Lets all up sticks to waterford city....

Neon_Lights

Dublin is becoming ever crowded with all these foreign folk bunking 10 to a room in some city centre tenament. Rent prices are rising and so is the cost of living. So as a thought I had an Idea...

Waterford has an affordable stock of decent quality housing, needs a bit of gentrication in some areas, cheaper cost of living and could be potentially the hamburg of Ireland. Tramore could be the bray of waterford and so forth... London would not be too dissimilar in terms of location in comparison to the uk...

Will more than likely be shot down but just a thought

siblers

Waterford city is a **** hole though

Neon_Lights

siblers wrote: »

Waterford city is a **** hole though

Make it not a ****hole haha

wazky

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Make it not a ****hole haha

How about we ***** and then **** with all the ****?

hairybelly

siblers wrote: »

Waterford city is a **** hole though

Nicer city than Dublin imo. Waterford and the surrounding county is one of the nicest places in the country.
Only people who say its shít are the people who either havent been there, or spent only a few years in W.I.T and never did much other than piss around and get drunk.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I always found it a nice little town.

dark crystal

siblers wrote: »

Waterford city is a **** hole though

How so?

keith16

wazky wrote: »

How about we ***** and then **** with all the ****?

No **** way because them ****s in **** would be all Luke "**** off" and I'm not really sure that **** would ***, **** **** ***** and ****. So **** that.

wazky

keith16 wrote: »

No **** way because them ****s in **** would be all Luke "**** off" and I'm not really sure that **** would ***, **** **** ***** and ****. So **** that.

I'm sure the *** would **** that though?, otherwise the **** could *** and then we are really ******

AnonoBoy

Yeah.

Good plan.

Ye all do that and I'll follow along once I get this place tidied up.

Yup. I'll be right there.

Promise.













No more queues at the ATM for me.
*Heh heh heh*

Last_Minute

Waterford is not a city and is not very pretty to look at but it has some pleasant qualities. The surrounding areas such as Dunmore East, Woodstown and the many other coastal areas are gorgeous.

Neon_Lights

Last_Minute wrote: »

Waterford is not a city and is not very pretty to look at but it has some pleasant qualities. The surrounding areas such as Dunmore East, Woodstown and the many other coastal areas are gorgeous.

Think of them as the killiney of waterford

Sir Arthur Daley

Anywhere would be better than offaly.

The Hill Billy

Wexford is nicer.


*Gets popcorn*

hairybelly

Last_Minute wrote: »

Waterford is not a city and is not very pretty to look at but it has some pleasant qualities. The surrounding areas such as Dunmore East, Woodstown and the many other coastal areas are gorgeous.

Its not a city because "I say so and i either have a superiority or inferiority complex".

Thread derailed. Everyone go home.

ThisRegard

Bray is in Wicklow dumbass.

Sir Arthur Daley

The Hill Billy wrote: »

*Gets popcorn*

Very late to be snacking, can lead to a bad nights sleep.

Neon_Lights

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Wexford is nicer.


*Gets popcorn*

.... for spuds and strawberries? Did i see you with a horsebox full of spudsacks at some stage outside bray

Sir Arthur Daley

ThisRegard wrote: »

Bray is in Wicklow dumbass.

Is Bray full of donkeys?

dark crystal

Last_Minute wrote: »

Waterford is not a city and is not very pretty to look at but it has some pleasant qualities. The surrounding areas such as Dunmore East, Woodstown and the many other coastal areas are gorgeous.

Eh, says who? The Local government act lists Waterford as a city, hence the city council.

http://thatsireland.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-29-counties-and-5-cities-of-ireland/

Where does this confusion about Waterford's city status actually come from?

Neon_Lights

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Is Bray full of donkeys?

Full of horsey motts dunno about donkeys

biko

All these worlds are yours except Europa Galway

wonderfulname

Ye're talking like it's a joke but I just did this!

Jesus Wept

Being the Bray of anywhere is not something to aspire to.

Sir Arthur Daley

dark crystal wrote: »

Where does this confusion about Waterford's city status actually come from?

Waterford whispers maybe?

TINA1984

dark crystal wrote: »

Eh, says who? The Local government act lists Waterford as a city, hence the city council.

http://thatsireland.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/the-29-counties-and-5-cities-of-ireland/

Where does this confusion about Waterford's city status actually come from?

Republic of Ireland only has 3 city councils, and Waterford ain't one of 'em.

I always find Deise folk balanced types, as in a chip on each shoulder balanced types.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I loved living in Waterford!!

Christy Browne

TINA1984 wrote: »

Republic of Ireland only has 3 city councils, and Waterford ain't one of 'em.

I always find Deise folk balanced types, as in a chip on each shoulder balanced types.

Waterford is a City....that is a fact. How can you argue against fact?

iDave

I want blaas by the barrell full.

Hotfail.com

Waterford is just a shít Cork.

Pawn

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Waterford

... is a kip.

/thread.

Fuzzytrooper

I liked Waterford for the most part. JUst had to leave coz of the lack of jobs,

Teyla Emmagan

I really like Waterford city. The local populace is heavily consistent of savages though. And a bad Waterford city accent is horrific.

Badly Drunk Boy

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Waterford has an affordable stock of decent quality housing, needs a bit of gentrication in some areas, cheaper cost of living and could be potentially the hamburg of Ireland. Tramore could be the bray of waterford and so forth... London would not be too dissimilar in terms of location in comparison to the uk...

A friend of mine invested in a couple of apartments in Waterford during the Celtic Tiger era.

Is that you, Martin?

_Kaiser_

I lived in Virginia on the Meath/Cavan border for a few years and it was a lovely little town. Plus it is M3-adjacent so only 40 mins to Blanch if you need shopping.

At the time I was working in Navan so it was handy enough too but due to cutbacks I was laid off. Unfortunately though (almost) all the IT jobs are in Dublin so commuting up and down wasn't a runner long term (was costing a fortune in diesel/tolls and wear and tear on the car) and I had to move back.

Now I'm closer to work but it's costing me a fortune and it's your typical soulless anonymous apartment complex with feck all to do around it (the oh so desirable South County area - although I don't see the attraction myself).

If it were up to me I wouldn't live in Dublin at all but needs must

Big Bag of Chips

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

And a bad Waterford city accent is horrific.

It has to be the most unpleasant accent in the country!*








*Opinions expressed in this post are personal to the author and may not necessarily be the opinions of anyone else. (Except Teyla Emmagan)

donegal__road

I lived in Waterford for 18 months back in 2000. I was in the city for 10 months and Tramore for the remainder. I really liked Tramore, but I found it very difficult to get to know anyone in Waterford.. any night I would go into the local, (Cleaboy Inn) I'd be sitting on my own for an hour.

I decided to try the local GAA club for a pint one night... I was handed a book and was asked to write down my name and address before they served me, then I was left to my own devices.

The one place I liked was Micks on the Quays... dont know if its still there, it had blue Christmas lights hanging in the window and was right bedside The Hog's Head.

Down's Bar was good if you liked a game of snooker in solitude.

Robbo

You do realise your plan would neccessitate that we all fire the word "deise" into our usernames and blame all our problems on "them up there in Dublin"?

The Hill Billy

Big Bag of Chips wrote: »

It has to be the most unpleasant accent in the country!

Oh, no! That honour goes to Drogheda (or "Dwaaa-Da, Cown-tee Loud" as they call it).

Lovely people though.

FTA69

It's in the city the same way Kilkenny, Newry and Armagh are "cities". To most people, a city is a large urban area with a certain metropolitan dynamic. While places like Waterford or Newry may have a historical charter etc, they're just big towns in effect.

Harry Palmr

Crackers!























Cream Crackers!

CdeC

Need to get some sort of pied piper to round up all the scummers and march them into the harbour.

thelad95

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Will more than likely be shot down

You don't say?

obezyana

As a Waterford person no longer living in Waterford I can say that Waterford is a nice place to be the people for the most part are ok they do have some sort of chip on their shoulders about being victimised by successive governments even the smallest thing gets blamed on the government. The nightlife is dreadful with plenty of scum lurking around.

The county is lovely it has nice beaches lovely coastal drives a beautiful mountain range it's definitely is worth a visit, would I ever move back? Maybe not but I do love going 'home' whenever I can.

gugleguy

Thankyou Obezyana. That is the most balanced post I have seen in 2 years or so on boards. You have put your finger on it more or less. I studied in Waterford Institute of Technologywhen it was just an RTC (regional technical college) in fact. No doubt the keyboard warriors will now descend on this thread in droves.

artful_codger

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Tramore could be the bray of waterford and so forth...

I don't think Tramore (population 10,000) has a single Public Park it in, so naturally the pavements around the town are covered in Dog ****. It's also built on the side of a hill, like most of Waterford City, which makes driving, walking or cycling an unpleasant experience in my opinion. Personally i much prefer living inland - the landscape is nicer, roads are better, milder winters and more to do. If you want to live in Waterford, be prepared to drive to Cork or Kildare for a decent shopping mall.

Adyx

FTA69 wrote: »

It's in the city the same way Kilkenny, Newry and Armagh are "cities". To most people, a city is a large urban area with a certain metropolitan dynamic. While places like Waterford or Newry may have a historical charter etc, they're just big towns in effect.

Only 4 weeks ago someone said the same thing about Dublin to me.

I'm not from Waterford but I have lived here for 15 years. It's nice enough really but it does have it's issues - unemployment is very high and there are a lot of vacant businesses even on the main shopping streets.

The last few years have seen a great effort to clean the place up though and make the city look nice and there's quite a lot of mostly free events on with bands/performances on various stages around the city. We just had Spraoi, Dunmore East Bluegrass festival is next week, Harvest Festival is coming up in September then Winterval.

Dayum

The government are making Dublin extortionately expensive by refusing to allow modern skyscrapers to provide new living spaces.

harry Bailey esq

I spent last summer in waterford.Way to many junkies and pikeys wandering around,looking for people to mug,its dog rough,and this comes from somebody who spent my formative years in summerhill in the north inner city and later finglas south.Its does have redeeming features though to be fair,every second week during the summer there is something happening in the centre of town,it has some great boozers,and no end of women of easy persuasion.

holystungun9

We could start a Boards colony in that ugly boarded up hotel across the river on the hill. I presume that hasn't been torn down or developed since I was last there.

josip

Thousands of people pay each day to avoid Waterford city.
There's a reason for that.