Hello from Glasgow, Scotland.

Yeah Glasgow gets better and better as a city for residents and for visitors. Where are you from originally?

Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I  have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older. 
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.

I truly dislike Los Angeles but have to go up a few times a year because last year my sister and brother-in-law moved there from New Jersey.  I'll take my San Diego over L.A. any day.  San Francisco is another wonderful city, though it has become much more crowded since I first visited in 1972.

While I know there is a rivalry between Edinburgh and Glasgow, I honestly think the two cities complement each other beautifully.  The fact that you can take a fast train between the two cities, where a one way trip takes only about 45-50 minutes, offers a great, and easy, change of pace for a day or weekend.

Yeah Glasgow gets better and better as a city for residents and for visitors. Where are you from originally?

Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I  have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older. 
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.

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Welcome.

Always good to meet someone from Glasgow.  My grandfather (mother's side) was a sailor originally from Whiteinch.

That's amazing, we Scots certainly got about back in the day. Whiteinch is a stones throw from the famous shipyards on the Clyde where they built ships like the Lusitania.
Nice to meet you.

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Yeah Glasgow gets better and better as a city for residents and for visitors. Where are you from originally?

Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I  have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

The Transport Museum is somewhere we would always go with our school every year , never got old. I loved the fact that they let you get on a lot of the exhibits like the trams and buses to just walk around. I haven't been since it moved to it's fancy new digs up the Clyde river.

It's been so long since my last visit that I hadn't realized it moved to the Clyde.  I'll definitely have to check it out again.  I loved it for the exact reason you give.  I wonder if they still have the model of the subway.  I love Glasgow's wee subway line.  I have been on subways all over the world but the most unique has to be Glasgow's.  (Am I allowed to say that I think it's sort of cute? )

Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I  have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older. 
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.

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Welcome.

Always good to meet someone from Glasgow.  My grandfather (mother's side) was a sailor originally from Whiteinch.

That's amazing, we Scots certainly got about back in the day. Whiteinch is a stones throw from the famous shipyards on the Clyde where they built ships like the Lusitania.
Nice to meet you.

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Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I  have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

The Transport Museum is somewhere we would always go with our school every year , never got old. I loved the fact that they let you get on a lot of the exhibits like the trams and buses to just walk around. I haven't been since it moved to it's fancy new digs up the Clyde river.

It's been so long since my last visit that I hadn't realized it moved to the Clyde.  I'll definitely have to check it out again.  I loved it for the exact reason you give.  I wonder if they still have the model of the subway.  I love Glasgow's wee subway line.  I have been on subways all over the world but the most unique has to be Glasgow's.  (Am I allowed to say that I think it's sort of cute? )

I always found that little mock up of a high street with the cobbled street and shops a bit creepy because of the lighting was dim and the dummies that were dressed up in the shops. Hopefully it moved with it , plus I'm a big boy now and no longer a big fearty as I'd be called back then if i admitted to it, ha ha. I think the subway is to get refurbished , it's affectionately known as the clockwork orange because of the trains colours and the fact that the track went round in a circle basically. It must be the smallest subway you have ever been on as well. It does have a dinky toy feel about it or dare I say cute, I know exactly what you mean. It's good to know people from elsewhere appreciate some of my home city the way I do, sometimes my daughter is a bit down on Glasgow but its probably because we've spoiled her and opened her eyes to some of the great cities of the world.
London , Paris , New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, New Orleans ( I'd go back in a heartbeat) ypu name it she's been.

Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older. 
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.

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Welcome.

Always good to meet someone from Glasgow.  My grandfather (mother's side) was a sailor originally from Whiteinch.

That's amazing, we Scots certainly got about back in the day. Whiteinch is a stones throw from the famous shipyards on the Clyde where they built ships like the Lusitania.
Nice to meet you.

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Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

The Transport Museum is somewhere we would always go with our school every year , never got old. I loved the fact that they let you get on a lot of the exhibits like the trams and buses to just walk around. I haven't been since it moved to it's fancy new digs up the Clyde river.

It's been so long since my last visit that I hadn't realized it moved to the Clyde.  I'll definitely have to check it out again.  I loved it for the exact reason you give.  I wonder if they still have the model of the subway.  I love Glasgow's wee subway line.  I have been on subways all over the world but the most unique has to be Glasgow's.  (Am I allowed to say that I think it's sort of cute? )

I always found that little mock up of a high street with the cobbled street and shops a bit creepy because of the lighting was dim and the dummies that were dressed up in the shops. Hopefully it moved with it , plus I'm a big boy now and no longer a big fearty as I'd be called back then if i admitted to it, ha ha. I think the subway is to get refurbished , it's affectionately known as the clockwork orange because of the trains colours and the fact that the track went round in a circle basically. It must be the smallest subway you have ever been on as well. It does have a dinky toy feel about it or dare I say cute, I know exactly what you mean. It's good to know people from elsewhere appreciate some of my home city the way I do, sometimes my daughter is a bit down on Glasgow but its probably because we've spoiled her and opened her eyes to some of the great cities of the world.
London , Paris , New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, New Orleans ( I'd go back in a heartbeat) ypu name it she's been.

Please tell your daughter for me that I have been to some of the great cities of the world and was born and reared in what some might argue is the greatest (New York City) but when push comes to shove, there's a reason for that old saying, "Home is where the heart is."  There are lots worse places to lose one's heart than Glasgow.  I don't keep returning because I don't like it; the annual visits are because I do.

I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older. 
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.

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Welcome.

Always good to meet someone from Glasgow.  My grandfather (mother's side) was a sailor originally from Whiteinch.

That's amazing, we Scots certainly got about back in the day. Whiteinch is a stones throw from the famous shipyards on the Clyde where they built ships like the Lusitania.
Nice to meet you.

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I  couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.

Where do you go when you visit the States?

The Transport Museum is somewhere we would always go with our school every year , never got old. I loved the fact that they let you get on a lot of the exhibits like the trams and buses to just walk around. I haven't been since it moved to it's fancy new digs up the Clyde river.

It's been so long since my last visit that I hadn't realized it moved to the Clyde.  I'll definitely have to check it out again.  I loved it for the exact reason you give.  I wonder if they still have the model of the subway.  I love Glasgow's wee subway line.  I have been on subways all over the world but the most unique has to be Glasgow's.  (Am I allowed to say that I think it's sort of cute? )

I always found that little mock up of a high street with the cobbled street and shops a bit creepy because of the lighting was dim and the dummies that were dressed up in the shops. Hopefully it moved with it , plus I'm a big boy now and no longer a big fearty as I'd be called back then if i admitted to it, ha ha. I think the subway is to get refurbished , it's affectionately known as the clockwork orange because of the trains colours and the fact that the track went round in a circle basically. It must be the smallest subway you have ever been on as well. It does have a dinky toy feel about it or dare I say cute, I know exactly what you mean. It's good to know people from elsewhere appreciate some of my home city the way I do, sometimes my daughter is a bit down on Glasgow but its probably because we've spoiled her and opened her eyes to some of the great cities of the world.
London , Paris , New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, New Orleans ( I'd go back in a heartbeat) ypu name it she's been.

Please tell your daughter for me that I have been to some of the great cities of the world and was born and reared in what some might argue is the greatest (New York City) but when push comes to shove, there's a reason for that old saying, "Home is where the heart is."  There are lots worse places to lose one's heart than Glasgow.  I don't keep returning because I don't like it; the annual visits are because I do.

Yeah I think deep down she knows there are a lot worse cities and indeed countries to be born in. As much as we love seeing the world it's always good to get home. We nearly moved to British Columbia but the recession scuppered that idea, it all worked out in the end.