Why is Dublin such a shιtty city?

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776004#Comment_119776004

Is it just Dublin or do you find Limerick and Cork awful as well?

I was in Cork city for the first time recently and it seemed pleasant enough, lots of dereliction though and addicts around too, though not on the scale of Dublin as it's smaller obviously.

Whatever problems Dublin may have seem to be in all of our urban areas to a certain extent in Ireland.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776425#Comment_119776425

There's a few core posters on this thread (and every other one about Dublin) that are obsessed with the capital and take any opportunity to knock it and the citizens. They're ruthless and will use any problems the city suffers to get sly and nasty digs in. It's comparable to slagging off rural people about suicide or familicide, all bets are off, but in these cases it's perfectly acceptable to laugh and point the finger at the devastation families suffer through drugs.

They go really quiet when it's suggested that Dublin retains some of the 10 billion Euro a year that flows out of the city to support and subsidise rural Ireland to address some of the issues they so despise!

PokeHerKing

This thread if it was a Simpson episode.

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776186#Comment_119776186

What's next?

A review of the way Dubliners part their hair ?

Least favourite bridge over the Liffey?

Ardillaun

Obviously, much can be said in praise of Dublin but the drug dealing and delinquency in the O’Connell St. area at the moment should be intolerable to anyone who is supposed to be in charge. It’s a national embarrassment.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119778328#Comment_119778328

No, this thread clearly proves that it adds character.

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776186#Comment_119776186

So someone trawled through Tripadvisor and found bad reviews. So what? Did you check the rest of the review perchance?

saabsaab

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119778315#Comment_119778315

Why not! Nothing is off limits.

Citizen Six

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119778315#Comment_119778315

Has to be the Tom Clarke bridge for me. Ugly, utilitarian, not people friendly.

Ardillaun

At some level of government, Dublin needs a guy like Giuliani was to take hold of these problems and say it’s not simply acceptable to abandon our city’s central thoroughfare.

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119779378#Comment_119779378

I didn't think it possible to find anyone who disliked a bridge , a fcukin' bridge?

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119779640#Comment_119779640

By making ferrets illegal and marrying his cousin? Or by turning a blind eye to police brutality and corruption?

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119779767#Comment_119779767

Remember the auld town centre?

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119779796#Comment_119779796

Can I ever forget it?

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119779807#Comment_119779807

What a horrible place.

Maybe I felt uncomfortable as I was a foreigner. From greenhills.

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119774631#Comment_119774631

Once upon a time, the Wide Streets Commission revamped Dublin on a par with best then practice on the Continent.

What did we do? Let everything fall into ruin, too tight to maintain them, stuff decaying and actually falling down buildings with tenement dwellers WELL past 1922 (good upstanding Irish men taking up where the Brits left off...sounds equally familiar today)

People fcuking died because buildings collapsed on top of them. And charge them top dollar rent for the privilege (sounds familiar?)

y0ssar1an22

you're looking in the wrong places.

go look the the wrong places wherever you are from and tell me they're not ****.

I have been to every EU capital and a handful of other European capitals. I can safely say Dublin is the biggest shιthole of them all. It's sad to say, but it is. Nicosia is a close contender, as is Chisinau. But Dublin is hands down the worst.

how much of those places have you explored?

maninasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776063#Comment_119776063

Recent returnee with foreigners in tow.

Dublin city centre and many suburbs are a crushing disappointment overall, except for the much improved Dublin bus service ,while many of the towns are splendid across the stunning countryside .

The difference is startling. I assume parts of Dublin are starved of funds.

'The food scene is great in Dublin'.

Eh...no. It's overpriced, lacking in diversity , and many places are closing down due to costs. Way too much sweet sugary **** and greasy junk food for sale all over the country, the amount of fatties must be multiplying rapidly. The amount of bad food consumed is scary.

y0ssar1an22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119781115#Comment_119781115

to the OP, but anyone in general who is reading and wants to answer.

basically, the point is every major town and city has **** places for whatever reason. singling out dublin while referencing loads of other cities in europe without providing any data is just reductive.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119781123#Comment_119781123

Who gave you that information?? Disastrous results... What were you thinking?? You're a misinformed fool with foreigners in tow. Did you try Capel st. or Wexford st. with their amazing diverse ethnic culinary delights? From Korea, Vietnam, China, Turkey, Persia.. Did you do any research before you returned to the capital?? Excellent cuisine with cracking prices. How do people like you visit the capital and settle for greasy junk food in beyond me, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Hopefully your foreign friends will escape your ignorance of local knowledge & hit tripadvisor to avoid your stupid choices of sweet sugary **** of greasy junk food that you're attracted to.

gameoverdude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119781078#Comment_119781078

Prague and Budapest were interesting. Police with rifles at some atms. Wouldn't give me a go.

corner of hells

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119781706#Comment_119781706

The last time I was in Capel Street , there was an attempt to kidnap me and I ended up in Nealons at the bar and somebody kept giving me Guinness, my wife doesn't believe the kidnap part either.

maninasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119781706#Comment_119781706

Obnoxious git, spilling hurt feelings out of you .

Asian food In Ireland is very mediocre indeed including most on Parnell st and Capel st. Where's the good Szechuan, Dintai Feng Dumplings, Hunan, Jiachang Mian ,Shanddong Baozi, 100 Stir fry, Dim Sum, Hot Pot places? Answers on a postcard please.

And if you can't tell they are overpriced largely selling bland 'sweetened for Westerners' fare you have been stuck in Ireland too long .

Chinese restaurants in particular are Godammned awful all over the country including the vast majority in Dublin which are so bad they only do takeaway and hide in the back cooking. Vietnamese food is rare as hens teeth. Loads of Thai places now but again , generally speaking, they just throw spoons of sugar into a lot of the dishes and ratchet down the spice. The biggest Thai restaurant chain is run by Indians in Ireland.

And WTF is 'asian street food'? Never seen it anywhere else lol.

Dyr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776131#Comment_119776131

Do you think the Aussies give a flying **** about what we think of their country? The urge for external validation is strong some sections of our populace

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782178#Comment_119782178

You silly silly boy! Why didn't you log on to the Dublin forum before bringing your friends on a crappy trip, you could have learned lots! For the next time Hanoi Hanoi is excellent, so is Pho Ta, both Vietnamese owned. M&L in Cathedral st. has the best Authentic Chinese food.

Try these restaurants and get back to us. (don't try and claim you've been to them already because you haven't)

You'll find Asian street food in Asia mainly.

maninasia

I have been around the city loads. I'm not denying that there could be a few pearls out there , in Dublin and outside , but they are few and between. Myself abd the family would have much higher expectations than vast majority of Westerners' so it isn't totally surprising, also Ireland doesn't have a big East Asian population so that hampers things a bit for restaurants who want to sell authentic fare. Ireland is probably at the stage of discovering a lot of new cuisines , maybe it will get better over the next few years , who knows. In general I find there is a lack of good Chinese and Vietnamese and Korean and Japanese resturants throughout the city. And then you get Asian Street Food places charging 15 or 17 Euro for bog standard noodles and you think to yourself what is going on here ?

The same as pubs charging 20 Euro for a mains I guess. The high cost of even 'asian street food' is extremely annoying.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782178#Comment_119782178

This is true. The "Chinese" food in Ireland is westernised muck.

maninasia

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Greyfox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782178#Comment_119782178

Your talking nonsense, theirs loads of places in Dublin that do great food and theirs plenty of choice. Also Chinese food in Ireland is designed for Irish tastes, for me a spice bag, curry sauce and chicken balls in my local Chinese tastes better than any genuine Chinese food.

maninasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119782450#Comment_119782450

Nonsense my arse.

Anybody familiar with real Chinese food knows now abominably bad it is here overall. If you want to eat that greasy shite you are welcome to it. 3 in 1, wot.