So dublin mightn't be that bad after all

amazingemmet

So i was just in the iveagh gardens juggling as i do when the weather permits and i was enduring the usual slagging/pisstaking/scumbags trying to be funny the usual s***e i endure most times i'm there, and then out of the blue a group of three girls comes up to me and give me a rose. I thought it was really nice and can now see why women like flowers. anyone any other stories that make dublin seem less crap

qz

Altogether now, one, two, three..........aaaaawwwwwwww.

Tar.Aldarion

that was nice!
sitting round in st stephens green with your friends makes dublin seem less crap

amazingemmet

i don't know about the green now too many scumbags to deal with iveagh gardens is where its at (and its also closer to my place)

Tar.Aldarion

ok then urban outfitters makes dublin seem less crap because they gave us free beer all day!

amazingemmet

mmm free beer medicine of the masses

Tar.Aldarion

i don't know what they were playing at but fair play..just walked in as usual and bam people giving you beer and there were bands lol!

amazingemmet

probably trying to make amends for being overpriced(if its the place i think it is). but can't argue with free

Flukey

There are many good things about Dublin. We are all too quick to run it down, but there are many special things about it and nice places in it. Many Dubliners haven't even been in many of them or would even know about them. There are lots of hidden treasures in Dublin, like the Iveagh Gardens. Here are some photos of Dublin that I have taken:


http://homepage.eircom.net/~flukey/DublinCity.htm

Tar.Aldarion

amazingemmet wrote:

probably trying to make amends for being overpriced(if its the place i think it is). but can't argue with free

ya it's expensive damn mr T key chain thing 17 euro damn!

amazingemmet

Its not the actual place i dislike and as you pointed out it has got some hidden gems more then people know. its just something to do with the atmosphere i don't like.

*Angel*

Bar the scumbags and knackers Dublin is a great place.

amazingemmet

*Angel* wrote:

Bar the scumbags and knackers Dublin is a great place.

and the overpricedness

Tar.Aldarion

ya but what angel said is a far! worse problem

*Angel*

True enough, the list could go on, but let the good things out weigh the bad.


I'm feeling optimistic today, I apologise.

amazingemmet

I think i should go with the optimism as well

kstanl

There are scumbags in most cities. The real problem with Dublin is that all it's inhabitants do all day is moan about how s**t the city is.

Piste

One day I was passing one of those parking ticket machine things in town, so like I do every time I pass one, I put my fingers in the slot to see if there was any loose change in there. There must have been somethnig wrong with it because I got €6.50 in €1, €2 and 50 cent coins. \o/

kstanl

kstanl wrote:

There are scumbags in most cities. The real problem with Dublin is that all it's inhabitants do all day is moan about how s**t the city is.

Part of being Irish is the moaning.

"Ah it's too cold, I wish the sun would come out"
"Ah it's too warm, I wish the sun would go away for a bit"

amazingemmet

true^^^

rugbug86

the docklands festival is pretty cool

Sparky

there are really some nice places in Dublin, its just that it takes a few scumbags to wreak the place on us all

4Xcut

there's nothing better than the green in the summer. none of your carribien(sp?) or mediterainian bollocks just give dunlin over any of it

nadir

I'm still in two minds about Dublin, I like some things about it. Overall, I'm liking it i reckon, been living here for 6 months now.
I like all the hot chinese chicks, for example, they tend to have less flab than their Irish counterparts XD.

amazingemmet

nadir wrote:

I like all the hot chinese chicks, for example, they tend to have less flab than their Irish counterparts XD.

Me too some of them are fine, same can be said about alot of the eastern european women man some of them are so hot. now if only i knew how to approach them

Tar.Aldarion

dublin is confusing,i keep hating and loving it hmm?


edit:lol that was posted by my dog,he jumped up and clicked the mouse

steveland?

rugbug86 wrote:

the docklands festival is pretty cool

Had a wander down there this afternoon... pretty cool stuff around alright...

I wanted to get some of those trippy clothes but I couldn't be bothered...

I was actually thinking while walking down there in the heat and sunshine with loads of people gathering round having a gander that this city wasn't so bad... then I saw this thread and realised others are beginning to feel the same way...

Must be the weather... or maybe I should cut out the drugs... or do more...

amazingemmet

lol at dog lucky he didn't eat it^^
I figure get all the scum out and put a roof over dublin for 8 months of the year and it would be a great city

Tar.Aldarion

there should be harsher laws for scumbag behaviour^^
and if he had eaten that mouse oh the anger,he woulda been banned from AH for like a week

amazingemmet

only a week?

Flukey

I was in the best place to be in, on a Sunday afternoon in Dublin: Croke Park. Myself and officially 82,071 other people were there. The Dubs won too. Any Summer Sunday, that is where you will find me, whether Dublin are playing or not!

Kingsize

Flukey - I had my first big croker experience yesterday ( not counting u2 concert in 1987)it wont be my last,I was never really into the Gaa but meself & a mate went along yesterday for the laugh,atmosphere was great & weather was too plus Dublin won !

Lex_Diamonds

The amount of junkies is unreal though.

Where the hell are these "Iveagh Gardens" I keep hearing so much about?

Draupnir

Past Stephens Green near the Concert Hall.

I dunno how people dont like Dublin, as a born and bred Dub, I love the place. Best atmosphere in the world in my opinion, although its kinda not as good as it was when I was younger. I love it here though. Love it.

Sleepy

Draupnir, it's probably down to the fact that the atmosphere is pretty far from the being in the world rankings. The atmospheres of condescension and intimidation are ever-present here.

That said, on a sunny day you can't see most of the dirt, there's talent everywhere wearing very little and becaue we get so few really good days even the knackers are in good form.

It's far from the worst spot in the world but it'll still never rival any of the truly great cities.

Draupnir

We are probably just very different people, I never feel intimidated in Dublin and Ive been to a few of the worlds "greatest cities" where I found people to be far more condescending, New York for example.

I find the atmosphere in Dublin to be relaxed and enjoyable, I think a lot of people, especially judging from the amount of threads about it around boards, are fairly snobbish, any kid in a tracksuit is a scumbag kinda mentality. So instead of enjoying the atmosphere, lots of people seem to worry about being robbed etc.

I reckon its just the type of person you are. I really enjoy Dublin Bus travel for example, watching the people at College Green waiting for the lights to change and that kind of thing, listening to the kids down the back talking and stuff, its not all faceless and impersonal like in New York, and thats what I like about it.

Piste

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

Where the hell are these "Iveagh Gardens" I keep hearing so much about?

They're Just off Harcourt street aat the end of Clonmel street. (I dunno if it's clonmel street, ubt it begins with a C anyway)

Sleepy

Draupnir wrote:

We are probably just very different people, I never feel intimidated in Dublin and Ive been to a few of the worlds "greatest cities" where I found people to be far more condescending, New York for example.

Never been to New York so I can't comment but I'd much prefer cities like Galway or Edinburgh where there's a totally relaxed, live and let live attitude to life...

I find the atmosphere in Dublin to be relaxed and enjoyable, I think a lot of people, especially judging from the amount of threads about it around boards, are fairly snobbish, any kid in a tracksuit is a scumbag kinda mentality. So instead of enjoying the atmosphere, lots of people seem to worry about being robbed etc

I reckon its just the type of person you are. I really enjoy Dublin Bus travel for example, watching the people at College Green waiting for the lights to change and that kind of thing, listening to the kids down the back talking and stuff, its not all faceless and impersonal like in New York, and thats what I like about it.

If it's snobbish to hate the little brats on the bus that force their inane sh:te-talk on everyone on the bus then I'm a snob. The rich-kids seem to be the loudest whilst the scumbag kids are the most likely to start annoying you personally. If you enjoy that, we're certainly very different people. I'd just consider that extremely rude and a sign that the kid was dragged up by parents who just didn't give a fvck or parents who think that the best way to raise a child is to throw money at them.

ergo

amazingemmet wrote:

anyone any other stories that make dublin seem less crap

funny you say that,

a good few years back on a really sunny Saturday I remember I spent the morning lying out in the Iveagh Gardens and writing some letters *sigh* to people who had gone away for the summer (actually it was '97, pre-e-mail for a lot of people)), it was so chilled out

that same afternoon I was in Trinity reading a college book in the sun ahead of the exam repeats *sighs again*and got talking to an American girl who had some flowers for some reason and gave me one, nice to get flowers out of the blue on a sunny day in Dublin, doesn't happen v often but

and Croke Park yesterday was the only place to be, what an atmosphere, what an exciting game even for a neutral who, like most neutrals wouldn't have minded Dublin losing

there's lots to love about Dublin, especially how cosmopolitan it's become

Draupnir

Sleepy wrote:

If it's snobbish to hate the little brats on the bus that force their inane sh:te-talk on everyone on the bus then I'm a snob. The rich-kids seem to be the loudest whilst the scumbag kids are the most likely to start annoying you personally. If you enjoy that, we're certainly very different people. I'd just consider that extremely rude and a sign that the kid was dragged up by parents who just didn't give a fvck or parents who think that the best way to raise a child is to throw money at them.

So ya dont like loud kids and youre jealous of people with money. Interesting. You've got a tough 50 years ahead man.

If anyone starts messing with you personally, taking the mick, giving you hassle, thats unacceptable, but its not a Dublin thing. Its a world thing really.

Sleepy

Where'd you get the idea that I'm jealous of people with money? I just don't think that throwing money at your kids because you can't be bothered spending time with them is acceptable.

And Dublin buses are certainly a lot worse than most for noise levels generated by the brats riding them.

Draupnir

Seems to me like youre jealous of the kids who have loads of expensive gear that you never had when you were a kid. Just because kids are well dressed and have good stuff, doesnt mean their parents threw money at them and didnt spend time with the either. Bit of a sweeping generalisation there.

By loud do you mean, these "brats" are laughing and joking with their friends at a noise level you dont like? Hardly seems like a heinous crime that is destroying the cities atmosphere. Could be worse, in New York, crazies get on the subway and beg a lot, and some come on and tell you a little story about how they got aids and need food.

I was in London and a load of charity workers were on the tube trying to get some of my hard earned off me for homeless people, lot worse than a few noisy kids.

Ive even been to Edinburgh, where two homeless people had sex in a bush in the Castle grounds, about 10 feet from where myself and my friends where eating a picnic.

Every city has a few horror stories, Dublin less than others.

OFDM

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

edit:lol that was posted by my dog,he jumped up and clicked the mouse

This gave me an idea for a "what body part do you post with?" thread, but I don't want to get banned.

And where are these Iveagh Gardens anyway?

Piste

Piste wrote:

They're Just off Harcourt street aat the end of Clonmel street. (I dunno if it's clonmel street, but it begins with a C anyway)

^They're there^ I'm fairly sure it's Clonmel street now.

Sleepy

Draupnir wrote:

Seems to me like youre jealous of the kids who have loads of expensive gear that you never had when you were a kid. Just because kids are well dressed and have good stuff, doesnt mean their parents threw money at them and didnt spend time with the either. Bit of a sweeping generalisation there.

By loud do you mean, these "brats" are laughing and joking with their friends at a noise level you dont like? Hardly seems like a heinous crime that is destroying the cities atmosphere. Could be worse, in New York, crazies get on the subway and beg a lot, and some come on and tell you a little story about how they got aids and need food.

I was in London and a load of charity workers were on the tube trying to get some of my hard earned off me for homeless people, lot worse than a few noisy kids.

Ive even been to Edinburgh, where two homeless people had sex in a bush in the Castle grounds, about 10 feet from where myself and my friends where eating a picnic.

Every city has a few horror stories, Dublin less than others.

Maybe Dublin is better than most other cities and I was just lucky enough to grow up in some sort of paradise because Galway doesn't suffer from the same lack of manners and respect for others as Dublin does... Sure you get some hassle and noisy brats etc. but it's not the norm the way it is up here.

Don't get me wrong, I've grown to quite like Dublin. I just think it'd be a nicer place if there was a mass culling of scumbags and twats.

Draupnir

Ive been to Galway and liked it a lot. That was until people started throwing pints glasses at each other and kicking the crap out of each other at about 2 in the morning while queueing for taxis. That felt very intimidating I have to say.

But I must say, Im a Galway fan too. Like Dublin better though, it has that cosmopolitan feel to it whereas Galway has the small town, everyone is related feel still going which is nice..

griffdaddy

a study documenting the most expensive cities in the world was published recently and Dublin is 13th in the world. It's in todays 'Evening Herald' I find the Herald's pro-consumeristic rants a bit hard to swallow, seeing as it's the most expensive toilet paper in the world

Sleepy

Draupnir wrote:

Ive been to Galway and liked it a lot. That was until people started throwing pints glasses at each other and kicking the crap out of each other at about 2 in the morning while queueing for taxis. That felt very intimidating I have to say.

But I must say, Im a Galway fan too. Like Dublin better though, it has that cosmopolitan feel to it whereas Galway has the small town, everyone is related feel still going which is nice..

I suspect there's a case of both of us wearing rose-tinted glasses where our own home cities are concerned here!

I think for me, I like the bohemian feeling of cities like Galway, Edinburgh and some parts of Paris. As for the brats on the buses, it could largely be down to the fact Dublin is that much bigger so walking or cycling aren't as viable an option to kids as they are in Galway.

MorningStar

Sleepy wrote:

I suspect there's a case of both of us wearing rose-tinted glasses where our own home cities are concerned here!

I think for me, I like the bohemian feeling of cities like Galway, Edinburgh and some parts of Paris. As for the brats on the buses, it could largely be down to the fact Dublin is that much bigger so walking or cycling aren't as viable an option to kids as they are in Galway.

How long have you ever spent in other cities? It sounds like you dislike people not cities. Edinburgh is pretty small and Galway is smaller as far as I know. It's easy to be bohemian in a small place and easier again when there isn't a lot of money about. I grew up in Dublin and I have watched the bohemian style of Dublin dwindle. What I do dislike about Dublin is all the people from the country who come up and bitch about the place. As the capital we have the largest population and all the connected problems. To bitch about Dublin's problems as purely it's own is plain ignorance.
If you want bohemian Galway live there. If you are here for your job well then Galway is a crap hole that can't sustain you so what good is that. I'd rather have dublin people able to afford to live here then have a pile of people who hate the place living here pushing house prices up. Maybe the reason you live in a non-bohemian Dublin is because you are up here earning money. Anybody I know and would call bohemian doesn't tend to judge people on apperances as you have.

I my daily Dublin life I say hello on average to 20 people I only know to see just from walking my dogs. Dublin life is not all in the city and many people who live in Dublin don't realise what the suburbs are and what the life of people is like there.

Draupnir

I miss saying Hello to people who you dont really know walking down the street, there is less of that in Dublin these days. Still try to get about 5 in a day though.

MorningStar

Draupnir wrote:

I miss saying Hello to people who you dont really know walking down the street, there is less of that in Dublin these days. Still try to get about 5 in a day though.

I know what you mean but the population of the city has jumped up a lot and the city is not that easy to know people just by sight.

I must admit Edinburgh reminded me a lot of what Dublin was like 20 years ago.