Glasgow

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Glasgow
3 - Housing Areas
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The area was traditionally home to large numbers
of immigrants from Ireland, as well as the vast
majority of Scotland's Jewish population. The
Jewish population has more or less left the area
completely, and although the Irish-Catholic
population has diminished to an extent, a high
number have remained after the area's
redevelopment. The area today is now a mixture
between working-class and middle-class people,
with a rather cosmopolitan atmosphere.
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As part of the overspill policy of Glasgow
Corporation, a huge housing estate was built here
in the 1950s to house 34,000 people - it is this
estate that is now most associated with
Drumchapel, despite there being an area known as
Old Drumchapel made up of affluent villas to the
south of modern Drumchapel.
The area has well-known social problems, e.g.
anti-social behaviour and degeneration of often
poorly constructed post-war housing. However, it
remains popular with many of its residents. Also
new developments
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Newton Mearns is a small suburban town within
East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles
(11.3 km) southwest of Glasgow on the M77. It has
a population of approximately 22,637. The town is
part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation.
The area has been referred to by the Glaswegian
term Spam valley.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Mearns
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BURNWOOD COURT, NEWTON MEARNS GLASGOW This modern
first floor apartment is situated in popular
location and is ideally placed for all local
amenities including The Avenue Shopping Centre.
450 p.c.m.
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The 15.2km (9.4-mile) M77 extension (79 million)
runs south from Malletsheugh, near Newton Mearns,
to Fenwick in East Ayrshire and will replace the
present dangerous and sub-standard A77 trunk road
(27 people killed and 105 injured during the past
10 years) with a dual two-lane motorway with a
70mph speed limit.