There are no cons.
Um - the impenetrable accent??
On the other hand, it was adorable coming from the waitresses at the Chinese restaurant I went to there. Slightly incongruous, but somehow adorable.
My first week living in Scotland I went to Glasgow on the Saturday. On my way home the indicator board at the station was not working to show the platform for the right train. After I had politely asked the man in a uniform three times and failed to understand the answer three times he smiled broadly, took me by the arm and led me to the correct platform. I subsequently found this to be typical of the friendliness of many Glaswegians. I started to like Glasgow that day: it took about two months to attune to the accent and expand my vocabulary. It has some interesting art galleries (The Pollock Collection, Kelvingrove, etc.) is home to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Scottish Ballet, has good theaters and excellent nightlife (so my friends tell me). Glaswegians pride themselves on being more stylish than their counterparts anywhere else in Scotland, if not the UK.
Glasgow is in the west so it is one of the wettest cities in the UK - but it also has a milder climate than most of Scotland. It is in the north of the UK so has long dark nights in the winter and long light nights in the summer.
Glasgow has a higher proportion of home students than most UK universities: they claim it is because the city is so wonderful that no-one wants to leave it. The university is in a nice area of the city and has some lovely buildings. It usually ranks third in Scotland after St Andrews and Edinburgh, who vie for top spot, and is a highly regarded university.
Pros: - good university, great location (I am biased, even though I lived in Edinburgh).
- those associated with UK academic life (there are some, but pay is
not one of them).
Cons - those associated with university-life in the UK in general.
