What is it like to live in Dundee?
vintage_girl
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Hi everyone, just wondered if anyone here lives in/knows Dundee?
I'm due to move there soon for work, and would like to know which areas are nice to live in and which to avoid...also what is the general lifestyle like in the city? I've heard some pretty bad things abut it being rough etc. and other people have said it's a nice place.
I was up there visiting recently and it seemed OK, lively etc. Any views?
I'm due to move there soon for work, and would like to know which areas are nice to live in and which to avoid...also what is the general lifestyle like in the city? I've heard some pretty bad things abut it being rough etc. and other people have said it's a nice place.
I was up there visiting recently and it seemed OK, lively etc. Any views?
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When Scotland goes independent later this year, no doubt it will become a cosmopolitan delight where dogs poo rainbows.
the old joke is what do you get if you pour hot water on a dundonian... a new flavour of pot noodle.
I love it here :-) feel free to PM me
There are bits of town that are better than others of course, but I found it a really friendly city and was very happy there.
It's not too bad.
Or the Perth Road/Riverside area if the OP likes a more cosmopolitan environment (but both the Perth Road/Riverside and Broughty Ferry areas are expensive to buy/rent a house). As a Dundonian born, bread, and educated I would say that Dundee like any other city has its good areas and bad areas. But, one advantage that Dundee has over other cities, is that all the amenities are within easy reach, whereas in other cities the amenities are sprawled out all over the place.
Dundee is a nice enough place.
I think quite a few people commute from Perth to Dundee.
Struggling to find much to say about it tbh. I got out alive, I suppose.
Abandon all Hope ye that enter here.
Maybe because Lorraine Kelly lives there................
Actually, she lives in Broughty, next door to a pal of mine
I used to work in Dundee for about 18 months, and went up every couple of weeks. The town centre is nice, and certainly on the up. It looks a bit of a state, as there is so much regeneration work going on at the moment, but it is getting there.
I travelled by bus quite a lot, and there are an awful lot of shitty areas, but if you are going for a city centre flat, you'll be fine. As has been mentioned, Broughty Ferry is nice, but expensive. And Lorraine lives there.
There's quite a lot of public drunkenness at all times of day, though maybe not at a level that isn't 'normal for Scotland'. It is surrounded by some stunning countryside and views, though.
The only problem with that is if the weather gets bad the Tay Rail and Road Bridges shut down and you have go the long way around to get to Dundee.
She can always walk over the bridge if she moves to Newport. Have done that hundreds of times.
In terms of the people, I've never had any bother. Yes there are junkies (if you have a problem with this stay well away from a place called the Wellgate Centre, it's where they breed
In terms of where to live, I'd say stay away from the areas called Hilltown, Kirton and Douglas. Really if your new I'd agree with the others and say you should be looking at somewhere like the Perth Road/West End, though lots of it is student flats now. Other than that there are some lovely flats on a street called Baxter Park Terrace. It's actually where I lived in my early childhood so I am a bit biased. I'd love to live there again. But it's only a 20 minute max walk from the town, and has on street parking at what not, plus is on loads of bus routes.
Basically, I'm not going to sit here and say it's perfect. It's not. But really it's got a not too bad shopping centre in the Overgate (I work in the next there, it's nice enough.), nightlife's not too bad too. There are things it lacks, but I don't regret deciding to stay here for Uni rather than going off to Edinburgh or whatnot..
Dundee is only a small city and in general is friendlier than Edinburgh or Glasgow.
I didn't realise there were so many posters from Dundee on here
I'm Edinburgh born and bred. I've worked in Dundee for the last 10 years and live a few miles out of town (Alyth).
I would NEVER move back to Edinbugh. Dundee and the surrounding area has more hours of sunshine than any other part of Scotland, has beautiful countryside on your doorstep and the people are much friendlier than Edinburgh.
Sure Dundee has it's dodgy areas and some dodgy people but what city doesn't?
U96 is right about the accent - you'll need to learn to at least understand Dundonian !