Fears in the city?!

redmimosa

Hi,

I am a visual artist working on a video piece about fear (specifically fear in the city). I need as many people as possible to tell me their fears about the city! All comments welcome!

Thanks

Karl Hungus

What city?

redmimosa

any (big) city, but lets say Dublin to narrow it down a bit:D

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I'm afraid of cities.

Once, when I was seven, one ate my pet iguana.

But I'm so addicted to them, I still live in one. The same one that ate Iggy. Every day I look for poor Iggy and I blame myself for living in a city.

Why, oh why didn't I live in a village?

Damn cities.

Karl Hungus

redmimosa wrote:

any (big) city, but lets say Dublin to narrow it down a bit:D

Ah Dublin... My main fear is the sheer overwhelming amount of skangers.

Rb

Theres nothing to be afraid of in Dublin, or any city for that matter.
Surely enough you might have the misfortune of being mugged by a junkie, but that could happen almost anywhere and happens so infrequently (or to the same person at least) that its still nothing to "fear".

Dave!

I'm mainly afraid that I'll fall into an uncovered manhole -- although this fear is not necessarily limited to the time I spend in cities.

karlh

junkies and running into that ugly bird from that night. You know the one!

Rb

karlh wrote:

running into that ugly bird from that night. You know the one!

Oh yeah, thats never, ever a good thing to happen...worthy of fear tbh

wyndham

The spire might fall on me.

Red Hand

Fear of the great unwashed ocean of people.

Fear of being just another nameless cog in the giant machine of urban life.

Fear of being thought of belonging to or being of the city.:eek:

rip2roar

Mine would be being attacked again. Got four eggs thrown at my eye from a speeding car last night in Blackrock.

Black Swan

Dub fear? Not really fearful. But careful not to be in wrong place at the wrong time. You could say that about any large city. There are rules of the street. For example, girls don't walk home alone at night in Dub, if you're smart, especially if drunk from the pub or club. You're just asking for it! If not with a b/f, then use the buddy system to be safer.

Now South Central Los Angeles at night is a whole different story! LA fear is being smart. Serious gang problems, no matter your gender! Even in the car, when coming to a corner stop and turning at night, you do what is called a "California rolling stop," which means you really don't completely stop at a sign or red light. Of course, if there is a police car in sight, you don't do this, but you don't have to then either.

faceman

My fear of dublin city is that we will lose or identity when more chains of starbucks etc open up

free2fly

faceman wrote:

My fear of dublin city is that we will lose or identity when more chains of starbucks etc open up

I agree. I hate to see so many "American" things in Dublin. And I am very afraid that Dublin will become too Americanized.:(

Dontico

travlers.

Rb

rip2roar wrote:

Mine would be being attacked again. Got four eggs thrown at my eye from a speeding car last night in Blackrock.

Lol, afraid of another egging!?Actually, calling an egging an "attack"?! Come on now, thats a tad dramatic. Surely enough, by definition, it is an attack...but you seem to be comparing it to a beating.

Dontrico wrote:

travlers.

Ah, they're nothing to worry about. Sure they don't venture too far from the camp (except the ones in Tallaght, who go up to the Square to shoot pool and find themselves wives), just avoid the sites and you'll be fine.

shamblertine

rb_ie wrote:

Lol, afraid of another egging!?Actually, calling an egging an "attack"?! Come on now, thats a tad dramatic. Surely enough, by definition, it is an attack...but you seem to be comparing it to a beating.

haha, and just how can someone hit you in the eye with 4 eggs? 1 or 2 I could understand, but 4? I think someone might be eggaggerating a bit.