Move Back Home to Glasgow?

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I was born and raised in Glasgow but have lived in the south of England for many years (husband's job, kids in school). I have close family on the southside and a large extended family all over the city.

My marriage has broken down and my kids are away at university, I'm in my fifties and I suppose I'm free to live and work where I like for the first time in decades.

During this time of being forcibly separated from my family in Scotland I've been thinking more and more about moving back home but I haven't lived in Glasgow for such a long time that I wouldn't know where to start.

If you could choose somewhere to live in Glasgow as a single, mature woman where would you go? I should make some money from the sale of my house here and be able to buy something almost anywhere in the city.

I'd like to be nearish to shops, restaurants etc. and decent public transport (train, underground, bus) would be a bonus.

I have to admit that the weather puts me off a bit but the thought of being able to spend time with family would make up for it.

Any thoughts/ideas would be really welcome.

Duddingston is a bit 'rough', not very well connected transport wise, amenity poor and expensive. Stockbridge is eye wateringly expensive.

Hello, don't know if too late, but I'm another Scot down south. How about Newton Mearns or Giffnock? Got Rouken Glen park, Greenbank Gardens etc on your doorstep and can walk to all the shops and restaurants as well as train stations at Giffnock, Clarkston, Whitecraigs etc. Tennis clubs etc good places to meet people and very very safe. On saying that, I'm still trying to get a move up north unsuccessfully! Other half doesn't want another big city so now I'm trying to persuade him on Crieff or Perth (if anyone has any knowledge of these towns I'd be most grateful - I've only ever passed through before ).