Dublin is an unadulterated kip

Earthhorse

What a load of nonsense.

Personally speaking, I know loads of adulterers.

ThisRegard

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Heard that today alright, couldn't stop laughing to myself.

Some days I almost feel sorry for you, citizens of the capital.

Almost.

Just wait until he brings his Funny Friday show to a town near you. Guess who'll be laughing then (certainly not the audience or listeners).

MilesMorales1

Some salty culchies in here.

AnonoBoy

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Some salty culchies in here.

I'm a Dub but I'd love to be salty.

Original salty flavoured AnonoBoy, nome of your barbecue flavour guff for me. No way!

The Backwards Man

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Some salty culchies in here.

Not salty at all, I'm belting out REO Speedwagon from my 20 meg phone connection to the 50 inch telly, downloading a few episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard to watch on the tablet and keeping an eye on a Korean streetcam on the laptop.

I don't need Joe, I don't need Dublin, and I don't need you.:)

Titzon Toast

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Not salty at all, I'm belting out REO Speedwagon from my 20 meg phone connection to the 50 inch telly, downloading a few episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard to watch on the tablet and keeping an eye on a Korean streetcam on the laptop.

I don't need Joe, I don't need Dublin, and I don't need you.:)

Your county needs Dublin though, those roads, streetlights, and dole payments have to come from somewhere you know!

The Backwards Man

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Your county needs Dublin though, those roads, streetlights, and dole payments have to come from somewhere you know!

We've already paid that back. Remember the seven billion the Brits gave Cowen? That was the tax they collected from us Donegal folk when we were working in the North and signing on out here. :P

Titzon Toast

The Backwards Man wrote: »

We've already paid that back. Remember the seven billion the Brits gave Cowen? That was the tax they collected from us Donegal folk when we were working in the North and signing on out here. :P

Ye's have it handy up there alright!
In all fairness though, there are some pretty shìtty parts of Dublin alright, unfortunately for me I work on the ground in lots of them.
I've seen, heard, and smelled things that I'll never be able to forget..

Brian from Bray

It's a shame really because Dublin would be a lovey City if they could eliminate the junkies and scumbags.

MilesMorales1

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Not salty at all, I'm belting out REO Speedwagon from my 20 meg phone connection to the 50 inch telly, downloading a few episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard to watch on the tablet and keeping an eye on a Korean streetcam on the laptop.

I don't need Joe, I don't need Dublin, and I don't need you.:)

Oh ok, we'll be our own little thing then, and we'll stop propping the rest of you up. Enjoy.

ClovenHoof

I lived in New York when it was a bit of a ****hole and it was great!

Now it is a soulless bland retirement home for millionaires.

I know it is very difficult for the Civil Servants on boards with their entitlements and inability to survive in the real world without Mr Government making the 'bad people and things go away', but a spotless clean and well run city is usually a soulless void. A high rise suburbia of blandness.

There is a lot to be said for cities with a dark and nasty side too. Womb of culture and all that.

hatrickpatrick

testaccount123 wrote: »

Dublin 1 is a kip. Dublin 2, 4 & 6 are very nice.

Don't forget Dublin 8, lovely old part of the city which has (somewhat) escaped from the blandness of modern architecture

Buona Fortuna

Wouldn't say it was unadulterated.

Baggy Trousers

I lived in Dublin for a few years when I was younger and I really enjoyed it, especially the social scene. I am back in Galway now and while I do enjoy going to Croke Park and Lansdowne Road for matches, I would never go to Dublin for a weekend away. It is dirty, loud and smelly and there are a lot of scumbags. I suppose all cities are like that but Dublin seems to concentrate it all in a small claustrophobic area. They really need to clean up around O'Connell St.

I love Dublin. I think it's a shame the way planners have allowed O Connell Street to basically disintegrate into a shabby, shady mess of sex shops and fast food outlets, but overall Dublin is great. Sure there are no go areas and some problems, but every large city has those.

It isn't a kip, but more could be done to make the very centre more attractive and more upmarket for both the ambiance and the traffic on the main street of the capital.

Dubliners are the best, too.

Jesus Wept

If Joe Duffy was paid according to his talent, he'd be a regular in the pound shops.

hatrickpatrick

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I lived in New York when it was a bit of a ****hole and it was great!

Now it is a soulless bland retirement home for millionaires.

I know it is very difficult for the Civil Servants on boards with their entitlements and inability to survive in the real world without Mr Government making the 'bad people and things go away', but a spotless clean and well run city is usually a soulless void. A high rise suburbia of blandness.

There is a lot to be said for cities with a dark and nasty side too. Womb of culture and all that.

I don't think you can call dereliction a "soul". What's being primarily addressed by this thread is the incredible amount of either boarded up or tacky parts of Dublin.

Actually that'd be my one complaint about Dublin 8 - the number of areas which were demolished for regeneration and then abandoned. I always wondered what the big field near Chamber St was for before someone explained that it had been an apartment block which was supposed to be only temporarily demolished. There's a similar site near Bridgefoot St which I think is also a former residential site that's been left to rot. You can see boarded up and run down buildings, both residential and commercial, all over the north and South inner city - and that's a shame.

The council should introduce a law that heavily penalises people for leaving good sites and buildings derelict for prolonged periods of time.

EDIT: Vincent St near Kilmainham has a site like this which has been vacant for years, anyone know what the story there is? It looks like another site which was once residential but got abandoned. Opposite the Tyrone Place flats.

MilesMorales1

Candie wrote: »

I love Dublin. I think it's a shame the way planners have allowed O Connell Street to basically disintegrate into a shabby, shady mess of sex shops and fast food outlets, but overall Dublin is great. Sure there are no go areas and some problems, but every large city has those.

It isn't a kip, but more could be done to make the very centre more attractive and more upmarket for both the ambiance and the traffic on the main street of the capital.

Dubliners are the best, too.

This is true. Dublin has a great soul, I love it.

ThisRegard

Candie wrote: »

I love Dublin. I think it's a shame the way planners have allowed O Connell Street to basically disintegrate into a shabby, shady mess of sex shops

There's no sex shops on O'Connell Street? If you think Ann Summers is one, you're in for a shock if you ever venture into the darkened windows kind.

the groutch

Could be a lot worse, could be living in Portlaoise.

L'Enfer du Nord

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

I lived in Dublin for a few years when I was younger and I really enjoyed it, especially the social scene. I am back in Galway now and while I do enjoy going to Croke Park and Lansdowne Road for matches, I would never go to Dublin for a weekend away. It is dirty, loud and smelly and there are a lot of scumbags. I suppose all cities are like that but Dublin seems to concentrate it all in a small claustrophobic area. They really need to clean up around O'Connell St.

OK, let's get this straight. You think the worst of Dublin city centre is concentrated into a small area of the North inner city and (because of this?) you never visit the place other than for a match. Very easy to visit Dublin and do lots of stuff and avoid that area. The 'casinos' of Salthill remind me of some kind of a Ken Loach film, that won't stop from going for a walk on the Prom.

The Backwards Man

the groutch wrote: »

Could be a lot worse, could be living in Portlaoise.

Someone else mentioned Castlerea, are towns with prisons the only ones that ye Dubs know of?:p

asherbassad

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I lived in New York when it was a bit of a ****hole and it was great!

Now it is a soulless bland retirement home for millionaires.

I know it is very difficult for the Civil Servants on boards with their entitlements and inability to survive in the real world without Mr Government making the 'bad people and things go away', but a spotless clean and well run city is usually a soulless void. A high rise suburbia of blandness.

There is a lot to be said for cities with a dark and nasty side too. Womb of culture and all that.

Agreed. I lived in new York in the 90's. Great fun. Gritty, sleazy in places, great diners and pubs and clubs. Now it's a gentrified, forgettable kip.

the groutch

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Someone else mentioned Castlerea, are towns with prisons the only ones that ye Dubs know of?:p

I'm sure they put the prisons there for a reason

Tarzana2

I love Dublin. I lovey wovey dove it.

BUT yes the proliferation of cheapo store fronts is indeed depressing. Can't believe I'm agreeing with Joe. :eek:

BreadnBuddha

Brian from Bray wrote: »

It's a shame really because Dublin would be a lovey City if they could eliminate the junkies and scumbags.

Brian, from Bray?

Hello pot, this is kettle. You're black.

pavb2

"The city is being turned into pound shops, banks are now housing fast-food restaurants, Go around to Parnell Street; Peat's Electronics is now dead. A liquidation store is now there for Clery's."



Could be worse even the pound shop by us closed down.

L'Enfer du Nord

Duffy's coments don't stand up to any scrutiny. Dublin is better now than any time in my life time. In the 1980s town was full of derelict site being used as surface car parks, there was loads of dereliction due in part of various proposed road schemes. things gradually improved from the Dublin melenium in 1988 on wards, by 2000 there was probably too much construction work and Celtic tiger tossers. Since then the city has in many ways become more pleasant, less hectic and more diverse. The biggest problem right now is homelessness, not pound shops and the closure of a electronics stores.

Brian from Bray

BreadnBuddha wrote: »

Brian, from Bray?

Hello pot, this is kettle. You're black.

Bray is a beautiful spot

Super-Rush

I never thought I'd agree with Joe.