Has anyone managed to resettle a south sider?

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Very specifically a Glasgow problem Getting married in December, hoping to TTC asap. DP is a Shawlands native but his mum has since moved up to the Highlands. I'm from Bishopbriggs.

I want a house with a garden and good schools. All of DP's friends are still south side- mostly Giffnock, Clarkston, some a bit further out. He'd be so happy there and I think has envisioned our (hopefully) children playing with his friends children etc.

I also like it there BUT my mum won't drive on the Kingston Bridge. I can't imagine having a baby and family without my mum in easy drive.

Wwyd.

She could go via Springburn down High St and past the Gorbals. Easy access to Shawlands and beyond from Cathcart Rd. Completely avoiding the Kingston Bridge
Or start campaigning for Bishopbriggs!!

That's the way she comes but god love her, it takes her over an hour sometimes.

DP finds the briggs so boring....

I'm originally from bishopbriggs and love it so much. Will move back in a heartbeat when I can afford to. I'd be campaigning for him to move there 100%. Only a half hour drive or so to his friends!

my in laws go through bearsden then the tunnel to go south

i know the bridge is a nuisance just now but I still think it’s faster than their tour of the city 🤣

She won't go in the tunnel either I just can't imagine not having her nearby if I had a baby.

Sounds like my mum too.

she struggles with Balmore road to come visit never mind tunnels and bridges 🙈

You can't move house because your mum won't take the direct route to visit you! If you are both happy where you are, I don't see why you'd consider it.

We will be moving anyway, we just need to decide where. I know DP would really do whatever I wanted, but I also know he'd find it hard to settle in the far off lands beyond the bridge.

It sounds dramatic but all of the south siders I've ever known have stayed there for good.

Could your mum get some refresher driving lessons to improve her confidence?

Love a pragmatist. If there's a grandchild at the end of the journey surely she'll find a way to manage. What sort of age is she? Is it just nerves?

Bus? Train?
I wouldn't move for this reason either.
She is close by compared to a lot of people, and there are many answers to the travel issue.

Couldn’t she go M80, M73, M74, M77 thereby staying on the motorway, avoiding the Kingston Bridge and the M77 brings her out at Newton Mearns?