scottsdad Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 How can someone say Sauchie when Tullibody is so close by? Proper dump. Try walking down Redlands Road wearing anything green. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 As much as it is a shithole, Ecclefechan can hardly be described as a town. It's a couple of streets with a hotel, post office and a church. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Everywhere north of the bustling, modern Inverness is pretty grim. And all the residents of these places develop small-town syndrome when you tell them you're from Inverness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubskelper Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Harris and Lewis. Cracking coastline with some fantastic beaches, especially west Harris. The towns and villages are just a procession of dumps, though. Stornoway, Tarbert, Leverburgh, Carloway...depressing. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 The thing about schemes in inner cities like Glasgow is one short bus journey or taxi and you're right in the centre where there's lots to do and see. I'd far prefer that over living in somewhere like Leven which is just dead all the time. This is a good point. In the UK, rural poverty is arguably a lot more grinding and dispiriting than city poverty. But by the same token, violent crime is less of a threat in rural poor areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 My dad recently moved to darkest Argyll and some of the villages up there have to be seen to be believed. A dozen grey, grey, grey houses with angry-looking middle-aged men lurking outside. Kind of related, around 2009 I was out driving around Ayrshire on a sunny Saturday afternoon (because I lead such an exciting live). I was on the way to the motorway and was passing through... Muirkirk? Or a little town near it. Anyway, there was a row of houses whose front steps opened onto the main road, and I remember driving past and seeing two guys standing on their respective doorsteps, facing straight ahead, having a conversation. So they were like 12 feet apart and not looking at each other, standing in front of their front doors, and I remember thinking, christ, I bet they do this every Saturday, and I bet neither has even seen through the other's front door, much less been inside. They just stand and look out over the hills to the south and don;'t make eye contact and have awkward conversation. And I bet both of them think, aw, f**k, I don't want to talk to Tam/Rab today, but I'd better be polite and do it, and they both open their door at the same time and give each other a grim little side-nod, then talk about the Rangers and the papes* for a couple of hours, until they disappear back inside. And that was a very sad afternoon, so I had a kebab later. *I may be stereotyping here** **but you know I'm probably right 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) As much as it is a shithole, Ecclefechan can hardly be described as a town. It's a couple of streets with a hotel, post office and a church. Indeed, it's actually a village population around 800. Edited November 6, 2013 by FlyerTon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confidemus Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 My dad recently moved to darkest Argyll and some of the villages up there have to be seen to be believed. A dozen grey, grey, grey houses with angry-looking middle-aged men lurking outside. Kind of related, around 2009 I was out driving around Ayrshire on a sunny Saturday afternoon (because I lead such an exciting live). I was on the way to the motorway and was passing through... Muirkirk? Or a little town near it. Anyway, there was a row of houses whose front steps opened onto the main road, and I remember driving past and seeing two guys standing on their respective doorsteps, facing straight ahead, having a conversation. So they were like 12 feet apart and not looking at each other, standing in front of their front doors, and I remember thinking, christ, I bet they do this every Saturday, and I bet neither has even seen through the other's front door, much less been inside. They just stand and look out over the hills to the south and don;'t make eye contact and have awkward conversation. And I bet both of them think, aw, f**k, I don't want to talk to Tam/Rab today, but I'd better be polite and do it, and they both open their door at the same time and give each other a grim little side-nod, then talk about the Rangers and the papes* for a couple of hours, until they disappear back inside. And that was a very sad afternoon, so I had a kebab later. *I may be stereotyping here** **but you know I'm probably right How dare you stereotype the towns of East Ayrshire and make dreadful insinuations of bigotry towards their inhabitants. You are spot on, though, tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 cannot believe 8 pages and only 2 mentions of Wick! The answer to this question is helmsdale. creepiest place on earth. If you're going to go "small" with Helmsdale, I trump you with Lybster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon_The_Fife Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Methil always gets mentioned in these threads. It's nowhere nearly as bad as some other towns mentioned on here. Yeh, it's a pretty depressing place with not much happening, but it is generally a safe place to walk around in, compared to other towns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 cannot believe 8 pages and only 2 mentions of Wick! The answer to this question is helmsdale. creepiest place on earth. Is Helmsdale not the place that used to have some drag queen who used to dress up like Barbara Cartland. Had a restaurant. The walls were covered with pictures of him in pink dresses. La Mirage or something I think it was called. My mother decided it would be good if we stopped there for lunch!!!! Mind you it was about 15 years ago 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Johnstone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubskelper Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 John O Groats. I used to love taking people there. People: Are we going to John O Groats? Me: Do you really want to? People: Yes. Me: It's shite, though. People: But it says on the itinerary... Me: Ok...you asked for it. (Drive to JoG) People: Is this it? This is shite. Me: Nobody ever listens me. It's a curse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Ecclefechan's a great shout, absolutely awful place. Its also the source of one of those facebook created sayings of "if ye canne say Ecclefechan your no fae Scotland!!" or some shite. Some women in my work use this patter and I could easily stab them in the eye with my pen each time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is a side issue really, and probably unrelated to the worst town as such, but one of the reasons I prefer Edinburgh is that OF polyester wearers appear to be in the minority and you just don't get the same vitriolic level of sectarianism as you do in Ayrshire (much as I love my county). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Buckie. An absolute shithole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 JohnstoneAgree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracowjambo Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Methil always gets mentioned in these threads. It's nowhere nearly as bad as some other towns mentioned on here. Yeh, it's a pretty depressing place with not much happening, but it is generally a safe place to walk around in, compared to other towns. I seen a guy in methil few weeks back with a mullet and he wore a DENIM jacket. It was like something from the 80s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Everywhere north of the bustling, modern Inverness is pretty grim. And all the residents of these places develop small-town syndrome when you tell them you're from Inverness. Although not a shitehole as such, I shall give Lairg a mention here for places I'd hate to live. There's absolutely f*** all to do, any good development idea is quashed by the various committees (usually run by the white settlers as it's the first thing to join upon arrival) and it's in the arse end of nowhere, connected to the outside world only by a train station. Notable only for having one of Europe's largest sheep markets. Al Fayed's Falls of Shin visitor centre also burned down this year, leaving it with nothing. Scourie is next as it's just a line of depressing council houses, but you're not far away from some of Scotland's finest scenery I suppose. The road sign there saying 'Beach and Burial Ground' is a tad suspicious though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Everything north of inverness is worthy of this to be fair. Dingwall having a football club in the spl is hilarious considering the town itself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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