I was listening on the radio about 10 minutes ago and it said that Glasgow has a higher crime rate per 100,000 than New York, making Glasgow a more violent place than New York. Read more about it.
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I was listening on the radio about 10 minutes ago and it said that Glasgow has a higher crime rate per 100,000 than New York, making Glasgow a more violent place than New York. Read more about it.
aye the more i hear about the heavily populated areas in Scotland the more violent they seem, however my friend lives on the Ilse of Lewis and its passive as fuck, complete contrast
Glasgow is very violent... as i live there, and see alot of stuff. But i dunno if it is more violent than new york.
Higher crime rate doesn't make it more violent. The crimes can be simple burglary or drunk and disorderly.
Try looking at the violent crime statistics and I bet New York is higher than Glasgow.
Population difference between New York City and Glasgow are enormous.
New York City 8,274,527
Glasgow 580,690
(August 2007 wikipedia).
aye, that's just the centre of Glasgow. 1.1million live on the outskirts
I dunno. Ive only been to NY, but i think that Glasgow might because NY has police at every corner it seems. =/
I got a clip from the news hour on the local radio station, I'll upload it in an hour (I'm about to walk the dog). You can hear it yourself at 6pm GMT (20mins after I post this) at Real Radio & Century Radio - Music you just have to sing along to
Wow.
I never expected glasgow to be more violent then new york. Especially with the pop difference.
Are we really stereotyped as that violent? I mean we have minor gangs and drugs, but it's not bad bad. Although, I have been able to fight and hold my own on the streets froma young age, doesn't mean we're all violent idiots.
also, of course Glasgow is more violent. It's a fucking robot with big guns that can fuck anything up. Yea Geass reference :P Sorry, I had to.
Yes you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konrow
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I guess every city minor or major has their own violent idiots. I'm trying to understand the conditions of how it was measuered ? If a commited crimes per population ther it's worth shit, if they tried to determine the "violency" of particular crimes that also worth crap, cause solve me thing wich crime is more violent: psycho killer rapes and kills a granny, or some weird parrents kill all their children then hide their bodies in barrels, and hide in garage for years.
I think they've calculated it by taking how many people have fallen victim to violent crime per 100,000
Yep, we are, more so likely because of the African-American society and their stereotypes. We have violance, but we have it in specific areas ( ghettos ). I honestly don't believe Glasgow has a higher crime rate being the population difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konrow
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Originally Posted by Jamie
Trust me, some of the things that do happen in some 'ghettos' of Glasgow (areas that are built up of council housing) are a big factor as crime in Glasgow varies majorly on the person commiting the crime's background.
Aww, you sound like one of those total nice and smart little white boys that live here :P Don't worry I totally look like one, but I don't share your views. In my opinion its both the ghettos and the moronic rich white kids that make this place suck in terms of crime and bad shit going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skycut
They will never understand laz.... Only people from glasgow like us know how its like and the people that live there. They cant understand until they actualy come here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laz-low
Aye, I guess so.
If you were to see some of the people that walk the streets of Glasgow you would shit yourself. At night, almost every dodgy looking bloke is bound to be carrying something, even 16 year old chavs/neds are carrying blades. We got 11 year old girls getting pregnant (due to lack of good parenting) and some 8 year old kid was found selling drugs outside a shopping centre in Pollockshaws o.O
Oh of course, those guys, they do it so they can have a better impression or to look 'thug' infront of their friends. I actually know someone who is like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konrow
And that's something to be proud about? What an idiots. 8 year old selling drugs? Forced by his ''gang'' sure about that. No old year old that lives outside of latin america wants to sell drugs that badly. You are makin it way worse than it really is..shame on you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Laz-low
Nope, I'm telling it as it is. Some areas of Glasgow are so run down that actually happens. How do I know? I read the news. It was on Scotland Today (a local News show) and it was on the front pages of most Scottish tabloid newspapers.
Here's a story about how neds terrorize Scottish towns, cities and villages: NIGHT OF THE LIVING NED - The Daily Record
Saved it as a favorite might read it sometime. But violent Townes are nothing to be proud of. A high crime rate means more police..and I doubt that you love the police. Most criminals are idiots though when they get caught they get registert and that ups the crime rate. Im pretty sure NY is more violent then Glascow, since New York is bigger and the statics are different. I assume you were talkin about NYC right?
Aye, the city itself and not the whole state. I'm not proud of Glasgow being such a violent place. You have to remember, New York has a population of 8 million and the whole of Scotland is about 5.5million. There isn't enough Police, which is what our problem is. Another problem is of course, due to all the big heavy industry being closed by the Conservatives in the 70's it's led to a lot of poverty in Glasgow. The Police force that covers the Glasgow area and much of Scotland is Strathclyde Police. They have to cover alot of ground and there just isn't enough Police to focus on Glasgow.
I get your point. Damn proof that everything is going the wrong way =/
I'm gonna upload a clip from local radio station Real Radio. It's just generally about how the Scottish Government is trying to help out with Project Glasgow and Project Springburn. It also states in that clip about Glasgow being more violent than New York. I need to do it through RapidShare as RaGEZONE doesn't allow you to upload sound files :/
Edit: Here's the download link.
Well, they say, that the United Kingdom is becoming more like America, which is true, but now it being worse in Glasgow? Wow, wtf is this world coming to?
I live in glasgow, have done all my life. I live near a place called Barlanark/Easterhouse. This is full of 1980's council housing, and this is the glasgow ghetto. Its in a terrible state.
wikiPedia gives a good desc.
Even though people say, how can glasgow be more violent than New york? Its very easy. NY has police, everywhere you look. In scotland, we dont. We have the odd policeman, sitting in a patrol car, but they dont really do anything.
Glasgow, is a shitehole.
I beleive that one road in kentish town london has a higher murder rate than new york city.
we just don't advertise the killings.
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Originally Posted by Flameingskull
lmao, i live 10-15 mins from kentish, didnt think it was that bad, kilburn where i live practically seems worse then there.
but yea, up north it does get quite nasty, never been but heard alot of storys.
its all due to kids carrying knives and stuff around, to either keep themselves safe or to cause trouble
Just had a quick bash through that Wiki page on Barlanark, never knew Tam McGraw was on the BAR-L Team.Quote:
Originally Posted by DecipherX
For those of you who don't know who Tam McGraw is, read here. Tam was one of the biggest mobsters in Glasgow, along with people like Paul Ferris, Arthur Thompson and all of the Young Teams that make up Glasgow's crime.
Oh hell yeah. Did you hear about Tam McGraw's funeral?
That was last summer :cool1:Quote:
Originally Posted by DecipherX
I think Paul Ferris attended it, but I know alot of gangland figures were there.