i wonder
if the mother, if you could call her that, ever found out about her sons untimely demise.

Glasgow is full of people as you described in your story, they just become like wallpaper. And that is unfortunate.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:09, 1 reply)

My old dear
works in the education system and tried to use all of her contacts to get in touch with the mum. She never managed it unfortunately, that tore her apart.

And sorry for making you guys cry :(

Oh and I don't think it's confined to Glasgow. If I'm out having a fag and I see a homeless guy I usually get talking to them regardless of where I am, a lot of the time they have a horror story behind them and want to change. The opportunities just aren't there for them. Glasgow probably does have a higher number than most because of all the drugs which are in it now but it's the same in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee wherever.
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:15, closed)

Yeah, thats most certainly true.
There are an infinitely higher number of homeless addicts in Glasgow than in Edinburgh (or maybe the ones in the capital are jus not as visible, who knows).

Yet, anytime someone in Glasgow mentions Edinburgh, there's a drug joke shortly afterwards.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 17:50, closed)

I think
a lot of it comes to down how they cities are built. Edinburgh moved it's slums outwards and built nice town houses in it's New Town as well as keeping the Old Town pretty exclusive (although it's full of students now). I mean if you hop on a bus and go down Leith or Gorgie way there's plenty of trouble down there but not a lot of folk notice it.

Glasgow built on top of it's slums so you walk 5-10 minutes in an direction and you're in a pretty crappy area.

Although funnily enough I was in Edinburgh over the weekend and there was loads of homeless folk, addicts or not I don't know, up and down Princes and George Street so they're certainly visible.

And about the whole Edinburgh drug thing...I doubt Trainspotting, or indeed any Irvine Welsh novels, helped...
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Tue 7 Oct 2008, 12:20, closed)