On his visit to the city, the German philosopher and journalist Friedrich Engels observed, “I have seen human degradation in some of its worst phases, both in England and abroad, but I can advisedly say, that I did not believe, until I visited the wynds of Glasgow, that so large an amount of filth, crime, misery, and disease existed on one spot in any civilized country.” It was a place, he said, that “no person of common humanity to animals would stable his horse in.”
That sounds grim. Too bad I never got to visit Glasgow to be able to make a fair comparison. LOL
