No, nobody speaks like that. The people in Glasgow are miles better than the people in London. People will say "hello" to you on the street. Not often, but it happens. It's nowhere near as crowded. When you see a Mohammadan in ninja garb or even just somebody not speaking English, you're genuinely surprised. It's great.

Also one of the most affordable places to live in the UK. I'm paying £560/month to live in a nice, quiet, reasonably spacious flat right next to the river near the city centre. This would be £2500 in London.

I see from your Facebook that you enjoy flannel shirts. Is this a popular style in Taiwan? I'm asking genuinely. You're not importing flannel shirts, surely. I assume that they sell these shirts locally.

I noted a definite increase in flannel shirts in Glasgow as compared to London. I chalked it up to the cooler weather in Glasgow as well as the more working class roots of the city.

Personally, I enjoy flannel shirts. For much of the 90s, I wore nothing but flannel. But the last time I wore a flannel shirt was about 1998. When the grunge movement ran its course, I didn't want to look hopelessly out of fashion.

So today, I still associate flannel with 90s grunge so I don't wear the shirts. Of course, grunge simply co-opted flannel from their father's generation of working class Seattle lumberjacks.

Nevertheless, what I decided to do to ween myself off of flannel is to just wear solid-colour button down shirts. It's a minor change but it works for me. Buying shirts is just as easy now as when I was buying flannel. And the shirts are the same. Style-wise, anyway. I suppose that flannel feels different but I don't care about that. A cotton shirt is just as comfortable as flannel.