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What do you like/hate about Dublin?

  • 08-03-2013 11:07pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭


    Hey,
    A lot of people that I know are emigrating either to Australia or Canada. I was just wondering why people hate Dublin so much?

    I don't mind living here (for now anyway) but I would prefer if there were more opportunities here for students or graduates

    It's a shame why we are all certain to emigrate at some stage

    On a positive note what would people miss most about Dublin?
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭carlmango11


    Well first of all Irish people and media have a habit of painting the nation in a negative light. If you actually look at the statistics you tend to see a different story about Dublin and Ireland.

    But anyway I actually can't put my finger on what I love about Dublin. I enjoy even just even walking around the city centre, it's strange. It's diverse, it's lively, it's friendly, it's big enough to have something for everyone but it doesn't give off the same negative vibe that I sometimes get off the likes of Paris or London (and don't call me prejudiced, I love London).

    What I don't like is the fcuking junkies. It's just gotten so bad in the last few years it's actually incredible. That and homeless people but I'm not *as* bothered by homeless people who just sit on the street or whatever but it's a problem I wish we could fix. It just doesn't look/feel great when there's 2 homeless people on every street.

    Oh also the transport. The bus has definitely gotten better in the last few years (well on my routes anyway...) but integrated, efficient and cheaper transport would be nice. I can definitely feel that there are people trying to achieve this (real time/leap card/bus maps/info boards etc) so maybe in time we'll have a decent system.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭hfallada


    I love that it's compact. That you can walk to all the important things in the city. I like the fact even through your in a capital city which has so much traffic you can go to a square like st Stephens green or merrion square and chill without hearing the cars as if you were in the country.

    I hate the fact that the city doesn't have a noticeable skyline which gives city a character eg NYC, frankfurt Germany, London etc. I hate the fact that all social housing apartments block look the same. Those 5 storey red brick ones which are all over the city look so dull. I hate the congestion which has worsened in the last year ( the Dublin economy is improving then). A journey which took 10 mins when the arse fell out of the economy now takes 45 mins and in 2006 took 70 mins. It takes 45 mins to travel 4 km on a bus


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    Like - Phoenix Park, Dublin People


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    public transport, the lack of


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    Likes.

    Dublin wit. Can't beat a good slagging match with a fellow Dub.

    Dublin mountains. Oh ok, so most of them are in Wickla, whatever ! :p

    Me mammys coddle.

    Henry St on Christmas Eve.

    Living by the sea, and the spectacular views over Dublin Bay and over to the mountains, but being able to be in the heart of the city centre in 20 mins.

    Hill 16 when the Dubs are playing. And anyone who's last name is Brogan or Cluxton really.

    Stephens Green on a summers day.

    The Phoenix Park. The Jewel in our Crown.

    Heffo. He was God. End of.


    Dislikes.

    The handful of real gurriers on Hill 16 who give the rest of us a bad name.

    The methadone clinics in the city centre that has it riddled with junkies. And the complete lack of balls on the powers that be who are unwilling to do anything about it.

    How run down the north inner city in particular is.

    Bewleys on Grafton St just isn't the same anymore.

    Far too many culchies coming up here and taking all our jobz and our wimminz (I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.....;) )


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,116 ✭✭✭starviewadams


    Like

    Like the pubs and restaurants I frequent.

    Stephens Green on a summers day or a crisp winter morning.

    The people for the most part.

    The auld wans on the stallls on Henry Street and on Meath Street.

    The grounds of Trinity and summertime drinks in The Pav

    The dead zoo

    Dislike

    The shoddy public transport,especially the lack of nightime PT.

    Lack of public toilets.

    Temple Bar


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    Likes:
    Shels and Tolka Park, the CoOp at Newmarket Square and the weather (really, I can't deal with hot weather, healthwise)

    Dislikes:
    Cycling through the city centre after dark, especially passing certain housing estates/council apartment blocks, junkies on the street, traffic jams


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Tipperary animal lover


    Love the city and most of the people, one thing drives me mad is the dubs seem to think there's feck all outside the dublin county border and the price of beer is crazy!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Like: Trinity on a nice summers day, releaxing on the green.

    Hate: Our restrictive licensing laws that shuts down nightlife after a certain hour ( Not just a Dublin issue obviously, but as the capital city and all, compare with the other metropolis citys, and its pretty ****ty)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    It's not that we don't think that there is feck all outside Dublin, its just that there aren't many things that we can't do/experience in Dublin, that we have to travel outside The Pale for... nice scenery, rivers, lakes, sea side, mountains, check we have those too. Sporting events, check, got them all. Good shopping, check, that's covered. Castles and historical stuff, we're good for those too. Concerts, plays, events and what not, check. Transport links and the countries busiest airport & ferry ports, check again.

    English people probably say the same thing about Londoners and French people say it about Parisiennes, so this is not really a Dublin specific mind set imo.


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    Love Dublin myself but as a Dub agree with the statement that a lot of dubs dont travel agree the country when there are some lovely spots to be seen. Regularly travel around Ireland for holidays and the scenery in the likes of clare, kerry, cork we cant compete with in Dublin.


  • Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭Janneke


    Like? Love:

    The sense of humour.
    The style (the good, bad and the ugly - believe me, you miss it when you live in Belgium!)
    Knowing the streets like the back of my hand.
    The parties.
    Free museums (you also miss that when you go abroad)
    All the little pop-up shops, galleries, markets and parties that have been happening lately
    The sea.
    The wide open sky (due to low-rise skyline)
    My family.
    My friends.
    Phoenix & St. Anne's Park.
    Sound taxi drivers.

    Hate:

    The shouting.
    The litter.
    Obnoxious drunks.
    Scarcity of good coffee.
    Lack of good job opportunities.
    Moaning about the recession.
    Resentment towards emigrants.
    RTE
    Moany-ass taxi drivers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    Likes: guinness in the old style tulip glass
    LUAS Green Line
    Dislikes: crap times the movies are on at in dublin cinemas
    LUAS Red Line
    guinness served in the new style glass. I don't know the name of this glass but it looks an accessory for a rugby fan more than a soccer fan or gaa fan.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭SebBerkovich


    Love:
    A white coffee in the basement of Simons.

    Having a drink with people you've just met.

    Everywhere you need to go is in cycling distance.

    There is always something discover, a market, a band or a park.

    It starts to Feel like a small town after a while.

    Hate:

    Junkies (it's been said, but it truly is the worst part of Dublin)


    There are a few things i don't like all that much - but i think to be honest i can't think of anything else about Dublin i can say i "Hate".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,966 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    -I like the general makeup and size of the place. The fact, once you're based near the centre, that you can forego taxis for short-enough walks is a big boon. The segues into a dislike too once you're out to the suburbs, as your night is hindered by the lack of decent transport options after 11.30pm.

    -The coastline on the South-East is amongst, if not, the most beautiful I've ever seen. There is nothing quite like taking in a pint in Bray or Dalkey on a good day.

    -The locating of a methadone clinic in a city-centre was a pretty shortsighted move in hindsight.

    -Parts of the city itself wears its history quite openly, from its time as the second city of the UK, all the way through to its moves towards independence. It can be quite gorgeous to behold. Be it Merrion Square or in the thicks of the outskirts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭liffeylite


    The one consistent on this thread is the methadone clinics in the city centre and the associated problems.

    I do find it staggering that the government doesn't sell on these buildings and build cheaper clinics in the suburbs.

    On the positive side, Dublin is big enough to have everything you need, but small enough to remain personable and friendly. Its natural geography, by the sea, the countryside and the mountains is simply outstanding.
    you don't get seaside harbours for suburbs in London!
    Great entertainment and a multicultural populous make for a vibrant city.

    The Georgian squares and the general Grafton St area on a warm summers night take some beating.

    The recession has reduced rental rates and so many pop up shops have sprung up, giving the city a unique blend of eateries, bars and retail.
    Take a wander around any UK city bar London and they all become clones of themselves. Dublin has a real unique blend.

    The one thing it is missing that could easily be introduced is a large street market, akin to Portobello road. Smithfield square would be perfect!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 434 ✭✭AsianDub


    Hate:
    Heroin addicts
    Scumbags
    D4 heads
    Run down parts
    litter
    Rental cost
    No skyscrapers

    Love:
    Coast
    Mountains
    Pubs
    In general people are nice
    North and South Georgian areas
    South Docklands in the summer
    Parks
    The contrast between the Northside and the Southside


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,562 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Relevant: Clicky


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,697 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    Dislike:

    The lack of 24hr public transport
    Dublin GAA
    The lack of a skyline

    Like:

    The renovation around the Docklands/Ringsend
    The Spire
    The coast road from Portmarnock to Malahide
    Any view of the city from its approaches. Howth Hill, the M7 near Baldonnell, Cardiffsbridge Rd


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭MrScootch


    Like:
    Dublin wit
    Running into people you know

    Dislike:
    Junkies
    Boom babies


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  • Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭selekta


    Where do I begin? I am a foreigner living here for years, here's my perspective, I mean my rant ;)

    Night life
    First time I came here music in pubs was so loud you had to scream to be able to have a conversation. It has changed since but only a bit, most pubs still play it absurdly loud.

    Dublin weekends can be awesome but city centre at 3am is a depressing view. Scrapping pub closing hours would be a good idea.

    Transportation
    You need to know where your bus stop is in the centre, they're so spread and signage for them is bad (or non-existent). If you're a tourist, finding your bus is a scavenger hunt. The buses seem to be moved around every couple of years for added difficulty.

    This one I will never understand: Nightlinks only pick up people in the centre and then plow ahead towards their destination, only stopping to let people out. This is dumb already but the best part comes right after: buses come back to the centre empty, taking no passengers at all. To me this has always been a classic example of resource wasting typical for the region.

    Taxis are over-regulated and because of it there's too little competition. There should be more taxis allowed and they should compete cost-wise. I can hear voices saying "it's hard for the drivers as it is". Come on, it's not a career job. It's a low-end job whose only qualification required is driving licence and the ability to operate a GPS. I know, my father was a taxi driver for two years, only out of necessity and got out of it as soon as he could.
    I don't mean to disrespect the drivers, it is hard work. I am, however, a consumer and when a market is regulated like this, I am the one who gets ripped off and I don't like it.
    I often paid more for the airport taxi than my airfare out of Ireland was — how's that for an indicator of how expensive they are?

    Housing
    The carpets, the separate cold/hot taps (often even in recently built housing), the poor thermal insulation, the lack of proper vertical ventilation even in modern apartment complexes, the omnipresent mould, heating with an on-off switch with a timer (or even without a timer) that overheats water/radiators when on and ensures the house (or water) is cold when off — instead of a simple thermostat that would keep it always warm and energy-efficient.

    Another brilliant idea often encountered in Dublin: electric heaters that accumulate heat during the night when it's a tiny bit cheaper but you don't need it hot, then keep the apartment warm when you're at work and you come back to a cold place in the evening. Come on! Raise your hand who didn't live with this "invention"!

    Dublin suburbs looking all the same, depressing rows of identical charmless houses.

    Ah, did I mention water tanks that every house has because Dublin pipes can't deliver water with a proper pressure? The ones with dead rats and bacteria colonies that flavour the water you use for brushing your teeth? :)


    Miscellaneous
    Public benches in the centre. Dublin probably wins as the European capital with the fewest of them, there's just nowhere to sit down. I presume it's only pragmatic—the junkies would've claimed them in minutes like they did with The Liffey banks.

    Jaywalking. I'm not sure if it's a positive or negative. I kind of like it when I'm guilty of it :)


    I'm sorry if my negatives seem too negative. I love it here and every place in the world has it's pros and cons — I am just offering a few cons plucked out to see :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭Surveyor11


    selekta wrote: »
    Where do I begin? I am a foreigner living here for years, here's my perspective, I mean my rant ;)

    Night life
    First time I came here music in pubs was so loud you had to scream to be able to have a conversation. It has changed since but only a bit, most pubs still play it absurdly loud.

    Dublin weekends can be awesome but city centre at 3am is a depressing view. Scrapping pub closing hours would be a good idea.

    Transportation
    You need to know where your bus stop is in the centre, they're so spread and signage for them is bad (or non-existent). If you're a tourist, finding your bus is a scavenger hunt. The buses seem to be moved around every couple of years for added difficulty.

    This one I will never understand: Nightlinks only pick up people in the centre and then plow ahead towards their destination, only stopping to let people out. This is dumb already but the best part comes right after: buses come back to the centre empty, taking no passengers at all. To me this has always been a classic example of resource wasting typical for the region.

    Taxis are over-regulated and because of it there's too little competition. There should be more taxis allowed and they should compete cost-wise. I can hear voices saying "it's hard for the drivers as it is". Come on, it's not a career job. It's a low-end job whose only qualification required is driving licence and the ability to operate a GPS. I know, my father was a taxi driver for two years, only out of necessity and got out of it as soon as he could.
    I don't mean to disrespect the drivers, it is hard work. I am, however, a consumer and when a market is regulated like this, I am the one who gets ripped off and I don't like it.
    I often paid more for the airport taxi than my airfare out of Ireland was — how's that for an indicator of how expensive they are?

    Housing
    The carpets, the separate cold/hot taps (often even in recently built housing), the poor thermal insulation, the lack of proper vertical ventilation even in modern apartment complexes, the omnipresent mould, heating with an on-off switch with a timer (or even without a timer) that overheats water/radiators when on and ensures the house (or water) is cold when off — instead of a simple thermostat that would keep it always warm and energy-efficient.

    Another brilliant idea often encountered in Dublin: electric heaters that accumulate heat during the night when it's a tiny bit cheaper but you don't need it hot, then keep the apartment warm when you're at work and you come back to a cold place in the evening. Come on! Raise your hand who didn't live with this "invention"!

    Dublin suburbs looking all the same, depressing rows of identical charmless houses.

    Ah, did I mention water tanks that every house has because Dublin pipes can't deliver water with a proper pressure? The ones with dead rats and bacteria colonies that flavour the water you use for brushing your teeth? :)


    Miscellaneous
    Public benches in the centre. Dublin probably wins as the European capital with the fewest of them, there's just nowhere to sit down. I presume it's only pragmatic—the junkies would've claimed them in minutes like they did with The Liffey banks.

    Jaywalking. I'm not sure if it's a positive or negative. I kind of like it when I'm guilty of it :)


    I'm sorry if my negatives seem too negative. I love it here and every place in the world has it's pros and cons — I am just offering a few cons plucked out to see :)

    So, when are you going home?:)

    For me:

    Dislikes:

    Scumbags - anti-social problems a plenty here
    Petty crime - if it's not nailed down it'll be lifted
    derelict building, sometimes in prominent areas
    Litter
    Public transport - getting better, but still behind euro norm

    Likes:

    Amenities like parks, the sea
    Georgian Dublin
    Dublin pubs - no better place to be with a pint of plain in your hand


  • Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭selekta


    Surveyor11 wrote: »
    So, when are you going home?:)

    Fair play, fair play to you :D


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