Dublin is an unadulterated kip

Simon2015

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Every city has them, it's just more noticeable in Dublin because they're in the city centre. Most other Euro cities can contain them to their rough sections.

Drug users in Dublin are so blatant you would be forgiven for thinking that Heroin was perfectly legal.

I wonder why the gardas don't arrest Junkies for drug possession ?

If they started enforcing the drug laws they would get rid of most of the Junkies in the city centre.

j80ezgvc3p92xu

Ah Dublin... I have spent some of the happiest years of my life there. Mostly around UCD, Goatstown, Dundrum, Ballsbridge... Dublin really is awsome, I love going back there when I get the chance. Also lived in Summerhill and I have to say it had its charms aswell. Did anyone else notice that some of these Northside take aways are amazingly cheap?

John_Rambo

Odin Skinny Easel wrote: »

Did anyone else notice that some of these Northside take aways are amazingly cheap?

Unbelievable. Bento box with three pieces Salmon sashimis, a small salad, one korokke, two gyoza dumplings, four California rolls, a bowl or rice, miso soup and a can of coke for under a tenner.

Ignatius in bloom

Simon2015 wrote: »

Drug users in Dublin are so blatant you would be forgiven for thinking that Heroin was perfectly legal.

I wonder why the gardas don't arrest Junkies for drug possession ?

If they started enforcing the drug laws they would get rid of most of the Junkies in the city centre.

Always found junkies quite friendly.

Simon2015

Ignatius in bloom wrote: »

Always found junkies quite friendly.

A friend of mine had a syringe pulled on him in Dublin city centre I hardly call that friendly.

Ignatius in bloom

Simon2015 wrote: »

A friend of mine had a syringe pulled on him in Dublin city centre I hardly call that friendly.

Just my experience never said they were all nice.

FloatingVoter

Simon2015 wrote: »

Drug users in Dublin are so blatant you would be forgiven for thinking that Heroin was perfectly legal.

I wonder why the gardas don't arrest Junkies for drug possession ?

If they started enforcing the drug laws they would get rid of most of the Junkies in the city centre.

Being stoned or drunk in public is perfectly legal. Being disorderly isn't,

Where will they put these junkies once they arrest them ? - suggestions would be welcome from everybody including the judiciary, the garda commissioner and the cabinet.
A revolving door arrest system is already in place leading to your average 20 year old toerag having upwards of 50 convictions and no real time done to show for it.

Reiver

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Where will they put these junkies once they arrest them ?

Roscommon.

FloatingVoter

Reiver wrote: »

Roscommon.

I'm picturing dazed and confused heads lost in the wilderness and asking cows for directions.


Yup, I like it.

Dublin - one of the few cities I know of where you see people shooting up at the back row of buses, in the parking lot of the City Council building, and drug deals happening in public (in our main tourist areas!).

Everyone sees it. Everyone knows it's happening, but some would try and make it sound better by saying "ah, we're not as bad as other places".

I'm sorry, but it's pretty damn bad.

riclad

There,s 20,000 plus addicts in dublin on methadone ,
some hang around the city centre.
or near certain clinics where they go to
get methadone, a legal form of heroin.
IF some of these were put on treatment to get off drugs ,
completely it would help to make the city centre a better place.
Dublin is a big city, there,s places that are dodgey and places that are very nice .
I only go into city centre to go to certain shop,s ,or the cinema .
there,s out of town shopping centres, to go shopping.
You can avoid the city centre if you don,t work there .
I presume paris and london has junkies and pickpockets ,every city has them.
We need more gardai on patrol around the city centre especially in area,s where tourist,s go.
Many services are being cut back, we need another 1000 gardai in dublin.

FloatingVoter

^ you got music to go with the lyrics ? I'm thinking a Christy Moore vibe on this.

Senna

Do Dublin people really believe their city is pretty much the same as every capital city, it most certainly is not, I didn't know is it because Dublin is so small that it just feels like you are surrounded by dilapidated, boarded up building, no culture or architecture (name me a capital city with less of one or both) and a high proportion of feral scumbags, but there is no justification for the dire hole that is our capital city.

Turtyturd

FloatingVoter wrote: »

^ you got music to go with the lyrics ? I'm thinking a Christy Moore vibe on this.

Surely this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_s1uPheEY

FloatingVoter

You want people to talk ****e about capital cities, architecture and culture - I recommend Cork.

If tourists want large cities they'll do Tokyo and not get drunk on Saki.
If they want culture, Rome is open and enjoy the traffic.
If they need architecture, Syria Athens has some lovely ruins.

Simon2015

Deleted User wrote: »

Dublin - one of the few cities I know of where you see people shooting up at the back row of buses, in the parking lot of the City Council building, and drug deals happening in public (in our main tourist areas!).

Everyone sees it. Everyone knows it's happening, but some would try and make it sound better by saying "ah, we're not as bad as other places".

I'm sorry, but it's pretty damn bad.

Dublin is basically the Junkie Capital of Europe.

FloatingVoter

Simon2015 wrote: »

Dublin is basically the Junkie Capital of Europe.

Stop, you'll be giving Enda tourism ideas. Best little country in the world to get ****ed up in.

foggy_lad

Aaah here now Joe ya can't be saying that about Dublin the temporary home of Sam.

FloatingVoter

foggy_lad wrote: »

Aaah here now Joe ya can't be saying that about Dublin the temporary home of Sam.

Sam was last seen getting pissed in and used as an ashtray outside Mulligans.
We'll clean it up for next year or get something similar off a fence.

DoYouEvenLift

It's just funny how Dublin residents live in a bubble thinking their city is above and beyond everything else in Ireland. Compared with neighbouring British cities and European cities, Dublin is nothing. It is a town and a bad one.


Is Dublin the best city in Ireland? Possibly, but that's not saying much and that's the thing. It is akin to being the best looking person in a group of ugly people that is set aside, on an island, away from all the good looking people.


We're an island and a small nation of people, but we could do so much better than what our current capital is.

biko

The problem with Dublin is that it's full of Dubs.

miroslavklose

Dublin is grand. I live in the north inner city and I don't feel unsafe at all. Junkies are generally harmless, and I rarely see the sort of aggressive begging I experience in European cities, which isn't to say it doesn't happen.

Go Tobban

I find it amusing how so many people give Dublin and it's people such sh1t

Have you walked around any urban area in Ireland? Most of them are the same as Dublin. Loads of tracksuit wearing scumbags who are no different to the Dublin folk they love to irrationally hate

Walk around Tralee, Waterford, Arklow, Port Laoise, Limerick city, Cork city, Dundalk

They are not, in any way better than Dublin, aesthetically or the inhabitants that live there

At least in Dublin there is always something on, something to do 7 Days a week. As someone who has lived all over the country, Dublin is by far my favourite place to live all things considered. Is it perfect? Is it fuck. Is it a sh1thole? In parts yes. But the way people put it down are more than likely living in bigger sh1tholes themselves

corner of hells

JustAThought wrote: »

Bray? Dun Laoghaire? Tallaght? Deansgrange? the Clons - Clonshaughlin, Clondalkin, Clonee, Palmerstown, Crumlin - a lot of this city is a total kip. You wouldnt park uour car for a cappucchino anywhere there. Drive on Jeeves. dublin is a dump.

Where's Clonshaughlin ?

Wompa1

It's gotten better, I think.

Haven't heard the old announcement on the bus warning that if you put your bags in the cargo hold, it's your own risk in a few years.

Had a pretty bad experience a few years ago but it's gotten better for sure

namloc1980

Yeah I think Dublin is a bit of a kip alright. Like any city there are some nice areas but the main city centre is a complete hole. Crawling with junkies and scumbags, dilapidated buildings and just a general air of decay. There's an unpleasant and menacing atmosphere in Dublin that I've never experienced in other cities.

keithclancy

Go Tobban wrote: »

I find it amusing how so many people give Dublin and it's people such sh1t

Have you walked around any urban area in Ireland? Most of them are the same as Dublin. Loads of tracksuit wearing scumbags who are no different to the Dublin folk they love to irrationally hate

Walk around Tralee, Waterford, Arklow, Port Laoise, Limerick city, Cork city, Dundalk

They are not, in any way better than Dublin, aesthetically or the inhabitants that live there

At least in Dublin there is always something on, something to do 7 Days a week. As someone who has lived all over the country, Dublin is by far my favourite place to live all things considered. Is it perfect? Is it fuck. Is it a sh1thole? In parts yes. But the way people put it down are more than likely living in bigger sh1tholes themselves

No more than everyone outside of Amsterdam thinks Amsterdammers are up their own hole (they are)

As Capital Cities go though, getting to the Airport and the only public transport is a smelly bus or a racist taxi driver that won't take you to swords because your fare is too short is annoying.

The easiest option is to rent a car directly from the airport and go elsewhere.

Ah here's the aul "we're not as bad as other places" spiel that is brought out time and time again, as if that makes it better.

whisky_galore

O'Connell St has improved in recent years but needs to get totally rid itself of its tacky appearance.

One thing that always strikes me about Dublin is the smell of parts of it, I've never been in another Irish city or large town that stinks as bad.

Mesrine65

andrew wrote: »

In fairness a portion of Sheriff street keeps on going on fire for no apparent reason these days, it's not the best area in the world

Agreed, it's not the best area in the world, but...

"Horrible dive of a place full of deeply unpleasant people.", is a plain bigoted statement.

People are people regardless of their place on the social ladder.

I work in an environment where the elite of society congregate & I can assure you from experience, breeding, to borrow their expression, is no guarantee of a mannerly, respectful disposition.

There are good & bad in all social classes, to tar everyone with the same brush is unjust.