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Any specific areas of Glasgow/surrounds you'd rec looking at? Only real criteria is being within a hour ish by public transit of the reform synagogue in Newton Mearns, which as far as I can tell opens up loads of options. Bristol rental prices are getting hard to stomach...
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Depends on requirements, budget, buy or rent. Some areas are really getting above themselves this year.
Newton mearns is fine, most place around Giffnock is fine!
You will find with Glasgow public transport is fine so long as you are staying on your side of thr River, or going directly toward or away from the city centre. As soon as you start trying to cross segments /clock face type chunks of the city you get stuck.
There are honestly tones of pockets of tranquility in Glasgow where you can get a decent flat or house for not mental money (Edinburgh lol) that's well built, not busy with through traffic, well built, decent neighbours and good amenities.
Street we live on in the "West end" though it's really not is just west lol. Its quieter than most rural villages (source = life in rural villages), no through traffic, neighbours are mint, leafy Streets and got a view of the local hills and transport to city centre is good.
BrickMan
Peebles and Innerleithen are decent, inners has come full circle from post industrial (tweed mill closures aplenty), 90s and 00s depressed nothing town to an actual nice place to live. Vibes are mid left, little bit hippy dippy, lots of young families pushed out of Edinburgh (and who are able to commut, lots of bikes, lots of good road and mtb within metres of your door, got a fancy cafe/bakery now so pretty sorted. Peebles if you want the same but an average age of 70,lots of honda jazz....
Glasgow I can Reccomend, all the reasons said already, plus just damn easy to get out of if you want to by bike/mc/car/public transport. Yesterday 40 mins in car on easy roads with light to no traffic, in a kayak on a Loch had a great time, cruised back in to town via a mega pizza and ice cream. In newc/manc/leeds/notts you can't get that. Sheffield you can, Bristol you can, Edinburgh you can so long as its not traffic o clock (Traffic on Edinburgh can be London bad at wrong time in wrong place)