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University of stirling boring?

Hey guys don't really know how this works as this is my first post. I am currently a first year student at Stirling university and have just had a bit of a crisis, i am worried that i am going to find Stirling incredibly boring after a while, i know it is a small city/town vibe but i expected to be going into Glasgow quite a lot to do things, however i feel like that isn't going to happen much as i feel like most people don't want to do that (genuinely please correct me if i am wrong), i just feel like there isn't that much to do in Stirling and if people aren't going to go into Glasgow frequently then i'll become bored. I don't want to be stuck going to the same few local bars for the next four years of my life bored out of my mind, i want city life but to also be able to come back home to the country side too, i am not sure if Stirling is gonna give me that, I thought it would but maybe i was wrong, if anyone who is at or has been to Stirling could advise me on this that would be great.
Thanks Brynn.
Original post by BrynnMan
Hey guys don't really know how this works as this is my first post. I am currently a first year student at Stirling university and have just had a bit of a crisis, i am worried that i am going to find Stirling incredibly boring after a while, i know it is a small city/town vibe but i expected to be going into Glasgow quite a lot to do things, however i feel like that isn't going to happen much as i feel like most people don't want to do that (genuinely please correct me if i am wrong), i just feel like there isn't that much to do in Stirling and if people aren't going to go into Glasgow frequently then i'll become bored. I don't want to be stuck going to the same few local bars for the next four years of my life bored out of my mind, i want city life but to also be able to come back home to the country side too, i am not sure if Stirling is gonna give me that, I thought it would but maybe i was wrong, if anyone who is at or has been to Stirling could advise me on this that would be great.
Thanks Brynn.

Remember that there's Falkirk and grangemouth about 10 miles down the road from Stirling that has some pub's you can try for a change. Perth I think is about 25-30 miles up the road.

Have you thought about going to Edinburgh as there's plenty of pubs and clubs and restaurants there as otherwise you going to Glasgow.

I studied in Edinburgh for three years and worked there for over a year after finishing my degree and I used to have the odd night out in Edinburgh city centre and was good 😊 but I'm back home in my own city of Glasgow working. Yes it has a good choice of pubs there..

Your problem is that you really have to stay over for the night in places like Edinburgh or Glasgow especially after a good night out and head back to Stirling the following morning.
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Original post by Tracey_W
Remember that there's Falkirk and grangemouth about 10 miles down the road from Stirling that has some pub's you can try for a change. Perth I think is about 25-30 miles up the road.
Have you thought about going to Edinburgh as there's plenty of pubs and clubs and restaurants there as otherwise you going to Glasgow.
I studied in Edinburgh for three years and worked there for over a year after finishing my degree and I used to have the odd night out in Edinburgh city centre and was good 😊 but I'm back home in my own city of Glasgow working. Yes it has a good choice of pubs there..
Your problem is that you really have to stay over for the night in places like Edinburgh or Glasgow especially after a good night out and head back to Stirling the following morning.

I hear what you are saying and thank you for the reply, the problem is is that while it is possible to get a taxi back from Glasgow split between four for cheap in the early hours, people don’t actually go into Glasgow (or Edinburgh) very often, when I came to Stirling I thought it would be the best of both worlds, the city and the country side, I could do stuff in the country side and people would frequently go on the train or bus to Glasgow or Edinburgh, and I’ve spoken to a few people about this and the best I’ve gotten is that they occasionally go, and I don’t know if that is really what I want out of uni, going to a few different pubs and doing a little sports in the country side but other than that not much else, I feel like I will get very bored very fast and have a terrible time here.
Basically I’m just hoping someone has some more information that might change my mind, thank you for your input though I hadn’t considered Falkirk and such.
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