2. Cumbernauld
Just pipped at the post for the top spot is Cumbernauld. The place where “Drinking Buckfast Tonic Wine is not only ‘de rigeur’ it has become so ingrained in local culture that it has taken on a spiritual role transcending anything offered by church or state”. Here’s what our contributors have to say:
Ned temples include not only the mandatory bus shelters and high-rise stairwells, but any dwelling or free standing structure which can be entered without keys. Tunnels and underpasses are hugely popular.
The place Irvine Welsh describes as ‘scary’ must be the worst place to live in Scotland