EXCLUSIVE: We're Being Pushed Out: Residents Say Noise, Crowds, and Student Influx are Destroying Their Community

"The street has exploded with transient people," says neighbour of 30 years

EXCLUSIVE by Gary Fanning

At a recent Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council meeting, some long-term residents voiced their anger and frustration, feeling that they are being driven out of their own neighbourhood by noise, overcrowding, and the unchecked expansion of the so-called “Finnieston Strip.”

Once a quiet neighbourhood, the area now bustles with pubs, restaurants, and crowds of students, tourists, and concert-goers attending events at the Oval Hydro and SWG3.

One resident of over 30 years painted a grim picture: “The street has exploded with transient people.”