WaffenThinMint Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 10 hours ago, Zen Archer said: Years ago the County Town (Capital) of Fife was Cupar for some reason. Stop being so pernickety nackety noo the noo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Sannox Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Mayfield is pretty horrific. But then Oakley, High Valleyfield, Methil, Longriggend, Blackridge, Sauchie, Carronshore, Salsburgh, Drongan, Prestonpans, Carstairs, Shotts, Harthill and a hundred others could also qualify. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Any town which has a gala day that the locals take really seriously and get pissed off if you refer to it as a gala day like lannimers in lanark, marymas in Irvine and that one in Bo'ness or wherever it is. Where I live, gala day is spread out over an entire fucking week. Absolutely sickening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud1876 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, WeAreElgin said: Where I live, gala day is spread out over an entire fucking week. Absolutely sickening. Therefore.... Elgin is the biggest shithole in Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Where I live, gala day is spread out over an entire fucking week. Absolutely sickening. Elgin should surely be on the worst "cities" thread where it will be battling it out with Brechin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Therefore.... Elgin is the biggest shithole in Scotland. Fortunately Elgin is above such yokel behaviour and has long since stripped itself of the small town mentality that affects places such as Bo'ness or Falkirk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Elgin is far from the worst town in Scotland. I like it there, it's a good sized town with everything you could want. I can see myself living there in 10 or so years time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) Have to say that it does really sadden / depress me when I come back to Brechin the bottom of High Street / Union St / Montrose St look like the Bronx, I think Angus Council are really letting Brechin down. But would not say its the biggest shit hole in Scotland I work in Fife most days of the week there are many many contenders there. Edited August 21, 2016 by Best Team in Angus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Best Team in Angus said: Have to say that it does really sadden / depress me when I come back to Brechin the bottom of High Street / Union St / Montrose St look like the Bronx, I think Angus Council are really letting Brechin down. But would not say its the biggest shit hole in Scotland I work in Fife most days of the week there are many many contenders there. Brechin has not suddenly become a shithole, this has been years in the making, depended far to much on the income from the "Yanks" based at Edzell, but I do agree the utterly useless Angus Council could have done much, much more, to cushion the blow of the base closing, but were far to slow off the mark Edited August 21, 2016 by ecto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't think Brechin is that bad. The High Street is pish in terms of shops, but most small towns in Scotland have gone the same way. People just can't be arsed shopping locally when they can order online from Asda, Tesco, Amazon and local shops will never, ever be able to compete with those prices. For example in Forfar, a long-standing local Ironmonger shut down last year, cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth on facebook and the likes, much of it from people who hadn't set foot in the place for years, if ever. Back to Brechin, yeah Montrose Street is rough in parts, and Hillview will always be Hillview, but every town has it shitty schemes. Brechin's biggest problem is its location. Montrose is in a nice coastal spot and on the rail network. The other Angus towns are all within 15-20 miles of Dundee. Brechin is annoyingly far from both Dundee and Aberdeen, has no rail link and isn't an ideal location for any decent sized company to set up. Even it's golf course is average at best. I know quite a few folk from there, and tbf they all like it as it's a nice enough place to raise a family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud1876 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1 hour ago, WeAreElgin said: Where I live, gala day is spread out over an entire fucking week. Absolutely sickening. 43 minutes ago, WeAreElgin said: Fortunately Elgin is above such yokel behaviour and has long since stripped itself of the small town mentality that affects places such as Bo'ness or Falkirk. Contradiction. As far as i know Falkirk don't have a Gala Day... but Bo'ness definitely do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Brechin is annoyingly far from both Dundee and Aberdeen, has no rail link and isn't an ideal location for any decent sized company to set up. Erm, I think you'll find that you can get a train to Dun on the Caledonian line, thank you very much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 19 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Erm, I think you'll find that you can get a train to Dun on the Caledonian line, thank you very much. True, but the service is sporadic, at best☺ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 46 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Erm, I think you'll find that you can get a train to Dun on the Caledonian line, thank you very much. It's not linked to the main network though unless I've missed something 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud1876 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 55 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said: Dont get caught calling it a gala day! I only have to worry about half the Bo'ness population....the other half have trouble reading and writing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Bruce Robertson Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't think Brechin is that bad. The High Street is pish in terms of shops, but most small towns in Scotland have gone the same way. People just can't be arsed shopping locally when they can order online from Asda, Tesco, Amazon and local shops will never, ever be able to compete with those prices. For example in Forfar, a long-standing local Ironmonger shut down last year, cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth on facebook and the likes, much of it from people who hadn't set foot in the place for years, if ever. Back to Brechin, yeah Montrose Street is rough in parts, and Hillview will always be Hillview, but every town has it shitty schemes. Brechin's biggest problem is its location. Montrose is in a nice coastal spot and on the rail network. The other Angus towns are all within 15-20 miles of Dundee. Brechin is annoyingly far from both Dundee and Aberdeen, has no rail link and isn't an ideal location for any decent sized company to set up. Even it's golf course is average at best. I know quite a few folk from there, and tbf they all like it as it's a nice enough place to raise a family. I tend to agree with most of this, I think Montrose benefits from its geography and some 19th Century town planning decisions. The wide Hight St and the gardens etc along the mid-links are what makes Montrose acceptable from a certain viewpoint, it is, however still got more than it's fair share of utter dregs of humanity. Sent from a dark, dank hellhole. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 16 hours ago, Allan Jacobsen said: Fife loves a roundabout. Cumbernauld is unimpressive. Likewise Largs. Largs is OK. Port Glasgow on the other hand... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, DI Bruce Robertson said: I tend to agree with most of this, I think Montrose benefits from its geography and some 19th Century town planning decisions. The wide Hight St and the gardens etc along the mid-links are what makes Montrose acceptable from a certain viewpoint, it is, however still got more than it's fair share of utter dregs of humanity. Sent from a dark, dank hellhole. I didn't think I had any relatives still living in Montrose... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 On 20/08/2016 at 11:56, WeAreElgin said: Are any of these places you'd really want to live, though? If you've seen the film 30 Days Of Night, that's what they call "January" in Aviemore. January in Aviemore is full of posh totty up to snowboard. Far worse is Aviemore in the summer when it's rammed with fannies on stag weekends or utter arseholes up to play golf after managing to get away from their wives and depressing central belt lives for the first time in years. Aviemore also has excellent transport connections. You can pop on the train in the evening and wake up in London, if that's your thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 21 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: January in Aviemore is full of posh totty up to snowboard. Far worse is Aviemore in the summer when it's rammed with fannies on stag weekends or utter arseholes up to play golf after managing to get away from their wives and depressing central belt lives for the first time in years. Aviemore also has excellent transport connections. You can pop on the train in the evening and wake up in London, if that's your thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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