What I Wish I'd Known Before Moving to Glasgow ☔😎🛫 // University of Glasgow Student Vlog 

As someone who grew up in Glasgow, attended Glasgow University, and have lived in the US for almost 50 years I really appreciate your commentary. It is true that Glasgow is a very special place and never leaves you.

I shed a tear along with you - I spent 17 years in Glasgow and they loom larger in my mind than anywhere else. I hope you've made more videos.

I'm an American who spent 20 years living in Scotland, 6 of them in Glasgow. I love that city. Thank you for the video.

I am from Birmingham UK. I did my PhD at Glasgow Uni, I think about my time there a lot. Many happy days on Ashton Lane . I now live in San Francisco. As you said Glasgow will never leave my heart. Its all about the people. Funniest and feistiest people outside of NYC. I wish you will.

“Everyone has a connection with Glasgow.” Love that! 💚💙

My neighbour in London , from Queens , NY wanted to leave London and I persuaded her to go to Glasgow for a week . She stayed for 2 and started buying a flat in Partick before she came back , your's looks like Hyndland . She's no intention of moving again .

Thinking of moving to Glasgow in the new year. The universe has been sending lots of signs! So I've booked a trip for my birthday at the end of Dec to come check it out. Thanks for the lovely video 🥰

Aww seeing your video made me even more prouder of my city, glad you've taken it to heart.

Great video! Thank you for sharing and being a vulnerable American. (Were from Oregon). We were just there on vacation about a month ago. Couldn’t agree with your sentiment more about Glasgow being a place to live. We spent most of our time in Edinburgh and it was definitely a great place to visit. Glasgow enthralled us in a very short time. It snowed when we were there during that wicked cold stretch in Mid-December 2022. I hope you make more videos. Learned A LOT from you in 10 minutes. Much appreciated!

So so so true.. I really miss Glasgow and planning to come back again! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Loved your video❤️

Just loved this. I’m from Glasgow and the city is in my blood. Sent this to my wee sister who lives in Glasgow. This all brought back such strong good memories. Keep up posts. See you doon Finnieston!

Glad you are enjoying Glasgow pal and good luck with University ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I was born in Glasgow (East) and lived there until I was 21. My first and only trip on the subway was on a visit to the city when I was 56!

Enjoyed your vid very much. My one degree of separation is my daughter, who is also a grad student at the University --- and is very happy to be becoming a permanent resident.

Very interesting to hear how people see our city💙💙

I'm from Glasgow and you had me laughing out loud. I was born in the 60s and moved north east in the 90s. Nice and dry here. Miss the patter (laughter) All the best. ❤

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Liz. Nice job. I'm coming to Glasgow this summer for the first time. My grandparents lived near Cathcart, Govanhill and Langside and hope to find my place. The family hasn't been back to the Glasgow city since the family emigrated to the Kearny/Newark, NJ are in 1910. Your video really has me excited. Anthony Bourdain said that Glasgow was one of his favorite cities in Europe. Slàinte.

aww!! love love the video !!! I am planning to go there soon and take a break from London.

That was very nice of you, I am glad you love the place, and you can truly say “I belong to Glasgow”. Everybody is welcome so come and visit, but bring a raincoat.

I'm half Weegie and their sense of humour and attitude is warm and kind in my experiences.

I'm a Glaswegian living abroad and your last sentence made me cry🥲

The Girl gets us.well done video.

Thank you so much for this video. It's very helpful

Highly informative!! Thank you! That said, I'm moving to Glasgow! 😅

Coming to experience this all ❤️

Let Glasgow flourish!

seeing you describe glasgow (as a city that's damper, the metro is always a madness (spacially on football days), the 4 seasons in a day thing, etc) makes me (from São Paulo) feel very at home

I think I’ll fit in just fine in Glasgow with the weather. I’m from Chicago and we also have four seasons in a day lol. It goes winter coat, rain coat, light hoodie 😂

When I went veggie in 1974 the only thing on offer in restaurants was an omelette !!! Changed days.

Love how much u love Glasgow 💗

Glaswegians are extremely warm and welcoming people.

Overall a great advert for Glasgow and Scotland, if you decide to stay long term then we have a valuable and enthusiastic addition

You do NOT need a timetable on the Glasgow underground. You just turn up and wait 10 mins max. The city does have a nother subway called the 'low level ' which is an East West line through the city centre.

Brilliant video. I left Glasgow in 1965 as a teenager, but Glasgow never left me.

In 12 years living in Scotland, I bought one umbrella. Could just as well have thrown the 4.95 into a bin directly. Would've saved me the hassle of going into a shop

Thanks it's helpful

No Dear, your horizon has grown. May your life be as bright as your smile.

The longest I spent away from Glasgow was when I lived in NYC and hadn't returned for about 4 years. I went in January and the damp weather was mad. All my mates were laughing at me. It was about 10 degrees more than wher i@d arrived from but I could not for the life of me warm up. It took me days of scarves, coats etc. mates laughing etc. to sort it. It's a horribble damp cold , I think it's a British thing. 've never been in another country where it can take you so long to get "warmed up". Still a great place to be honest.

Wee Glesga woman here. Lovely video hen ❤

Excellent!

Get off the subway at Partick and catch a westbound train one stop to Exhibition Centre… which used to be called Finnieston 😃 Or catch an eastbound train one stop to Charing Cross, which is the closest train station to the Mitchell Library. Note: a train station is not a subway station. Think New York: you have both, too 😊 Or walk and get wet but stay healthy 😂 Or hire one of our OVO bikes 😃

Re: "..... Glasgow will never leave you.... ". You're right. After uni in Glasgow 50 years ago, I took a job on Glasgow buses for 18 months. I needed to pay rent, was just tired of academia, and needed some time to decide how best to use my education. After 18 months of driving through Glasgow Cross 10 minutes after pub closing time on Friday and Saturday nights, the bus filling to more than capacity with, nearly all, men absolutely plastered, and who had no money left to pay fares........ I just wanted to get as far as away as possible from Glasgow. So I did. I still remember how my life improved so much after I left Glasgow, so in that sense Glasgow has never left me.

If you can't have double glazed windows, you should look into secondary glazing instead. Secondary glazing is not the same thing as double glazing. It's very cheap and doesn't require planning permission and you can install it yourself. You order a custom piece of clear acrylic panelling cut to the right size, and use magnetic strips to stick it to the inside of the existing window area in winter. In summer when it's warmer and you don't need it, you can just remove it because it pops off easily due to only being attached with a magnetic seal.

Glasgow is one of the best so vibrant and the buildings are amazing the thing that makes Glasgow great is glaswegians

The weather you describe is commonly know as "dreich"!

I award you the title of Honourable Weegie.for your lovely comments on the dear green place.

You're now an adopted daughter of Glasgow, We have a saying that you can take the girl out of Glasgow, but you can't take Glasgow out of the girl. Hope you have many more memories of my great city and you'll get used to the weather,summer is lovely and has some great parks.

The most frustrating thing about public transportation in Glasgow is the true subway exists in the city, but does not have a particular name for it, just called ScotRail, that is why all the foreigners DO NOT know about it and use this funny circle called Subway. You can get particularly to any part of Glasgow by the system of suburbian train, for example to Finnieston you can get from Partick station or Hyndland. The station is called Exhibition centre. One of the lines from Partick leads to Motherwell to the east, the other one - up to Edinburgh! So if you live along the line, you can take the ticket to Edinburgh right from your station. What is also convenient about it, if you take a long distance ticket with ScotRail, for example, you live at Partick and you go to Ayr, the ticket price will cost the same as from Glasgow Central! They will give you two tickets for the price of one - Partick-Glasgow Central and Glasgow Central-Ayr. Also there is an annual unlimited ticket for ScotRail + Subway, so you can just make a transfer at any of the transit stations like Partick, Buchanan Street-Queen station and st Enoch-Glasgow Central lines 16-17. So it is really important if you come to Glasgow to live

Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉😊

ItsJPS, an American reactor just had his first trip to the UK. After Edinburgh (which he loved) he went to Glasgow where he experienced hostility from a number of Scots. It really spoiled his experience of Scotland.

Have you been to the east end yet; the Calton, Shettleson, Tollcross etc.?

Glasgow is a Brilliant City and the People are great. 😎

The people make glasgow ❤

I visited lovely Glasgow at the beginning of September and one of the first things I noticed was I saw the colour purple quite a bit. I asked two people if they knew why and they did not. Maybe someone reading this knows?

Hey there, Compared to Edinburgh, how much percentage % is Glasgow cheaper ? Hope to hear from you soon .. Thanks

What a beautiful young lady you are, that comment at the end caught me out as well. 😢

thanks for sharing your thoughts...Could you please tell me - which university is better, Nottingham or GCU (Glasgow)for MS in UXID programme, in terms of faculty and employment on completing course. Please do let me know. Thanks

Good thesis, tho recently I've fallen in love with Edinburgh too; feel like I'm cheating, but because of tourists Edinburgh hasn't been hit by covid, amazon, alcohol pricing, smoking ban, and other things as much as Glasgow, when I lived in Glasgow it was doubly buzzing, at least; twenty four seven..

It's sounds like North-East Indian weather.

Scotland had a very good education system long long before England there for well educated Scotts were in demand all over the world Glasgow became the second city of the British Empire very important very well off that is why you'll find people all over the world with a connection with Glasgow

Well I moved from Kansas to Boston in 2000 and had many of the same experiences. Wish I had known about Glasgow then, as I write this from Glasgow, KY, which you would think there would be some consanguinity, but No.

Where is this ky?

My daughter is interested in studying art history, particularly curatorial and critical studies. We’ve looked at U. Of Glasgow and U. Of Edinburgh and both look really great in their arts programming. Both cities look like very desirable places to study arts. Are their any noticeable differences between these cities concerning museums and work opportunities? My daughter is considering getting her masters degree in the UK and possibly PhD there as well. I appreciate any input given. Thanks.

A sense of community NYC? lived here 56 years, where is it?

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Glasgow smiles better, as they used to say..

I know you said avoid the Subway when Rangers are playing, but you should totally go to see Rangers play at home. One of the best atmosphere's in football you will ever see but I am biased since it's the team I support. I know it's not the point of the video, but trust me being a part of the crowd at Ibrox on match day is the greatest feeling in the world.

Anyone experienced, witnessed or know of any prejudice or racism in Glasgow against any other non glasgowegian nationalities? For example, racism against Asians, spanish or blacks? I've always pondered and entertained the idea of moving there from the 🇺🇸

I am so happy , after watching this video bcs my son got a job offer and expected to fly out to Glasgow mid September 2022. any special advise for him?

My nephew got his PhD there. David Archibald.

Welcome to Glasgow people make Glasgow

it's very similar to Liverpool

I was born in Toonheid (Townhead) in Glasgow ,1948, ran away in 1966, lived in New York City in the early 1980s and they are somewhat the same kind of people, straight ahead, direct, who say what they mean and mean what they say and if a person cant handle that then that's their problem.. If I hadn't been born in Glasgow I should have been born in New York City. You sound more West Coast than New York.. Nobody goes to Glasgow, we know it as Glesga, for the weather.

Glasgows greatest export is its people

are there any scottish people at this uni, or am I gonna be the only one?

Dont?

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Well done Liz. You're one of the only Americans who can pronounce "Glasgow" correctly.

I think the best way to get around Glasgow is by bike.

'Uber' as a verb 😭

U actually look Glaswegian 😇😥😃

Madam, you are a born Weegie! Congratulations.

number 1. it’s full of Glaswegians.

It’s all about the West End.

Some people walk in the rain, some people get wet.

that you could have studied in edinburgh

Aye hen it's a braw wee toon ....

You have a beautiful face so I’ll forgive your accent

*is it al the glassings? o_0.* it's the glassings, innit?

"I'm an American - as an American, etc". America is a continent of 35 countries. It has never been a single country. "I'm from the United States" would have been the actual thing to say. Unless you are wanting to say that you are coming from the american continent. I've never seen a geographic card nor a globe saying that America was only the Untied States, have you ???

HHaha you are funny

😂. The subway is sh@t😢😂. Rangers fans are awful 😂.

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Christ, it's the last place I'd move abroad for.you could have had so many European cities and you picked Glasgow. My sympathies.

Having studied at the University of Glasgow I can reliably report that it is absolutely rotten to the core. Lectures are routinely cancelled at the last minute without warning or apology. The workload is completely unsustainable. The university is very anti-English. The city of Glasgow is unsafe, particularly for women, being very crime-ridden, particulary with violent crime, and awash with drugs and alcoholism. If you want to study in Scotland, Glasgow is best avoided like the plague. Edinburgh etc is a much better and safer choice.

nICE 1 bonnie lass 🫡 …