What popular or highly sought-after places would you never want to live in?

[Meeplemakeglasgow]

Always find it amusing how this forum seems to exist on posters asking where they should live and always being given the same recommendations for a relatively small number of places.

As we all know there are positives and negatives to every area, how you make a decision is completely subjective and fully dependent on needs/circumstances.

But there are some places that always get recommended that I genuinely would rather live on a Vietnamese houseboat than stay in.

1. Troon - For various reasons, the beach is often overcrowded and dirty, not much to do, seems stuck somewhere between the 1830’s and the 1930’s and although the schools seem to get praised here the only family I one who sent there kids here had a terrible time. Anecdotally a good percentage of clients I helped move here have not lasted very long, so I’m clearly onto something.

2. Newton Mearns - I can literally see this from my attic window, have lived close by for decades and have a ton of friends/acquaintances from there (some of whom) I’m even quite fond of. However for some reason I really hate the place, it just has this almost deathly atmosphere of staleness that makes me feel odd. Giffnock feels like a nice city area, Clarkston a nice bustling wee town but Mearns is where any atmosphere goes to die. It’s like a soulless housing estate on steroids. I think this is because it was a small rural village which has exponentially grown without having amenities or community infrastructure built for it.

3. Quarriers Village - It’s like a horror movie. I don’t feel the need to say any more.

4. Bearsden - would really like it here as find the people to be much friendlier in general than the other ‘East’ and the fact it’s so close to amazing countryside but the constant droning of planes is like nails on a blackboard to me. If the flight path moved I’d happily live here.

Is there anywhere else people consider desirable that you just wouldn’t live?

Suspect the OP may be doing some sort of roundabout research since they mention helping clients move to a particular area.

Aviemore.
It's growing too fast. Too many houses and not enough services.

I really don’t get the love for the West End. My friends have got such a cult like love for it and won’t hear a word against it. Every time I go I think it’s dirty with streets full of bin juice, the odd discarded mattress and graffiti everywhere. No parking, nice parks though. Nope! Not for me.

I know @sunshinechaser it's almost as if everyone has separate opinions and preferences about the sort of place they'd like to live!

Who'd have thunk it, what a revelation....

Anywhere south of the Forth of Firth.

sadly stuck in what used to be Berkshire, where even changing the name has not helped

(who would have thought it? )

still, a girl can dream of escaping. Job all lined up, sadly responsibilities keep me here.

Perth and Perthshire. Run down, expensive houses and full of jakeys

Edinburgh - just don't get it but have been flamed on here in the past for daring to say I don't like it

I agree. Cold, grey and full of vomit. :)

By ‘helping clients move’ I mean that I’m a conveyancer.

They choose the house and I make sure all is in order.

I don’t choose the house for them, sell them it or provide any advice other than if it’s legal to purchase and if there are any issues.

Having done this for a long time I’m well aware of the areas I wouldn’t move to, so fortunately I am in a position where I am unlikely to use Mumsnet as a resource to make any commercial decisions.

Thanks though.

America

We lived in Edinburgh for many years before moving to the Midlands. I miss the bright sunny blue sky winter days but not the cold! If moving there make sure you have a SW facing garden with a sunroom or gardenroom. Its a windy city but not as wet as the West. South side is best with clean air and green open spaces including the Braids & Pentland hills. Easy access to England and Glasgow too fom the South side..

Shawlands. A weird combo of run down and gentrified and always really dirty. Narrow pavements, not a lot of sun and traffic is horrendous.

England - Tunbridge Wells
Scotland- St Andrews

I moved to Glasgow Westend as a student I lasted 8 weeks and moved back home I prefer live in the sticks, any city would be a no for me.

Stockbridge. It's always recommended on here when someone asks about moving to Edinburgh and I genuinely don't understand the love for it. Expensive, busy and full of twats.

Brighton. Dirty, unkempt, scruffy.

Padstow - can't see the attraction tbh. Very touristy. Couldn't wait to leave.

Brighton

Agree on Stockbridge - not because I don't like it to as an area to visit but because it's so busy and overpriced it really doesn't appeal as somewhere to live. Even if I could afford Ann Street I'd rather spend the money elsewhere.

@Meeplemakeglasgow I lived briefly in Quarriers Village and I can indeed confirm it's like a horror film. Other people must live there but I swear I never saw anyone, ever, at all. I started feeling like I was the ghost haunting the place.

Bearsden seems to be in shadow all winter.

The hipster parts of the Southside - it's filthy. Just rancidly, festeringly dirty. I agree with a PP that the West End is grubby as well but it's a few degrees cleaner.

Fort William, but tbf probably people don't recommend that.