| Comment | I'm not gay, but I'd say that Glasgow has gotten a lot rougher in recent years as a result of austerity.
I worked during lockdown and walking the streets alone in the daytime turned out to be a frightening experience because the only people out and about were the 'characters'.
I also think we're still recovering from that 2 year period. Sometimes it can be harmless and just having a moment where your face sucks inside itself from cringing at the banter from freshly turned 18-20 year olds trying to flirt who clearly have had very limited contact with people the past few years.
Sometimes when I'm just passing through the streets during saturday / friday night that there are a lot of creepy men hanging about. At least definitely more than usual. I've seen drunk men in their 40s hanging about the street getting aggressive to women who are clearly 19-20 years old. On the nights I've been out, I've seen guys hovering outside with nae mates constantly trying to chat up birds who are going home or out for a smoke.
I've questioned whether this was always the case or a new phenomenon, but I feel like it's far more common now than it was before. Either way, I'm a 6'0 guy who goes to the gym and I don't feel safe walking the streets alone some nights.
Someone in drag? Not a fucking chance. |
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