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The Crapness of your Hometown

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    #62
    cocoshovel
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    neil_hosey wrote: »
    not one bogger slating dublin!! :eek:

    wtf is going on in AH!

    Well the point of the thread is to talk about your own home town. So why dont you get started and tell us about Dublin.


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    #63
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,509 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    cocoshovel wrote: »
    So why dont you get started and tell us about Dublin.

    Most Dubliner's know Dublin isn't crap.


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    #64
    jaffacakesyum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭jaffacakesyum


    I'm from Dublin, so no crapness here :pac:


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    #65
    Defiler Of The Coffin
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    Castletown. The annual Donkey Derby is the only joy in our lives.


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    #66
    Johnny Bitte
    Registered Users Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭Johnny Bitte


    Love returning to my little village in the middle of nowhere after a week in the Dublin.

    Ya can hear the grass grow I tells ya!!


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    #67
    xflyer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭xflyer


    neil_hosey wrote: »
    not one bogger slating dublin!! :eek:

    wtf is going on in AH!
    Shocking eh? Not really, most people who slag Dublin either never much time there and when they do can't cope with it or have had to move to Dublin because they're desperate to get away from their crappy hometown.

    But Dublin is big enough that you can't slag it all at once. But you can slag off areas like Darndale or Crumlin or wherever. But bad as any area is you can always feck off into town to get away from it. If you live in the village of Ballymacbackofbeyond in County Somewhere you can't escape.

    However I liked where I grew up in Dublin.


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    #68
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,577 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

    My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

    Tipperary Town (tops the list)
    Longford
    Tuam
    Athy
    Dundalk
    Bray
    Dunmanway
    Bundoran
    Ballina
    New Ross

    But my top 10 towns would be the following:

    Kilkenny (it's really a town, so get over it cats!:D)
    Maynooth
    Clonakilty
    Cahir
    Wexford
    Kenmare
    Westport
    Carrick On Shannon
    Trim
    Clifden


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    #69
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

    My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

    Tipperary Town (tops the list)
    Longford
    Tuam
    Athy
    Dundalk
    Bray
    Dunmanway
    Bundoran
    Ballina
    New Ross

    But my top 10 towns would be the following:

    Kilkenny (it's really a town, so get over it cats!:D)
    Maynooth
    Clonakilty
    Cahir
    Wexford
    Kenmare
    Westport
    Carrick On Shannon
    Trim
    Clifden

    Kilkenny is my true home town I guess. Its a nice town alright but I just find it a bit boring. Theres not much there really.


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    #70
    goodie2shoes
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 702 ✭✭✭goodie2shoes


    an ex of mine was from Kiltimach in Co. Mayo.

    i visited there once at her insistence, and it was the most depressing weekend of my life. i literally lost the will to live (as have many of the locals there over the years might i add).

    TIP!
    if you ever have the misfortune to visit this bog-hole, under no circumstnces must you criticise the place. such is the local's sense of insecurity that you may need a military escort to escape.:eek:


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    #71
    ihsb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 678 ✭✭✭ihsb


    Coventry is the worst place in the world. Ever.


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    #72
    [Deleted User]
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    ihsb wrote: »
    Coventry is the worst place in the world. Ever.
    Deffo, why do i keep getting sent there?


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    #73
    ihsb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 678 ✭✭✭ihsb


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Deffo, why do i keep getting sent there?

    As if I haven't heard that one before.


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    #74
    Pottler
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    Jupiter Kid named the name - Athy. Not from there but in fairness, what a feckin kip. Last time I drove through, a lad about 40 rode across in front of my car on a kids BMX, and he was the classiest person I could see. Hole.


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    #75
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    Aquila wrote: »
    And for each of those ill give you a Borris in Ossary,Mountrath,Mountmellick and Portarlington:pac:
    Oh god, Mountmellick is the shiittest place I have ever been in. I would seriously hate to be from the midlands, it's just depressing as ****


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    #76
    ArtSmart
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    I think the reason why a lot of Irish towns have a "rough" and down at heel reputation is down to bad planning allowing anyone who could aford to do to build one-off rural houses which meant that in many towns the only housing developments built (before the property bubble) were council houses - starting a negative downward spiral for these towns.:(

    My top 10 worst towns in Ireland would be:

    Tipperary Town (tops the list)
    Longford
    Tuam
    Athy
    Dundalk
    Bray
    Dunmanway
    Bundoran
    Ballina
    New Ross

    Portlaoise
    Drogheda
    Carlow


    Reckon that's them all - towns that is, (not fuking villages people)
    added to


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    #77
    tallaghtmick
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    Im from a boards insult favourite........


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    #78
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    tallaghtmick wrote: »
    Im from a boards insult favourite........
    The land of Mick?



    shure aren't we all?


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    #79
    TheFullDuck
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    tallaghtmick wrote: »
    Im from a boards insult favourite........

    *Looks at username*

    Navan is it?


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    #80
    charlemont
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    Tipperary Town, My son lives near it and the reason he works so hard at school and ctye is because he already knows he is emigrating out of it, I told him if he gets slack in school he will be there forever and he doesn't want that.

    He lived in an estate for a while but when he went downstairs to watch telly one morning he discovered people sitting there drinking, They had just kicked the door in during the night and made themselves at home..


    A ****ing rotten place...

    Must say though Clonmel has the strangest people of any town, Nice town but woeful mentality there.


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    #81
    ArtSmart
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    charlemont wrote: »
    Tipperary Town, My son lives near it and the reason he works so hard at school and ctye is because he already knows he is emigrating out of it, I told him if he gets slack in school he will be there forever and he doesn't want that.

    He lived in an estate for a while but when he went downstairs to watch telly one morning he discovered people sitting there drinking, They had just kicked the door in during the night and made themselves at home..


    A ****ing rotten place...

    Must say though Clonmel has the strangest people of any town, Nice town but woeful mentality there.

    lol

    classic.


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    #82
    ricero
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    i honestly believe i live in the best place in Ireland. the dun laoghaire area. beside the sea so can go to the beach, can get boat to england no bother,loads of recreational areas and of course easy access to dublin city and airport


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    #83
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    tallaghtmick wrote: »
    Im from a boards insult favourite........
    anyway, you're a Dub.

    just accept it.

    :D


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    #84
    ArtSmart
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    ricero wrote: »
    i honestly believe i live in the best place in Ireland. the dun laoghaire area. beside the sea so can go to the beach, can get boat to england no bother,loads of recreational areas and of course easy access to dublin city and airport
    ah yes, back to the mainland when things get a bit stroppy, what?


    :D


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    #85
    Jammy Donut
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    Not from there but Castletownbare....


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    #86
    ricero
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    ArtSmart wrote: »
    ah yes, back to the mainland when things get a bit stroppy, what?


    :D

    its handy when going over to the football


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    #87
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    Eggy Baby! wrote: »
    Navan, my hometown, is admittedly very crap.

    Sometimes I walk through it and I believe Navan is a post-Soviet town. Grey buildings, it's raining all the time, overgrown gardens, roads filled with potholes, dilapidated apartments, rusting Celtic Tiger monuments, semi-complete building sites everywhere, rubbish scattered all over the place....

    What about you guys? Feel free to speak of the crapness of your hometowns (I'm not exaggerating about mine :D).

    Having been to some of the former Soviet union countries I can say that Navan is much much uglier. I really mean that.


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    #88
    kissthesky
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Navan is not that bad. It has a lot of problems that towns that grew too fast during the celtic tiger/property bubble era have, but the Boyne and Blackwater river valleys are quite scenic, it's now bypassed and the town centre has a bit of character.

    Tipperary town, on the other hand...

    is utterly utterly depressing. its just the pits. Was born and bred a few miles from the town and thank christ I lived in London for a good few years b4 comin back in the last few years. used to dread comin home for holidays, loved catching up with friends and family but then a feeling of hopelessness just set in again. Now its just closed shops and a few pubs hanging on for dear life. I remember back in the 80's when American tourists used to visit the town. I often tried to put myself in their shoes and say to myself ' right I'm after travelling from Boston/New York wherever to famous Tipperary Town, wtf!!?? '


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    #89
    AskMyChocolate
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    Most of the kips seem to have been mentioned already, however,unless things have changed in recent years, Lanesborough in Longford, would grace any list of complete sh1tholes.


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    #90
    mikemac1
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    I think Tipp Town has won this thread
    Or lost this thread, whatever way you wish to look at it

    Truly the worst town in Ireland


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    #91
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    Dublin 17.


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