Good/bad areas of Cork!

Vinta81 · 03-11-2008 5:15pm

BeansMeansHynes wrote: »

Deadly serious. When did it happen you?

Where i am is like a retirement estate as well and I never thought anything like that would happen. I wouldn't be surprised if we lived quite close to each other.

Last year I think it was. I heard a noise at 4am, thought it was just typical drunkards coming from a night home, so went back to sleep - woke up at 7am, opened the curtains - no car! I thought my mum had gone to work early, went into the kitchen, both parents drinking tea, asked where mum's car was and you can figure the rest

Other than that, we've had no problems and I don't know anyone else that does. Although I avoidd the Japenese Gardens, i think it is - loads of kids, drinking down there lately.

Hardrain · 03-11-2008 6:21pm

I have felt safer at 3am in London, New York, Paris and many other cities than I have in Cork. That being said it is fairly safe I just get a very uneasy feeling at times in the City.

spitfireIRL · 11-12-2008 5:15pm

miss_shadow wrote: »

blackpool is a dump!its depressing and the houses are just more depressing,
if you live there and work there,your more than likely be very depressed.
no architecture to gawk at,no trees,grass, or anything indicating it is part of the planet

when was the last time you were in blackpool??

Sephiroth_dude · 11-12-2008 6:25pm

I hear douglas has gotten really rough :-/.

bladebrew · 12-12-2008 1:18am

having lived on both sides of the city i can say there is a huge difference,of course every area has problems,inner city cork north side is a bit dodgy ie.cars broken into bottles being smashed on your doorstep gardai outside at 1 in the morning breaking up fights,it just felt dodgy i personally never had a problem,

douglas is full of teenagers in tracksuits but they dont tend to say anything to passers tend to be talking amongst themselves,despite the fact they look threatening,but this argument could go on forever!!

Kersmash · 13-12-2008 3:23am

I live just on the border between douglas and rochestown, and I frequently walk home from my gfs house in grange at the weekend after 12am. Its fine, you just have to know where to avoid, and to be honest theres never many teen scuts around. Stay away from the community park in the evening, got attacked there once. Most teens in tracksuits wont bother you, you just have to recognise the ones that will. I recall once walking home and being escorted through a throng of travellers by a guy I know from school.

bladebrew · 14-12-2008 1:34am

Kersmash wrote: »

I live just on the border between douglas and rochestown, and I frequently walk home from my gfs house in grange at the weekend after 12am. Its fine, you just have to know where to avoid, and to be honest theres never many teen scuts around. Stay away from the community park in the evening, got attacked there once. Most teens in tracksuits wont bother you, you just have to recognise the ones that will. I recall once walking home and being escorted through a throng of travellers by a guy I know from school.

wheres the community park? at least its better than dublin!

Kersmash · 14-12-2008 3:22pm

It's in douglas, by tesco. Big park, really nice place, fills with scuts in the evening/summer though

Tirabaralla · 20-12-2008 9:17pm

Hi

I am new to Cork, altough I've been here as a visitor several times before. I live between Blackpool and Shandon and I like it here till now, the rent is reasonable, everything is quite near and people in shop, offices, atc seem very friendly...My sis lives 5 minutes "behind" the UCC and I woudn't change with her (much less services, higher rent, just students around...)...that's my experience, for what it counts.

gccorcaigh · 04-08-2009 12:15am

Léan wrote: »

Eh, no, "a few kids in tracksuits down the village centre" that's not what i'm on about. I know enough people that have been stabbed in Douglas village or have had knives brought on them.

What??. I have never heard of anyone being stabbed in Douglas. I go out there nearly every weekend, and its not rough at all.

Solair · 04-08-2009 7:49am

Douglas is *not* dangerous, I would agree 100% with the above poster. I have never heard of anyone being stabbed there, and if there ever has been any such incidents, they're exceedingly rare occurrences / freak incidents. It's most definitely not something that I would be worried about on a night out.

It's a large suburban area, and has a large teenage population so you will obviously get groups of teens hanging out, particularly during the summer months. It's unfair to brand all of these people as some kind of hoodlums. People grossly over-react to groups of teenagers, they're utterly harmless 99.9999% of the time. The worst you'll get is a bit of minor property damage i.e graffiti, broken glass etc. even that's not exactly a scourge!

McDonnalds Drive-Thru, being one of the only places to order fast-food after midnight in the area, does tend to attract 'cruising' boy-racers from all over the southside of the city. However, other than engine noise, and garishly modified cars, I've never found them at all intimidating. They're more just a bit annoying!

In fact, if you're taking normal precautions i.e. not venturing down dark lanes at 3 in the morning, or picking fights, you're not very likely to find any area of Cork particularly dangerous.

Overall, for a city its size, the crime rate is pretty low.

It certainly feels a hell of a lot safer than Dublin, Limerick and Belfast and most British cities I've been out in at night.

(Galway never feels particularly dangerous either)

Freak incidents can, and do happen, but they are absolutely not the norm.

Hogzy · 04-08-2009 11:10am

I find that the majority of places South of the main road in Grange are to be avoided but most parks on the North side of the road are fine... Its basically a case of not crossing the railway tracks

Earth Dweller · 14-08-2009 2:54pm

Everywhere has good and bad points really, it depends on your circumstances if you're a student you dont want to be living up in farranree in an estate with loads of kids and if you're a parent with a four year old you dont want to be by the college and all the students coming home langers from a night out yknow. Anyone else think that the city isnt really well connected buses-wise?

razorblunt · 15-08-2009 12:58pm

I've lived on both parts of the city, now in Douglas, originally just passed Hollyhill. I'd be the first person to defend Knocknaheeny sure it has its bad patches (the Back Road is like a ghetto) but I've walked up and down Harbour View Road, and never once had any hassle.

The crux of the matter is there's scumbags in every part of the city, out in Douglas now you get the youngfellas in the Air Max runners and tracksuit pants hanging in groups, pass them alot when out walking my dog, the majority of the time nothing is said, the times when it does happen all it takes is a turn on the heels and a "What did you say, kid, say it again" and they shut up.

From my experiences Farranree would probably be the dodgiest.

Dixie Chick · 31-10-2014 12:21pm

I grew up on the Northside near Apple Computers. Our estate was a bit mad when we were younger but its calmer now, so are the others along the blarney road, also very near to blackpool

Then I lived in Blackpool, Gerald Griffin Street. OH MY GAWD, it was a different way of life than I ever had known. Junkies across the road, fights after the pubs. It would be great for ages and then then there would be weeks where we had the call the guards constantly.

What about somewhere like the Lee Road? Northside, with space and lovely.

leahyl · 31-10-2014 1:51pm

Monkeysgomad, do not post in this thread again.

Kaerobe, don't feed the troll.

Good/bad areas of Cork!

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