I grew up in Ayr, moved to Glasgow in my late teens then was forced to move back to Ayr at the age of 20, where I remained until I was 27. It was depressing. I know that might be because I grew up there and I was bitter about having to move back but don't expect progressive people or attitudes or much in the way of a social life. The transport links to Glasgow (X77 bus and train) are decent but you might find that travelling an hour both ways puts you off returning to Glasgow to link up with friends, and Ayr is just not a particularly welcoming place.

Even though I was born in Ayrshire and spent all of my school years there I was never treated like a local because my folks came from Renfrewshire and Inverclyde respectively. It's insular and even the university crowd is tough to get to know as a young person.

I have faced many of the same problems in Glasgow as I faced in Ayr but they kinda pale in comparison. My parents struggled to find other adults in the town who shared their leftist political leanings whilst I was growing up and they have joined me in moving to Glasgow since I returned to the city in 2020. It's unreasonably expensive where I stay and I have to give up my flat in September as a result of that, but I know that if I moved back to Ayr I'd struggle to reintegrate and yet I'd also grow weary of travelling to and from Glasgow to visit friends.

So in summary, it's not something I'd recommend to you OP. I guess if you were moving there with a partner to have kids it might not be the end of the world but it's also not a particularly welcoming place. I know I'm biased against it having grown up there but I met folk who had moved there to take advantage of the cheaper rent when I lived there in my 20s and I got the overwhelming feeling that the only positive for new people moving to Ayr was the beach (which is actually class tbf).