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Chalfie
@andos
@Chalfie
I live about 30 mins outside of Glasgow and I could tick most of your "likes" apart from being near a train station. My experience is that if you're near a train station (and by near I mean a couple of miles on a bike or walking distance) you're not going to be somewhere particularly quiet.
I'm about 10 miles out of the Glasgow commuter belt (where the train stations are), have access to great riding, big gardens are available, I can work in Glasgow and the commute isn't terrible, Scottish people are nice, schools are great round here and its quiet plus I can see Loch Lomond from my living room.
Yeah winters can be tough but I found that adapting my life/behaviour based on changing seasons meant I coped with it better, stayed at home, cooked more and enjoyed the inside more.
Scotland is a great place to be if you're ok with being a fair distance from family (assuming you don't have family up here).