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Craig Williams

Glasgow named one of worst cities to live in Europe in magazine list

A magazine has name-checked Glasgow as one of the worst cities to live in Europe - alongside some of the most-visited places in the world.

Scotland's biggest city features in the new list, published by Toronto-based bilingual digital media website Que Pasa, which has over 100,000 followers on Facebook and 60,000 on Instagram.

Joining Glasgow on the list is Rome, Marseille, Lisbon, Moscow, Madrid, Milan, Tirana (Albania) and Alicante, with Nottingham the only other UK city to feature.

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Introducing the list, the website wrote: "Certain cities in Europe are known for their unpleasant living conditions, such as unstable economy, bad weather, unfriendly people, high crime rates, intrusive regulations, and limited access to healthcare.

And in naming Glasgow as one of the worst cities in Europe, they wrote: "Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, located in the United Kingdom. Glasgow has long been known to have problems with gang turf wars.

"Due to this and other acts of violence, there have been reports of many deaths over the years.

"In 2010, a total of 30 murders occurred and this averaged the number of violent deaths that occur in Glasgow each year. Territory and gang wars make Glasgow one of the least safe cities in all of Europe and especially the UK.

"The homicide rate is 5.1 murders per 100 thousand inhabitants, which makes it unsafe for people at any time of the year."

OK we know Glasgow still has a reputation outside the city as being 'rough', but what do you think of the list?

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