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IMO we are very welcoming, to everybody. Personally touristy people do not bother me in the slightest. I know that my friends have similar feelings.

Glasgow is quite an international city, so we are used to meeting people from all over the world. If the worst comes to the worst, just say you're Canadian :P... only joking lol.

You'll likely find some people are very interested in hearing where you are from and your back story etc. Feel free to turn to the person next to you in a bar and chat, but read the room. If they're not reciprocating, nip it in the bud and leave it alone.

I'm just one person and obviously don't speak for everyone here but I'd probably tone down the military talk, not needed at all and probably frowned upon by a lot of people.

Expect it to take a while for your ears to adjust to some accents here. Glasgow and the surrounding area's accents have a reputation of being harder to understand than most others but we do tone it down for folk. When I was in Michigan I had family translating English into English for me and I thought I had cleaned it up, it was an odd experience haha.

I could be wrong here, maybe someone can clear it up for me: I think that The University of Glasgow might be better for History, Strathclyde is known for its engineering and computing. Second to none, perhaps.

If/When you arrive you can probably jump back on here and see if anyone fancies a meet up. It seems some folk are into that here.

Also, it's Wales.