Dodgy areas?

RocketFalls

I plan to study in Cork in September [fingers very crossed], but I have a kind of pathological mistrust of living in large cities. Ill hopefully be renting student accomadation, so I'll assume those apartment complexes are in fairly kosher areas. But is there anywhere I should probably avoid? Any tips on not getting stabbed or whatever? Am I just a paranoid coward?

miss_shadow

Scroll back a few pages and you will find countless of threads asking where the dodgy areas are..

All student apartment complexes in Cork are in "kosher" areas as you presume

minidazzler

Stay in or around the college area's and you are fine TBH. Places I would stay away from if i had the choice; Knocknaheeny, Gurranabraher, Alot of Mayfield, Mahon (I live here, not really that bad, but sh1t can kick off every now and then). Turners Cross (Not really a bad place, just lots of little 15 year old wannabe gangsters, annoying sh1ts)

If going to UCC there is lots of accomodation really close to it and the area is safe enough.

CIT, well, you can't go too wrong anywhere within a mile of the college.

star.chaser

If you stay away from all the hilly areas, you should be ok

castie

Another one of these threads...Anyone slagging off areas without adding to this discussion will recieve warnings

themonboys

RocketFalls wrote: »

I plan to study in Cork in September [fingers very crossed], but I have a kind of pathological mistrust of living in large cities. Ill hopefully be renting student accomadation, so I'll assume those apartment complexes are in fairly kosher areas. But is there anywhere I should probably avoid? Any tips on not getting stabbed or whatever? Am I just a paranoid coward?

I'm afraid I'd have to say yes!!!
TBH if you don't look for trouble then you won't have any problems.take the normal precaution, don't be walking the streets at 3am on your own, stick to busy public areas and don't stare at people. keep your head down and mouth shut and you'll be grand.

star.chaser

just buy yourself a good pair of running shoes and it won't matter where you live

Mr Cork Man

To be honest the only really bad part of Cork would be Knocknaheeny and that would only be because of two feuding families.

johnayo

RocketFalls wrote: »

I plan to study in Cork in September [fingers very crossed], but I have a kind of pathological mistrust of living in large cities. Ill hopefully be renting student accomadation, so I'll assume those apartment complexes are in fairly kosher areas. But is there anywhere I should probably avoid? Any tips on not getting stabbed or whatever? Am I just a paranoid coward?

At what college do you plan to study? Plenty of student accommodation close to UCC and CIT that would be fine. As was already said, avoid walking around the streets at 3am on your own, but this goes for all cities. Dont let this stop you from living a little. You'll be fine.

evilivor

RocketFalls wrote: »

I plan to study in Cork in September [fingers very crossed], but I have a kind of pathological mistrust of living in large cities.

You'll be fine in Cork as it's not a large city. Almost all of the city is safe if you cop on and use your head but, to be honest, drunkenly staggering around the city, any city, is just looking for trouble.

The only problem with student complexes is other students, not the locals.

Mr Cork Man

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

To be honest the only really bad part of Cork would be Knocknaheeny and that would only be because of two feuding families.

In all fairness that's a really narrow minded comment, Knocknaheeney is quite a large parish and 99% of the folks living there have no exposure to "The Feud".

minidazzler

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

To be honest the only really bad part of Cork would be Knocknaheeny and that would only be because of two feuding families.

Knocknaheeny is not the only bad part of Cork...and it most definitely isn't bad just because of 2 families. They are a part of the problem, but not the whole problem by a long shot.

OP, what college do you plan to go to? I am sure a few people here could advise good area's easier than bad TBH.

johnnyjb

Mr Cork Man wrote: »

To be honest the only really bad part of Cork would be Knocknaheeny and that would only be because of two feuding families.

Total BS. Random acts of violence arent carried out by just 2 families around Knocka. I live close to the area and feel reasonably safe during daylight but at night and especially at weekends you dont know who will be out of their tree walking the streets. Most residential areas will have people of all ages wondering around in the small hours up to no good. Im not defending knocka but it isnt gang violence every day. It just has a bit more than the areas around it.

Places in the southside are just as bad when will people understand and stop thinking your safe cause your in the southside. I hear stories from both sides of the river which are as bad as the other.Its been said before on Boards ill say it again RTE, TV3 and radio stations have a tendency to name any where from blackpool, fairhill,farranree, gurran, hollyhill (Hollyhill is Knocka stop kidding yourselfs up there) etc.. as Knocka in their reports about crime so it seems to outsiders as its kicking off up there every second day.

johnnyjb

johnnyjb wrote: »

(Hollyhill is Knocka stop kidding yourselfs up there)

One of the buddies lives there, he calls it "just off the blarney road" ffs

Cadyboo

RoverJames wrote: »

One of the buddies lives there, he calls it "just off the blarney road" ffs

Yep know a few who also say this..:D

In all fairness, every area in every county has troublesome people who cause problems in an area, in Cork, be it Rochestown all the way to Knocknaheeny, from Bandon to Youghal. There is no village, area, or town that does not have hassle at some stage.
It does not mean that people have a right to turn others off these areas. You have to live somewhere to know what the area is like and most people who put down places where they dont live have probably only driven through a place, or read bad reviews in a paper. (rant over)

OP anyway if you are going to choose student accom then you should be fine, as most of them are close to the colleges and you should meet some people there. As said in another post, just look after yourself as you would anywhere else in the world. Good luck and I hope you decide to move here as Cork is a lovely city!

kart

Cadyboo wrote: »

Yep know a few who also say this..:D

In all fairness, every area in every county has troublesome people who cause problems in an area, in Cork, be it Rochestown all the way to Knocknaheeny, from Bandon to Youghal. There is no village, area, or town that does not have hassle at some stage.
It does not mean that people have a right to turn others off these areas. You have to live somewhere to know what the area is like and most people who put down places where they dont live have probably only driven through a place, or read bad reviews in a paper. (rant over)

OP anyway if you are going to choose student accom then you should be fine, as most of them are close to the colleges and you should meet some people there. As said in another post, just look after yourself as you would anywhere else in the world. Good luck and I hope you decide to move here as Cork is a lovely city!

I totally agree with what you said. In every area there might be some dummies around, having a feuding people in some area, don't make it necessarily more dangerous than any other place.
In my personal opinion Cork overall is a pretty safe city anyway.
For one you can't go wrong if u choose student accommodation.

All in all - if you yourself are reasonable person and take into account all the precautions you possibly can (whereever you live, whichever city or village), then there is no reason to fear anything in Cork that u aren't afraid of where ever you live now. By precautions i mean not hanging out in lonely places in the middle of night, getting drunk with people u don't know and so on... People are same everywhere, just do ur best to avoid the "bad ones".

And most of all: WELCOME to Cork City!

shell42970

RocketFalls wrote: »

I plan to study in Cork in September [fingers very crossed], but I have a kind of pathological mistrust of living in large cities. Ill hopefully be renting student accomadation, so I'll assume those apartment complexes are in fairly kosher areas. But is there anywhere I should probably avoid? Any tips on not getting stabbed or whatever? Am I just a paranoid coward?

Rocketfalls, I worked as a leasing agent in Minneapolis for 9 years, where I lived in an apartment community that was located in what was considered the second most dangerous neighborhood of the city at that time. I was frequently asked by prospective tenants (many of them students of the area colleges) if the area was safe. What I always told them was this: if you decide that you're not going to feel safe in an area, you will give that vibe off and you run the risk of unnecessarily making yourself a target. A lot of it, in my opinion, is simply in the attitude you choose to adopt and in how you carry yourself.

I lived in that neighborhood for 14 years, in inner-city Detroit for 18 months, and I now live in Knocknaheeny, so I feel I have a little experience with "dodgy" areas. In my years in all three areas, I never once felt my safety was threatened (we don't own a car either, so I'm out walking everywhere).

Regardless of where you live, be aware of your surroundings, carry yourself with confidence (but not with the cocksure swagger of the over-confident), make eye contact and smile (or nod, or whatever feels natural), get to know your neighbors, and you'll be fine.

Cork is not a dangerous city, and most of the folks living in "dodgy" areas are of the same caliber character as folks living elsewhere - unfortunately they're not the residents who make for interesting news stories, though.

Good luck, and welcome to Cork.

CantGetNoSleep

If you are living around UCC it will be fine, all student accomodation is in safe areas, but if you are renting a house go down and look around the area first, one specific area looks dodgy as fuck

rebel.ranter

The best recommendation you can get about where to live in Cork is this:
If it's UCC you are going to try find a spot somewhere between the college & they city, not because the area is not dodgy but because it will be handy for both college & socialising in town.
If it is CIT you heading to then you are probably a bit better off getting as close to the college as possible, trips to town for CITers tend to be less frequent than UCCers in my experience (I have degrees from both colleges). Simply because of the proximity of the UCC to the centre of town. Commuting for college would not be any fun IMO.

Cork is a relatively safe city but if you go looking for trouble you can find it anywhere in the world.