Craig Ferguson has slated his hometown as 'soulless' in an interview saying that the town was created by planners "who didn't have a clue".
He compared the houses in the Lanarkshire town to “German machine gun turrets” saying that he was "always eager" to escape his hometown.
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In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the US talk show host said: “Houses in our rainy region foolishly had flat roofs. Roadways were absurdly wide.
“The town’s designers expected everyone to drive to work and return home all at once.
“The concrete used to build the miles of identical homes was lousy and there were no stores or restaurants.
“The town offered affordable, soulless housing for ground-down workers.
“Our house was similar to all the others.
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“It looked like the concrete machine-gun turrets the Germans installed on the Normandy coast during World War II, but much closer together, with welcome mats.”
He added that school in the town was a “cruel, violent place” and he used jokes as a “survival impulse”.
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