| Comment | Tradeston is a massively underpopulated area considering its location, with huge gap sites and warehouse units that have been sat empty for decades. If I was to think of one single district in Glasgow that typified urban decay, it'd be Tradeston.
It's a stone's throw from the city centre and from Central station itself, with two subway stations close by, so eventual regeneration couldn't be put off forever. Riverside location too. It's been a terribly underused and blighted part of the city going on 50 years - largely suffering through the planning of the southern ring road flank, which of course, never came.
We certainly need more affordable housing in Glasgow. Much more. Maybe even rent caps. But what do you do? Just stand still and not allow the land to be used? |
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