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Author	jjkibum
Comment	I work in Parkhead and there's a beacon of problems there that need to be addressed and I'm not sure why they haven't been. I'm not sure if it's because most of the people still living in that area are coming from generations who're used to the way it is over there but it's really bad. In the winter nights when the sun sets at around 4, it's so dangerous to be out and about, like seriously. Especially on West Muir Street and the B streets along it. A colleague just recently was carjacked leaving work at 5 o'clock, the health centre isn't allowed to prescribe certain drugs to patients because certain prescription medicines were being sold on the streets at high prices, problems with firearms, it's kind of a mess. And on a separate note for being an area with so much deprivation, they're much more prone to serious illness from Covid, yet when I walked to the forge to grab a sandwich from Asda from my lunch, there was far too much foot traffic, mask exempt people, shops definitely doing illegal business through the back door. In the same vein as what I said earlier, an area like that doesn't have to represent every place and person in the city, but I think the problem with Glasgow is the area's of deprivation have totally dropped in priority for the councils and police, so they don't bother actually trying to make positive changes to the community anymore. If you're first impression of Glasgow was anywhere from Baillieston to Gallowgate, with the exception of a few places like Mount Vernon for example, I don't think it would be brilliant.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/l3ykgq/i_still_think_we_suffer_from_this_hard_city/gklttce/
Created	Sun 24th Jan 2021 5:17pm
Status	normal ()

I work in Parkhead and there's a beacon of problems there that need to be addressed and I'm not sure why they haven't been. I'm not sure if it's because most of the people still living in that area are coming from generations who're used to the way it is over there but it's really bad. In the winter nights when the sun sets at around 4, it's so dangerous to be out and about, like seriously. Especially on West Muir Street and the B streets along it. A colleague just recently was carjacked leaving work at 5 o'clock, the health centre isn't allowed to prescribe certain drugs to patients because certain prescription medicines were being sold on the streets at high prices, problems with firearms, it's kind of a mess.

And on a separate note for being an area with so much deprivation, they're much more prone to serious illness from Covid, yet when I walked to the forge to grab a sandwich from Asda from my lunch, there was far too much foot traffic, mask exempt people, shops definitely doing illegal business through the back door.

In the same vein as what I said earlier, an area like that doesn't have to represent every place and person in the city, but I think the problem with Glasgow is the area's of deprivation have totally dropped in priority for the councils and police, so they don't bother actually trying to make positive changes to the community anymore. If you're first impression of Glasgow was anywhere from Baillieston to Gallowgate, with the exception of a few places like Mount Vernon for example, I don't think it would be brilliant.