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Worst city in Ireland

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  • #92
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Fenian Army wrote: »
    Surely Belfast is a major city?
    Yeah but there's a lot of them up in Belfast.


  • #93
    Nailz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Yeah but there's a lot of them up in Belfast.
    A lot of what?

    In order from the biggest shithole to smallest [in my opinion];

    Dublin
    Limerick
    Belfast - quite a nice city overall
    Galway

    I'm not in Cork enough to pass judgement.


  • #94
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Never found Dublin dangerous. Ennis dangerous?!


  • #95
    grindle
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Dudess wrote: »
    Ennis dangerous?!

    At night, very. The rest of the time it's grand. Sub-Tipp.


  • #96
    johnayo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    IrishAm wrote: »
    Ok then. Cork, the accent, the city(lol) itself and the people are horrendous.

    I presume when you composed that piece, you switched off your brain.
    In Cork you would be known as a langer.:rolleyes:


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  • #97
    SunSet357
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭SunSet357


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    To be fair, I've spent time in scores of cities in dozens of countries and Limerick was by far the most depressing. Some parts of Cusco are bleak, Prague was grotty in the 90s as was Mainz. La Plata was a bit sterile, but Limerick was still definitely the most depressing.

    Scores + Dozens = Vomit.


  • #98
    omgitsthelazor
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭omgitsthelazor


    Dudess wrote: »
    Never found Dublin dangerous. Ennis dangerous?!

    At night its really bad, maybe the most dangerous central town/city in Ireland. I don't really understand why since everyone seems so nice during the day and theres no visible scumbags or anything.


  • #99
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    SunSet357 wrote: »
    Scores + Dozens = Vomit.
    Fine post. Great to have a scholar join the ranks of Boards posters.


  • #100
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    omgitsthelazor wrote: »
    At night its really bad, maybe the most dangerous central town/city in Ireland. I don't really understand why since everyone seems so nice during the day and theres no visible scumbags or anything.
    The obvious explanation is alcohol-induced rural vampirism.


  • #101
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    Alcohol + youth = fire on top of fire .plato


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  • #102
    FishBowel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 363 ✭✭FishBowel


    Waterford - sh-t factory town (er city) where you're a nobody unless someone's spreading rumours about you!


  • #103
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Dudess wrote: »
    Never found Dublin dangerous. Ennis dangerous?!

    hell yes, there's a rakes of scumbags in Ennis these days


  • #104
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    qwerty93 wrote: »
    Before going to college in Limerick, I was quite wary of the image portrayed in the media, but living there it couldnt be further from the truth (well in castletroy anyway!) In 3 years never have I once seen a fight in the city on a night out, feel much safer there than in Dublin anyway

    I used to live right off O'Connell st in an apartment block, I lost count of the amount of fights I saw out my window over the years, could see up to the chicken hut, thats place is scum central on weekend nights.


  • #105
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW6nRQUG694


  • #106
    mayotom
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭mayotom


    westendgirlie wrote: »
    I always thought you had to have a cathedral and a population of X for city status.

    And I used the ? as I said I thought Kilkenny was. So is it or isn't it?

    There are many cities around the world without Cathedrals, like Riyadh , Jakarta, Tel Aviv etc etc


  • #107
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    limerick scored highest on the boards.ie vote poll at 182 eventhough i didnt vote limerick,there should be more choices than limerick,dublin,galway and cork,but i suppose it will do for now,i think the worst place for me is dublin(i always think sheriff street near the city),or limerick..


  • #108
    Mal-Adjusted
    Registered Users Posts: 3,574 ✭✭✭Mal-Adjusted


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    MAJOR cities...I also left out Belfast and Derry. I didn't want to get to confuse folks with more than 4 choices.

    ah now, no city in Ireland can even remotely be considered a MAJOR city. either way, it was a fairly mean spirited thing to do to leave it out. also, counting past 4 is confusing? :confused:
    dreamers75 wrote: »
    Dublin wins!

    genius, this is a poll you don't want Dublin to win!
    krudler wrote: »
    hell yes, there's a rakes of scumbags in Ennis these days

    ah it's not that bad. A teenager was tragically murdered on O' Connell street a few years back which got headlines but overall it's no better or worse than any other large town.

    I have to say, I like all the Irish cities. they all have their bad areas, but they're generally good and there's always things to do. Threads like this don't tend to end well.


  • #109
    Jazmin Large Punch
    Posts: 0 ✭ Jazmin Large Punch


    141_Oscar_Mike wrote: »
    When visiting limerick i remember the 1st thing i saw was a prison to the left then a dump of a housing estate to the right :cool:

    Well then, it seems you took a stroll down Mulgrave Street, officially the creepiest street in Europe. :eek:

    At one extreme is an undertaker, at the other extreme is the grave yard, and in between the two is a prison, a dog track, a mental hospital, and a homeless shelter. All within a ten minute walk in a straight line. And oh! The housing estate is no picnic either.


  • #110
    Stocking Drinks Whiskey
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Stocking Drinks Whiskey


    Stab city. (Limerick)


  • #111
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Jazmin Large Punch wrote: »
    Well then, it seems you took a stroll down Mulgrave Street, officially the creepiest street in Europe. :eek:

    At one extreme is an undertaker, at the other extreme is the grave yard, and in between the two is a prison, a dog track, a mental hospital, and a homeless shelter. All within a ten minute walk in a straight line. And oh! The housing estate is no picnic either.

    not to mention a former notorious pub


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  • #112
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    grindle wrote: »
    Dudess wrote: »
    Ennis dangerous?!

    At night, very. The rest of the time it's grand. Sub-Tipp.
    Went out up there one night last summer - didn't notice anything intimidating. A bunch of gurriers doesn't make a place dangerous overall IMO.


  • #113
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    MAJOR cities...I also left out Belfast and Derry. I didn't want to get to confuse folks with more than 4 choices.

    Or was it because they were N Ireland? The question was Ireland, all your choices are in the Republic, Belfast is up there with Dublin as a major city.


  • #114
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    irish-stew wrote: »
    Or was it because they were N Ireland? The question was Ireland, all your choices are in the Republic, Belfast is up there with Dublin as a major city.
    Ah feck off with your politics. 'Ireland' is the name of the state I come from.


  • #115
    grindle
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Dudess wrote: »
    Went out up there one night last summer - didn't notice anything intimidating. A bunch of gurriers doesn't make a place dangerous overall IMO.

    Apparently I attract those gurriers and make them want to hurt me.
    Me not having an accent, or being skinny, is a crime against scum.

    Have to say, blokey lads and girls of all kinds tend not to notice this crap as much.
    They think "Everyone's just a person, we're all the same.", just because they're not the target.
    I've taken enough shiit (and in Ennis, of all places! :eek: ) to know that gurriers look that way because they either are knackbags, or they aspire to be knackbags.


  • #116
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Monty Burnz wrote: »
    Ah feck off with your politics. 'Ireland' is the name of the state I come from.

    Touche.

    ;)


  • #117
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    I lived in london for years but dublin i much prefer because it's everything that london is'nt . London i still admire greatly but dublin i like .


  • #118
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    I live in Limerick, and I honestly hate it at this point. On one hand you have a hefty amount of scumbags and a growing number of junkies, on the other you have thick-headed students out making life a general hassle every time you want to go out for a drink, shaking their feathers at each other and acting the cave-dweller / generic-skank to get attention, and being a little dude I almost fucking inevitably become a target. I don't know where I'd like to live, given the choice, but I know I can't stay here for the sanity I got left. Every place has it's share of terrors, so at the end it's weighing up what it has going for it, and Limerick hasn't got a damn thing besides the Blind Pig just opening.


  • #119
    sheesh
    Registered Users Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭sheesh


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Limerick is the one city in Ireland that looks like the Celtic Tiger never arrived to.

    Those that think that might be a good thing obviously never lived through the 1980s.

    lol you obviously never saw it before the celtic tiger

    I have not been out there much but it is pretty good if you know where to go.


  • #120
    grindle
    Registered Users Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭grindle


    Bipolar Joe wrote: »
    I live in Limerick, and I honestly hate it at this point.

    If you have any kind of programming background, move to Berlin or Amsterdam.
    If you're stuck in Ireland, move to Galway or Cork.
    (I moved to Cork because I like having a choice of things to do, and my interests centre around music, but, different strokes and all that...)


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  • #121
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Cork always seemed so grey and death-like, even on nice days. No idea what that's about.


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