| Comment | I've actually lived there before.
If you're a young woman on your own, you may attract some unwanted attention (there was a thread on here about a lady who lived there and it got bad enough that men would wait outside her close).
The youths there can be a bit feral, you would often be awoken to fireworks, or even have them thrown at you in the street as happened to me, I really can not overstate how obsessed the kids there are with fireworks, its really quite unique. A lot of the kids also wish they were London roadmen, so will act in this manner (they also "beef" the kids from neighbouring Govanhill and Paisley Road West, theses wee area rivalries have spanned generations).
The road safety situation is also pretty terrible in Pollokshields, particularly Shields Road and Albert drive it feels like there is an almost weekly crash, usually at the junctions. Some have said already that a lot of guys will be speeding through this area in high powered German cars or modified rice boxes.
However, everything I've said here is just words of caution, overall the area is quite safe in my opinion, it is becoming quite gentrified now and is usually quite empty in once you get into the early hours (as someone mentioned there's rarely drunks or addicts staggering about because of the area's ethnic composition). Keep your wits about you and you'll be fine. |
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