| Comment | I think that was a poor choice of words by me given that "no-go areas" is a term often used by the political right to speak about poorer and more ethnically diverse areas... However, as I said elsewhere, while not no-go areas as such, there is very little, I would argue, no reason, to actually go to those areas. And yes, that's partly because of the jakeballs and partly because of shite shops, street feel etc.
I don't feel unsafe as such around those areas because I've grown up in Glasgow all my life and feel used to it, but I've seen two people glassed outside central and plenty of others reeling from violence (i.e. blood spilling down their face) over the years. So I don't think the areas are safe just because it's only jakeball-on-jakeball violence, so to speak. |
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