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Glasgow African community — your questions answered

Yewande AdegokeNG

17d ago

I've been in Glasgow for 4 years and get asked the same questions constantly, so I'm compiling a guide. Ask me anything: housing, GP registration, African shops, social life, weather survival. No question is too basic.

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Akosua Mensah-Bonsu17d ago
Akosua from Edinburgh. Question: what is the best area to live in Glasgow if you're commuting to Edinburgh for work? I want to move but Edinburgh rents are brutal.
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Yewande Adegoke17d ago
Great question Akosua. Shawlands or Pollokshields are well-connected to Glasgow Central. 50 minutes to Edinburgh by train. Rents are genuinely half what you would pay in Edinburgh. Govanhill is bohemian and diverse — slightly longer commute but a lovely neighbourhood.
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Emeka Nwosu17d ago
Emeka from Newcastle. Visiting Glasgow this summer — any recommendations for African restaurants that are actually good? Not just African in name.