Google street view nightmare places.

Carlos_Ray

I took a google street view "virtual stroll" around Clarina park, limerick and was absolutely amazed at how bad the place is. It seems a bit clichéd to compare bad areas to war-zones but the comparison seems apt in this case. Every second house looks like it has been hit by a cruise missile. Burnt out cars and rubbish litter the green spaces. Its so bad even when you're taking a virtual tour you feel in danger.

Has anybody come across any worse places in Ireland? Places that are so bad you'd only ever want to see them through street view?

namloc1980

I heard the Google street view vehicle had to get an army escort when it was doing the imaging there.

cosanostra

Its weird that you have all the houses smashed up, burned out and completely ruined then a nice house with electric gates nice cars outside it and not a bit of graffiti on it stuck in the middle! I wonder where they get all the money from?

There are a few places like that in Dublin maybe not just as bad prob because of the re-gen projects in the likes of Ballymun, but this problem is all caused by bad planning of putting all the bad eggs in one area and creating a Ghetto!

Redlion

namloc1980 wrote: »

I heard the Google street view vehicle had to get an army escort when it was doing the imaging there.

And that the army escort needed UN peacekeepers...

mikemac

Thinly veiled Limerick bashing thread

scrapsmac

feelingstressed wrote: »

Thinly veiled Limerick bashing thread

lol he's on to us!

go go go

Sierra Oscar

Is it me or is there a house missing here? . . .

Clarina Park certainly is not ageing well. :eek:

holystungun9

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Is it me or is there a house missing here? . . .

Clarina Park certainly is not ageing well. :eek:

Jesuz, I've heard of robbing houses but that's taking the mic!

DingChavez

Wow, my area doesn't always look the best with bits of rubbish around but its a paradise compared to that. wtf.

southsiderosie

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Is it me or is there a house missing here? . . .

Clarina Park certainly is not ageing well. :eek:

Holy crap, that is a depressing street.

3102derek

the black Porsche jeep looks well out of place!!!!

holystungun9

3102derek wrote: »

the black Porsche jeep looks well out of place!!!!

Banker or drug dealer? Cast your vote now

scrapsmac

holystungun9 wrote: »

Banker or drug dealer? Cast your vote now

Don't ask questions if you know what's good for you!!
:cool:

p.s. It's totes drugs!

namloc1980

****, we've been spotted........RUN!!!!!

Voltex

you know things arent good when you need to replace your front door with something that resembles coastal flood defences!!

That place looks like Chernobyl

Teyla Emmagan

God, that's grim. What it would do to you to have to live there..

yosemite_sam

I had a look at Clarina Park, I'd say there is high unemployment there. They should be made to clean the place up, paint, a few skips and a lawnmower would go a long way

The Scientician

I've never seen so many boarded up houses like that in estates around here. It's sad to see. Most of the houses look fine though, nicely painted etc.

mickydoomsux

Wow. You can pretty much pick out the dealers houses on street view.

Seriously though, why does this place even exist? Those houses don't look too old or anything. What the **** happened?

Dangerous Man

I've lived in some dumps but that's just beyond anything I've ever seen. What the fuck sort of society allows places like that to exist? We have money for banks and bailouts but no money to allow people live with even the smallest modicum of dignity. It's disgusting. It should be razed and decent housing put in it's place.

holystungun9

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I've lived in some dumps but that's just beyond anything I've ever seen. What the fuck sort of society allows places like that to exist? We have money for banks and bailouts but no money to allow people live with even the smallest modicum of dignity. It's disgusting. It should be razed and decent housing put in it's place.

A minority will wreck the place for the rest anyway? Give them a steel bar and they will break just to be little pr!cks.

Dangerous Man

holystungun9 wrote: »

A minority will wreck the place for the rest anyway? Give them a steel bar and they will break just to be little pr!cks.

You are right.

In that case you need a police force who are capable, properly resourced and unafraid to do their jobs. You also need laws that are tough and actually preventative instead of purely reactive. Our police force isn't up to much and our legal system, which seems to have a problem with actually punishing people who break the law, is a joke.

mike65

/off to do some google street slumming.

Ghetto Cornetto

Somebody needs to get Noely M a fúcking colouring book.

bonerm

Ghetto Cornetto wrote: »

Somebody needs to get Noely M a fúcking colouring book.

Either that or an up to date physics book.

Dangerous Man

Actually, it would be fun to see if anybody could come up with a worse street than the one there in Limerick. I've been scanning around Finglas and Neilstown in Dublin and can't find anything that compares.

mike65

Once I ended up in St Marys Park Limerick (just off the N7 by St Johns Castle) when trying to find a shortcut (little did I realise its a dead end peninsula design), I was happy enough to leave. There is no google street view for that estate.

http://www.google.ie/search?q=st+mary%27s+park+limerick&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=n7J&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5JW8TeXyNYPQhAeDh4i5BQ&ved=0CFQQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=677

JohnathanM

Limerick? Pfft. Street View Mogadishu... now that'll be something.

Turtyturd

Are the areas where 'The Wire' is set still blocked on street view?

bonerm

mike65 wrote: »

Once I ended up in St Marys Park Limerick (just off the N7 by St Johns Castle) when trying to find a shortcut (little did I realise its a dead end peninsula design), I was happy enough to leave. There is no google street view for that estate.

http://www.google.ie/search?q=st+mary%27s+park+limerick&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=n7J&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=5JW8TeXyNYPQhAeDh4i5BQ&ved=0CFQQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=677

Seems charming!

Forgot about the guy in pix 14. We should thank him once more for doing the world a a favour and making himself good.

strobe

I actually lived there for two months a couple of years ago. Definite post-zombie apocalypse vibe around the place.

Poxyshamrock

Check out this :pac:

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Clarina+Park,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&ie=UTF8&geocode=FbNkIwMdUVJ8_w&split=0&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=3.963637,4.623813&gl=ie&hq=&hnear=Clarina+Park,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&t=h&layer=c&cbll=52.651212,-8.631108&panoid=M4fls1pD50vib7WHpx9Ucg&cbp=12,253.3,,0,14.53&ll=52.651161,-8.630973&spn=0.001393,0.010568&z=17

seanybiker

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Check out this :pac:

http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Clarina+Park,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&ie=UTF8&geocode=FbNkIwMdUVJ8_w&split=0&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=3.963637,4.623813&gl=ie&hq=&hnear=Clarina+Park,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&t=h&layer=c&cbll=52.651212,-8.631108&panoid=M4fls1pD50vib7WHpx9Ucg&cbp=12,253.3,,0,14.53&ll=52.651161,-8.630973&spn=0.001393,0.010568&z=17

hahaha thats actually pretty cool.



whats this random bit of house all about?
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Clarina+Park,+Limerick&aq=3&sll=52.256787,-7.129204&sspn=0.127985,0.363579&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Clarina+Park,+Limerick,+County+Limerick&ll=52.650696,-8.629442&spn=0.000991,0.00284&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.650599,-8.629502&panoid=Zu0AUGVPKQQZ2UIfAuYFjA&cbp=12,61.32,,0,11.59

vampire of kilmainham

Redlion wrote: »

And that the army escort needed UN peacekeepers...

the army are UN peace keepers

vampire of kilmainham

holystungun9 wrote: »

Jesuz, I've heard of robbing houses but that's taking the mic!

at least ya could still light the fire:D

rossie1977

grace park road in athlone

The Scientician

rossie1977 wrote: »

grace park road in athlone

Is it due to be demolished or something? Mental!

yoshytoshy

Isn`t it crazy to think we were warned about this happening years ago.

Minstrel27

What a kip. Amazing that people live in places like that.

CiaranC

Really puts the lie to Dublin being the worst area in the country. I see they dont even go into the areas of Limerick that are even worse than that.

ShatterProof

All thanks to willie the tash

old_aussie

Probably migrants who want that homely feel and look about the place.

cosanostra

rossie1977 wrote: »

grace park road in athlone

Its amazing when you spin the camera around you see the fancy dole office that really shows where the country went wrong, the saying fir coat and no knickers comes to mind

Dangerous Man

Dangerous Man wrote: »

I've lived in some dumps but that's just beyond anything I've ever seen. What the fuck sort of society allows places like that to exist? We have money for banks and bailouts but no money to allow people live with even the smallest modicum of dignity. It's disgusting. It should be razed and decent housing put in it's place.

Why is it always up to 'society'? Those houses look quite nice and new. There's nothing wrong with the estate itself. The reason the place is a kip is that it's full of rubbish, broken windows and graffiti. The street could be full of mansions, it wouldn't make a bit of difference. You can't do much for people who have no respect for where they live.

Micky Dolenz

/Limerick bashing thread.