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I've never seen so many cranes in Glasgow in my life. You probably need to go back to the mid-60s to have seen a similar level of activity across the city.

The idea no investment or development is happening seems way off to me. It feels very much like we're in a rare golden period of growth for the city.

* There's about a dozen massive housing developments under way across the city centre alone.

* There is very definitely a housing boom going on in neighborhoods outside the city centre. Shawlands Arcade, the massive Meat Market site in Denniestoun, Laurieston Living, Govan Cross Masterplan... New Gorbals & Oatlands is also still growing. I never thought I would say it or see it with my own eyes but in some areas it's getting hard to find a gap site that doesn't have an upcoming development attached to it.

* The big Sighthill redevelopment is nearly finished.

* You've got major infrastructure plans in the works including Glasgow Metro, dedicated bus priority routes, and a riverside park.

* City Centre Avenues and liveable neighborhood frameworks which will interweave with the incoming city wide cycling network.

I get what you mean about things feeling run down. The city has long term issues which are still very visible, largely going back to terrible planning decisions of the 1950s/60s, which were not limited to Glasgow or even just Scotland, but were very keenly pursued here and are still felt decades later.

But I do feel a big change is happening. We're only a few years into it, and to be fair, the local media does not do the best job of covering it in an overarching way.

You should check out www.reglasgow.com and www.urbanrealm.com, both great sites covering all news related to the city's development.

U/TheYardMill