Where to live? New job in Mallow

lir6777

Hi guys,

So I'll be working in Mallow for less than 6 months and am trying to figure whether to a)live in Mallow seeing as it's short-term (and I previously lived in Cork city for some time so Mallow would be a new place for me) and save my energy and petrol money or b) live closer to Cork, have the amenities of the city etc. I will be moving in with strangers either way and see rents are about the same so it's down to small deciding factors.

Anyone know how traffic leaving Cork in the direction of Mallow would be morning and evening? If it would end up being much more than 45 mins commute it may not be worth it... Plus any good suggestions for where to live near the city for ease of commuting? I reckon Blackpool, maybe Mayfield...any other suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks

Pro Hoc Vice

Malls has a very regular and fast train commute from Cork. The Drive is a bit of a pain and the mallow road at night is really bad in my opinion, depending on which part of city commute should be less than 45 mins. No offence to anyone living in mallow but I would rather live in Cork and commute. Any night out in Cork will entail a Cab home.

corktina

you'd be travelling against the bulk of the traffic from Cork. Time would be much less than 45 minutes (I can do Kanturk to Blackpool in that time and we're 12 miles or so from Mallow)

gobnaitolunacy

If you take your going out seriously, Mallow isn't great.
One or two decent bars, the rest are dives.

LXFlyer

Train times are here:
http://www.irishrail.ie/media/13-MallowCobhMidleton250920131.pdf

Cookie_Monster

lir6777 wrote: »

I will be moving in with strangers either way and see rents are about the same so it's down to small deciding factors.

seems obvious to live in Mallow then, you don't have to waste 1.5 hours a day commuting and don't bear the costs associated with it either.

corktina

...obvious LARGE deciding factors I would agree....