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Scotland - what is it like, compared to England!

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  • Mips
    Mips Posts: 19,796 Forumite
    gunsandbanjos wrote: »
    Depends where in Scotland to be honest, some bits are great, some not so. If you could narrow it down a little possibly?


    Clydebank - is that a horrible place?
    :cool:
  • Tigsteroonie
    Tigsteroonie Posts: 24,954 Forumite
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    As G&B says, it would help if you'd say where in Scotland - it's a bit like trying to compare Cornwall and London.

    Dammit. You answered while I was posting :rotfl:

    Education system VERY different. Legal system somewhat different. NHS care better imho.
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  • Mips
    Mips Posts: 19,796 Forumite
    Tigsteroonie wrote: »
    As G&B says, it would help if you'd say where in Scotland - it's a bit like trying to compare Cornwall and London.


    But the Laws are the same all over Scotland aren't they?
    :cool:
  • Fifer
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    Dippychick wrote: »
    Sorry Fifer, I though I made that clear in the title. From England to Scotland. Laws are different there and many things are different from what I have gathered over the years, but never needed to fully understand.
    Sorry, I wasn't being funny, but it depends on which bit of England you are moving from and which bit of Scotland you are moving to.

    (I don't know Clydebank very well, but if you could afford the west end of Glasgow, it's quite nice there and reasonably close. There are also some nice towns not too far away, but someone from the West would provide better advice).
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  • Fifer
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    Dippychick wrote: »
    But the Laws are the same all over Scotland aren't they?

    Yes. Except for Larkhall.
    There's love in this world for everyone. Every rascal and son of a gun.
    It's for the many and not the few. Be sure it's out there looking for you.
    In every town, in every state. In every house and every gate.
    Wth every precious smile you make. And every act of kindness.
    Micheal Marra, 1952 - 2012
  • Mrs_pbradley936
    Mrs_pbradley936 Posts: 14,571 Forumite
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    We have some friends that live near Stirling - Bridge of Allan actually and it is very nice but colder in winter. But you live in the North anyway don't you? You might not notice much difference.
  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
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    I'm an east coaster (though whole family is from the west) so i dont know Clydebank very well.
    As Tigsteroonie said the education system is pretty different up here! NHS is better generally.
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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  • Tigsteroonie
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    Dippychick wrote: »
    But the Laws are the same all over Scotland aren't they?
    Yes, but I hope your planning on moving to Scotland for reasons other than taking advantage of their alternate legal system ;)

    eta. Free eye tests. Free (or almost free) parking at hospitals.
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    :) Proud Parents to an Aut-some son :)
  • whu
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    Tigsteroonie wrote: »
    Yes, but I hope your planning on moving to Scotland for reasons other than taking advantage of their alternate legal system ;)

    eta. Free eye tests. Free (or almost free) parking at hospitals.
    free prescriptions I think also
    Keep the Faith:cool:
  • jackieb
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    Tigsteroonie wrote: »
    As G&B says, it would help if you'd say where in Scotland - it's a bit like trying to compare Cornwall and London.

    Dammit. You answered while I was posting :rotfl:

    Education system VERY different. Legal system somewhat different. NHS care better imho.


    I think so too. I have a relative in Wales who had to pay £2000 a month for cancer treatment. If he'd lived here in Scotland he'd have got it for free. He saw his MP about it, fought for it, and eventually got it free too. He managed to pay for it, but his money wouldn't have lasted long if he'd had to carry on paying for it - some people have no choice because they can't pay for it. You shouldn't have to fight to get what people in other parts of the UK get too.

    Prescriptions are being phased out here too. I think they're £4 at the moment.
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