Who's actually happy?

brianthebard

It seems to me that just about everyone has a gripe about the country-weather, government, mortgage, woteva.
So are you actually happy living in Ireland (note;not are you happy to be Irish-thats a different question) and if you aren't happy, why the hell are you still here???

So opinions please if you would.:)

InFront

I have lots of gripes...
But yeah, I'm actually happy.

Poll? edit: oh yes there is a poll I see it now. I'm off to vote Yes

zuutroy

Where's the option for us filthy deserters!?

Doomspell

I like living in Ireland but I don't like where I am in Ireland atm.

brianthebard

zuutroy wrote:

Where's the option for us filthy deserters!?

What type of option would you like? Does the "I like to moan, I don't really care" one not suit???

zuutroy

brianthebard wrote:

What type of option would you like? Does the "I like to moan, I don't really care" one not suit???

I'd prefer "I wasn't happy so I did something about it"!

Rb

I'm not happy but I'm definately not unhappy living here. Bit bored of it, same people, same places etc.

admiralofthefleet

im happy but would be a lot happier if the cost of living was not so high and we had a decent public transport system

Steffano2002

admiralgar wrote:

im happy but would be a lot happier if the cost of living was not so high and we had a decent public transport system

Agreed! But when you feel down, be thankful that you're in Dublin and not, for example, Bagdad! Works for me! Although I remedied the public transport issue by buying a motorcycle...

brianthebard

zuutroy wrote:

I'd prefer "I wasn't happy so I did something about it"!

Actually meant to say something like that as a "no" option sorry.:o I can't edit it now though I'm afraid...

Ruu_Old

I was happy enough but moved last year, things are better in the US right now. I had a small computer repairs thingy aside from my boring factory job which was going nowhere. Majority of things are cheaper in central Illinois so that makes a happier Ruu.

Dave!

I'm reasonably happy, but I will hopefully move to another country in the future at least for a few years.

I hate the weather here, that's my main gripe. If it wasn't constantly cold then I'd be alot happier here.

Pepe LeFrits

Moving back in late Jan after 2 years+ in the UK.

Sad Professor

I'd say I'm fairly happy living in Ireland. That's not to say it's perfect here (far from it) but where is? I mean, I like to moan about things like everyone from time to time, but there are far worse places in the world. Ireland could be a lot better, sure, but it could be a whole lot worse too. We need to be grateful for what it is and it's mostly good.

There's nothing wrong with people complaining about it though, just along as they do with some perspective and acknowledgement of what the rest of the world is like, i.e. not much different, much worse, etc

I would like to live/work abroad for a few years in future however.

junkyard

I don't like the way things are heading in this country tbh, crime is getting out of hand in a big way, our government are only in it for their own good (like plenty others by the way) the weather is crap for too much of the year, the cost of everything is a total rip-off, the pace of life is too fast and I hate to think what things are going to be like in another 10 or 15 years and as a result I'm packing my bags and leaving in the next 2-3 years.

Tar.Aldarion

I'm happy enough here at the moment.

bug

hate it. hate it.
Hate the fact we live in a country with no long term infrastructural or social planning. (i.e. lets build an awful building in that park on Dame street, yes because people will need office space come the economic slump. wd. and they used neon strip lighting to advertise it. NEON STRIP LIGHTING FFS!!!!!

thats just a very small indication of the sort of thing that gets to me.

anyhoo, I do hope to leave within my adult life. At the moment the only thing that really keeps me here at the moment is having an ageing family, and the fact that if I made the decision it would be to settle and not come back.

brianthebard

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I'm happy enough here at the moment.

Aye, me too. I plan to spend a few years abroad after college stuff is done, but I think I'll come back.

I like Ireland but I'm never really happy anyway with thing's lately so it's a change!

ninebeanrows

Well after just watching the film "the pursuit of happYness" i can see that happiness is something that cannot last more than an instant.... happiness is what we yearn for and why we live our lives... we crave for more and more to make ourselves happy but any happiness we have is short lived because we then need something else to make us happy and so on and so forth;)

djmarkus

Irelands great, bit pricey but you take the rough with the smooth, as long as theres a healthy IT industry here, i'll be here.

ninebeanrows

But yes, yes i do like living in Ireland and would find it hard to move to any other country..

Could never move to Britain, the USA.

Canada would draw my attentions but too far away from "home"...

No Ireland is the best country tbh..

Sangre

bug wrote:

hate it. hate it.
Hate the fact we live in a country with no long term infrastructural or social planning. (i.e. lets build an awful building in that park on Dame street, yes because people will need office space come the economic slump. wd. and they

Yes, better not build anything or develop anything in case that economy slumps. Never mind that is exactly what would cause the economy to slump.

I know people moan about the infrastructure and transport in Ireland. Unfortunately as long as Ireland maintains a low rise, horizontally spread city it is always going to be crap. You're not going to support a Tube equivalent if every building is only 5 storeys high.

bug

Sangre wrote:

Yes, better not build anything or develop anything in case that economy slumps. Never mind that is exactly what would cause the economy to slump.

I'm not against development, to elaborate my point so as you might get where Im coming from... in that particular area a park would suit people more than offices when coffee culture goes down the toilet...which it just might.
oh c'mon, from an aesthetics point of view, its a horrid building and it doesn't fit in with the surrounds at all.
I'm all for architecture and new design, but really, with the exception of the docklands I think most Dublin architects and design teams are chronically depressed.

I like a nice enviroment, I expected Dublin to develop and welcomed it, I just get disheartened with what they spew up.
Anyone light a nice light rail system which doesn't cross the north city centre...anyone? Well done lots of forethought there.

Anyhow that would be only one of the reason's why I dislike living in Dublin specifically.

ghostdancer

Yes.

i can think of plenty of things that i don't like about the country, some changeable, some not, but most, if not all other countries i can think of that i'd like to live in, have much the same problems.

Sangre

bug wrote:

I'm not against development, to elaborate my point so as you might get where Im coming from... in that particular area a park would suit people more than offices when coffee culture goes down the toilet...which it just might.

Largest park in Europe isn't good enough for the good people of Dublin? Realistically in a capital there is never going be a lot of green space, we have loads as it is anyway. Of course more is nice buts its not my land so I can't really complain.. Anyway regarding the aesthetics, one man's Van Gough is another's Tracey Emin etc.,

See you're not happy with transport either. You want low density sprawled parks and a transport system requiring a highly populated area. Which is it? Because realistically its very hard to have both.

InFront

I want Paris!

embraer170

Doesn't the mere pursuit of happiness make us more unhappy? Think about it.
Or at least that was the conclusion of a philosophy module I took a while ago...

LovelyHurling

Im delighted, thank you for asking.

Mrs_Doyle

I probably wouldn't live anywhere else, I am fairly attached to my homeland for some reason.
But... that doesn't mean that I don't complain about the place, and the cost of living in particular.
I got back from Portugal on Tuesday, and while I was there I spent a lot of time in my friends, parents, villa, and their apartment.
His Dad explained the advantages to buying foreign property, and the money that could be made.

Previous to our trip to Portugal, me and my BF had talked about buying a home here in Ireland, but now we are seriously considering investing in a foreign property first.

I will always live in Ireland, but think I will make my money elsewhere.

Rabies

Didn't like it. Enough was enough.
Moved to the far side or the world. Simple.

brianthebard

embraer170 wrote:

Doesn't the mere pursuit of happiness make us more unhappy? Think about it.
Or at least that was the conclusion of a philosophy module I took a while ago...

Freud said it better in Civilisations.

free2fly

I will be a lot happier when I move to Dublin sometime later this year. I absolutely adore Ireland!

Kold

I had a bit of trouble with this one because in general I am happy with my life but I think my problems with Ireland amount to more than a moan.

That said, I can't name somewhere off the top of my head that I wouldn't have any problems with. I think the Irish people put up with an awful lot of **** off the government and I think the issues are very serious.

I'd rather live here than the states though, that's my idea of hell.

muppetkiller

I think this is a invalid Question...mainly because I'm a Happy type of person , so no matter where I am I'll make the best of it.
What makes Ireland a great place to live is the People not the country.
The country sucks...weather,Cost of living/infrastructure and money is constantly wasted (by poor management too) on rubbish like the Millenium Spike/Eyre Square nonsense.

I lived in Australia for years and that's an amazing country but we're happiest with our own. Probably because we're all slightly mental..

There are lots of perks to Ireland though free education, health care etc...

Oh and if your a complete waster you can spend your life on the dole and get your wages for free (paid for by us taxpayers).....

irlirishkev

I love living in Ireland.
Out of all the cities I've been to, and I've been to a lot, Dublin is still my favourite. That's why I live here, and it's why I always come back.

I don't understand how so many complain about the weather either. It's doesn't rain as often as we like to think it does. As for the cold.. Cold? Try living somewhere with severe climates. Cold. Bah.. cold me arse!

Kojak

InFront wrote:

I want Paris!

Hilton??

I'm reasonably happy here in Ireland - only problems are the price of stuff, traffic and the sh1t weather.

jester77

I'm happier now that I left. Wasn't unhappy in Ireland but there were too many things that just pissed me off. Can't see myself returning any time soon, maybe in 10-15 years.

GreenHell

Ireland is grand but I wanna live somewhere else for a few years just to experience different things. I think there is a lot of crappiness in this country but in our own way everything will improve with time. Its just fustrating when we know this country is minted that is taking forever to for people in the positions that matter to cop on to the fact that jobs and money are fine but we also need a quality of life.

Catari Jaguar

Weathercheck wrote:

No Ireland is the best country tbh..

LMAO.

Seriously?? Have you ever been outside Ireland??

daiixi

No, but only because I want to go home. Before I wanted to go home I was happy living here.

tensecyclist

ahh...could fit anywhere i get in.:D

Backtoblack

brianthebard wrote:

It seems to me that just about everyone has a gripe about the country-weather, government, mortgage, woteva.
So are you actually happy living in Ireland (note;not are you happy to be Irish-thats a different question) and if you aren't happy, why the hell are you still here???

So opinions please if you would.:)

I am generally happy. I am not content as such with Ireland though.
All countries though have their problems. House prices obviously is one in ireland. They are insane. I refuse to spend the rest of my life paying for an overvalued building so I haven't bought one and I won't.. I would like to though so there's an issue I have.
Traffic is horrendous! But I'm coming to accept it & instead of complaining I leave my house at 7 am and spend an hour reading in a cafe before work instead of sitting in traffic for that same hour.
Men!!! But they're everywhere. :rolleyes:
So I suppose, all in all in ireland I would imagine for most people it isn't too difficult to be moderately content with living here... but to be happy, one has to be happy with oneself... and with what one has achieved & so on and so forth. Think you not?

snickerpuss

Irelands not perfect but i don't think anywhere is.
I love it here. Well i love dublin.
And anyway i'll have a degree in Irish so i won't be much use emigrating.

Backtoblack

snickerpuss wrote:

Irelands not perfect but i don't think anywhere is.
I love it here. Well i love dublin.
And anyway i'll have a degree in Irish so i won't be much use emigrating.

Well... maybe to Brussels now what with the Irish Language becoming an official EU tongue!!!

brianthebard

Backtoblack wrote:

I am generally happy. I am not content as such with Ireland though.
All countries though have their problems. House prices obviously is one in ireland. They are insane. I refuse to spend the rest of my life paying for an overvalued building so I haven't bought one and I won't.. I would like to though so there's an issue I have.
Traffic is horrendous! But I'm coming to accept it & instead of complaining I leave my house at 7 am and spend an hour reading in a cafe before work instead of sitting in traffic for that same hour.
Men!!! But they're everywhere. :rolleyes:

Regards house prices, a lot of people make that point, but you(all) have to realise that the same thing has been happening in Britain, Russia, America and Australia, house prices have been going up in all those countries, although last year America's house market started to slow down. So I know it doesn't make it better, but its not something that is a specifically Irish phenomenon.

And men, well yeah we are bastards. But its women's fault:D

Backtoblack

brianthebard wrote:

Regards house prices, a lot of people make that point, but you(all) have to realise that the same thing has been happening in Britain, Russia, America and Australia, house prices have been going up in all those countries, although last year America's house market started to slow down. So I know it doesn't make it better, but its not something that is a specifically Irish phenomenon.

And men, well yeah we are bastards. But its women's fault:D

Ireland's slowed in the last bit too.. but didn't come down!
Crashes do happen too.. so i have my fingers crossed...

And that's just more of it blaming women for your inbuilt personality traits.. lying cheating... all that malarky!!

brianthebard

But women make me lie, cause they don't want to hear I was with my other girlfriend, so I have to make something up! otherwise how am I supposed to get some when girl#1 is on the blob???

Nightwish

I tend to moan about the country a lot but I kinda miss it whenever I'm abroad. I tend to travel the world but I'd say I'd return here.

Backtoblack

brianthebard wrote:

But women make me lie, cause they don't want to hear I was with my other girlfriend, so I have to make something up! otherwise how am I supposed to get some when girl#1 is on the blob???

Ah... so you're not one of these guys that women will anything for so no??
Some guys have mistresses left right and centre... begging them to spend different nights with them.... Bitches, I think they're called!! lol!

brianthebard

Backtoblack wrote:

Ah... so you're not one of these guys that women will anything for so no??
Some guys have mistresses left right and centre... begging them to spend different nights with them.... Bitches, I think they're called!! lol!

No i'm not that good looking. No doubt if I were interested in the type of woman devoid of personality or self esteem I could have a few mistresses:rolleyes: but for now I'm on my own.

the girls found out that I wasn't actually helping the elderly on wednesdays and fridays....:(