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Author	Charlottes_Web_
Comment	I stayed in Kelvindale for about 18 months. Most of it is lovely and quite affluent, but there are a couple of streets/blocks of flats that are not quite as nice as others. Some of the cheaper flats have a very high turnover rate. It's all pretty reasonable though. There is a Spar and a Londis which have most basics, but not a lot of fresh food (and what they have is expensive and not great quality) so you will likely need to go to Tesco. Depending how keen you are on walking this isn't a huge deal. The 94 bus runs fairly regularly but you would need to walk to either GWR or Maryhill Rd for more frequent buses elsewhere. I personally found it to be just a bit far (and uphill on the way back) to walk to Byres road often unless the weather was really good. The canal path is not lit at night and doesn't feel the safest, but generally the main residential area is very safe. The train station can also be a bit dark at night and doesn't get a lot of foot traffic. A couple of incidents made me feel quite uncomfortable walking around the canal once it was dark or early in the morning, but going any other way was a massive detour. If you're mostly going to the uni or Tesco then you should be able to avoid it. My main issue living there was feeling isolated, there weren't many younger people where I was staying and people weren't very neighbourly - kept to themselves a lot. This might be a bit different in the flats more commonly occupied by students but I can only really speak from my own experience. Again, this might not be a problem for you depending on your personality - it's ideal if you like a quieter life.
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I stayed in Kelvindale for about 18 months. Most of it is lovely and quite affluent, but there are a couple of streets/blocks of flats that are not quite as nice as others. Some of the cheaper flats have a very high turnover rate. It's all pretty reasonable though.

There is a Spar and a Londis which have most basics, but not a lot of fresh food (and what they have is expensive and not great quality) so you will likely need to go to Tesco. Depending how keen you are on walking this isn't a huge deal. The 94 bus runs fairly regularly but you would need to walk to either GWR or Maryhill Rd for more frequent buses elsewhere. I personally found it to be just a bit far (and uphill on the way back) to walk to Byres road often unless the weather was really good.

The canal path is not lit at night and doesn't feel the safest, but generally the main residential area is very safe. The train station can also be a bit dark at night and doesn't get a lot of foot traffic. A couple of incidents made me feel quite uncomfortable walking around the canal once it was dark or early in the morning, but going any other way was a massive detour. If you're mostly going to the uni or Tesco then you should be able to avoid it.

My main issue living there was feeling isolated, there weren't many younger people where I was staying and people weren't very neighbourly - kept to themselves a lot. This might be a bit different in the flats more commonly occupied by students but I can only really speak from my own experience. Again, this might not be a problem for you depending on your personality - it's ideal if you like a quieter life.