
Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]
Come to Edinburgh, don't go to Glasgow. More to do in Edinburgh, and we're more friendly. (Sorry Glasgow, but it is true).
Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
And Edinburgh is kinda the home town for golf![]()
I'm actually really awake at 11.25am, wow![]()
Originally posted by LikeASong:Dundee means Like A Song, that's always a good thing.
Originally posted by LikeASong:haha!! really??? Why do you say that? is it some kind of conflictive place or so?
Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]
Dundee is, well... not the friendliest place on earth. I'll say that.
Actually, put this way - The only good things that have came out of Dundee are The View and Like A Song being played once. And they are the ONLY good things.
Originally posted by sonia_lastrega:[..]
LOL. A good friend of mine comes from Dundee. She's never mentioned it being particularly horrific.
In relation to material needs,
compared with the rest of Scotland, Dundee has a higher proportion of its population on low income: more unemployed people, more people who are chronically sick, more single parents, and more old people.
Dundee has many deprived areas, and according to the index used by the Scottish Office, nearly a third of the population live in them.
In relation to economic problems
Dundee has the highest rate of unemployment of all Scotland's cities.
Dundee's rate of dependency on social security benefits is second only to Glasgow's.
The value of property in Dundee is particularly low.
In its social relationships, Dundee has major problems of exclusion.
Dundee has the highest out-migration rate of all Scottish cities. Young adults are leaving the city to find work.
Dundee has the second highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Scotland, and 50% more single parents than the Scottish average. Nearly a quarter of Dundee's children live in lone parent households.
Dundee has important social problems: low educational attainment, high rates of absence from school, high crime figures.