Where to live

[Nicole30]

Hello everyone im Nicole and im new to this site. I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I moved to scotland, Glasgow (Cumbernauld -if you know of this place you will know why i want to move).
I have lived here for nearly 10 years after i moved up from london and im now a single mother with two girls one 8, one 2. I really want to move on but i dont know much of scotland - i was wondering if anyone had any good or bad reviews of where they live or any suggestions of where would be a good place to settle. Where i am at the moment there is a 'junkie' or and 'alkie' on every corner and that is not what i want my kids growing up seeing.
Anyones opinion, review or facts are welcomed and would be greatly appreciated. thank you all so much

[Babz]

I suppose the ability to move would depend on wether you owned or rented your home.
What I am meaning do your personal circumstances allow the freedom of moving elsewhere ?

If I rented from the council I would not do an exchange to Cumbernauld as I do know people
who did 'escape' and I also know a couple others that like it there.

Advice at the minute(assuming that you are council renting) would be to look into other towns
council sites and see if a move to Cumbernauld is wanted by anyone.

Another thought is to see if there are housing associations too.

At one time if you found employment in a town/city you could go on the council list and
more than not find somewhere easily...but then again you would not get a choice of area
in the town.
Aberdeen used to be one of those places but nowadays they do not seem to have any spare
properties due to the EU influx.

Hope some of the Scottish residents can be helpful.