This July, my boyfriend and I moved to Glasgow, the biggest city in Scotland.
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My boyfriend, Scott, and I had been talking about getting an apartment together for a couple of months. And when deciding where we would live, Glasgow seemed like a no-brainer. We both attended university in the city, and although I hadn’t lived there before (I commuted in for classes), I got to know it well.
As someone who works remotely, it was important for me to live somewhere that has social activities and a variety of things I could do during my downtime — and Glasgow has just that.
It’s Scotland’s largest city, with a population of 1,688,907 residents in 2022, according to World Population Review. It is known for its friendly residents, as well as its nightlife and restaurants. Glasgow was named the fourth coolest city in the world by Time Out in 2022, with Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh coming in first place.