We all love Glasgow - but at the same time we love to hate it - and rightfully so in a lot of cases. So we asked our audience of loyal Glaswegians, what they would like to see changed about the city.
Last month we posed the question, and thousands of Glaswegians got in touch, even after we wrote last months article. It wasn’t just Glaswegians currently living in the city, the comments came from all over the shop, people who had visited, people who had moved abroad, people that were young, old, or somewhere in between - people from all walks of life let their opinions be known on how Glasgow could be improved with new features.
In this follow-up we wanted to look at some other great points our readers raised - whether it was something we used to have which is sorely missed, or is a feature of other modern cities like Edinburgh, London or even Dundee that is absent from Glasgow, in this article we wanted to look at the things that are missing from Glasgow.
You can read the original article, 20 things Glasgow needs, but doesn’t have right now - as chosen by Glaswegians, here.
Here are 16 more things Glasgow needs but doesn’t have right now, as chosen by Glaswegians, which should be seriously considered by Glasgow City Council.
13. More Bobbys on the beat
Glasgow could do with more of a police presence on the ground level, one commenter said. Photo: John Devlin
14. More cultural events
Glasgow is Scotland’s most multi-cultural city - so we should celebrate that with more emphasis on cultural events. If we can spend two months of the year, each year, with the whole of the city covered in Christmas lights, stalls, events, and more, then surely we can take more time to have cultural events like Diwali in prominent areas of Glasgow. Photo: UGC
15. An LEZ free city centre
Another controversial one, particularly now that the group fighting the LEZ failed at the High Court has failed and the LEZ is definitely here to stay. One commenter claimed it’s just another reason people aren’t visiting the city centre. Photo: John Devlin
16. More public toilets
More public toilets are necessary in Glasgow - right now in the city centre if you want to go to the toilet for free you need to head to Glasgow Central Station or Glasgow Queen Street, forget about Buchanan Bus Station unless you’ve got 30p in change. No longer do we want to pop into the pub and buy a guilty half pint just because we had to go pee - bring back public toilets! | Contributed