately feel down, anxiety here I come. You get odd, good "warmish" sunny day but that's it .. I am writing this on 27th of May with super duper weather outside with amazing temperature of 12 degrees. Sorry Scotland. You are pretty in some areas but in rural spots...nahhhh, thank you.

[@martinoxborrow5527]

Utter rubbish I've lived in falkirk there's nothing wrong with rhe town

[@RebeccaF-et1oh]

What a load of rubbish, is this some sort of plot to keep the Stirling house prices down, because if that's the case I'll go along with it 😂 Having moved from Inverclyde and been in Glasgow before that there's many places far worse than Stirling, I'd put it in the top 10 best places to live in Scotland!

[@garlicandchilipreppers8533]

I thought Stoneyburn was the worst place but then it's worse place to live not simply exist. My parents are Scottish, after a long absence and military career yearned to return home after retiring. They bought a house in Stirling, but were driven out, vandalism and arson. The car was set alight alongside the house. Why because they "englified" They got out pretty quick and back to the South West of England, at huge finacial loss. It's time the majority stood up against the minority and stopped letting themselves be shit all over.

[@charlestaylor9424]

Hard to do with the SNP actively encouraging them.

[@GioMarron]

@@charlestaylor9424 Ridiculous, pointless, needlessly inflammatory and not a statement you could ever back up with fact

[@gavinmcinally8442]

@@charlestaylor9424 i agree my friend .its like they keep voting to be skint again. Without the independence agenda they got nothing. People would start talking about dead junkies, education, health, poverty.......etc

[@frankanderson3503]

Just about everytown in Ayrshire should be on this list. eg Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston and so on.

[@labos7250]

Ayr is the biggest shitehole in Ayrshire

[@richardwatts8607]

THANK YOU FOR THAT.NO HOPE.THERES NOT MUCH WORK.

[@grallonson]

I visited Scotland from the U.S. earlier this year and road tripped all around the country. The worst place I visited in my travels was Dumbarton. It was the only place during my visit to the country where I encountered rude people and filth everywhere. It really was a disgusting place.

[@marcusmcconnell115]

I live there…and your right

[@labos7250]

It must’ve been great coming here and not hearing gunshots constantly.

[@grallonson]

@labos7250 you know that's not a real thing, right? Lmao. You can't possibly be that dense and naive. Also this is literally a "worst places to live in Scotland" video.

[@callumanderson2835]

That video covers everywhere!

[@scotttaylor5476]

Cumbernauld isn't pretty, and the whole plan for it as a new town was garbage. However, it is a million times safer than other places in the area like Coatbridge, Airdrie, Falkirk etc.

[@davidsworld5837]

think the planner must have been on drugs when he designed it. so much concrete. and stairs up and down just to get to the two separate indoor shopping areas. with a mix of hidden shops. the easy fix would be remove the road between and make all on 1 level. But vs some places it is has good lighting, all indoors, and the times i have been has had clean and tidy.

[@binkwillans5138]

Hey, what about Blairgowrie? Or Thurso, or Ullapool? Or Bettyhill? Or Tain? Or Strathpeffer? Man these places are rough.

[@cityzens634]

🤣

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Who wrote this? It’s like someone from another country made it up.

[@MysteryMan101]

I thought stirling was one of the safest cities in scotland..