| Comment | I live in Wishaw. Housing here is definitely cheaper than anywhere in Glasgow. The problem Wishaw has is a major lack of amenities. Not a lot going on here. It doesn't have good food or pub scenes and the "high street" is dieing a painful death.
Getting to and from Glasgow is easy enough. Also pretty easy to get to and from Motherwell and Hamilton from here. Coatbridge might be more of a hassle. I don't think you can get there direct without changeovers, but could be wrong.
Be very, very careful about what areas you are actually looking at. Wishaw as a whole is actually made up of several sub areas: Pather, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Cambusnethan, Greenhead, Waterloo, Wishawhill and Town Centre. Some of these areas are rough as fuck. And I mean rough. Like Easterhouse in the 1980s rough.
You couldn't pay me enough to consider Pather, Gowkie, Craigneuk or Wishayhill. Gowkie is a fucking dive like nothing else. Honestly, top contender for worst scheme in the country. No exaggeration. Pather, the Neuk and Wishawhill are all quite similar. Pretty rough.
Cambusnethan, Coltness, Greenhead, Waterloo and Town Centre are better. Coltness is quite disconnected though and a pain in the arse to travel to and from. Greenhead and Waterloo are decent, but the prices are usually higher in those areas. Camby and Town Centre would be the best picks all round. |
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