Best/Worst places to live in Dublin City and County

Sgt Hartman · 24-07-2016 12:13PM #1

What do you believe to be the best and worst places to live in County Dublin as a whole? For me my favourite places would be in North County Dublin along the coast. If I won the Lotto or the Euromillions one of the first things I'd do is buy a nice house in Howth.
Places I would avoid like the plague however would be Finglas, Ballymun or anywhere in West Dublin. Also Swords because there's way too many people from work living out there.

I'm hoping to buy a place soon in the next couple of years so I'd love to read people's opinions on this

Sir Osis of Liver. · 24-07-2016 12:15PM

Tipperary.

learn_more · 24-07-2016 12:21PM

I prefer Dalkey, I think it's a bit more upmarket than Howth and on the plus side it's nowhere near the north side.

Duff · 24-07-2016 12:21PM

Having lived both North-side (Santry) and South-side (Cherrywood) I'd pick the North-side every day of the week.

corner of hells · 24-07-2016 12:22PM

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

What do you believe to be the best and worst places to live in County Dublin as a whole? For me my favourite places would be in North County Dublin along the coast. If I won the Lotto or the Euromillions one of the first things I'd do is buy a nice house in Howth.
Places I would avoid like the plague however would be Finglas, Ballymun or anywhere in West Dublin. Also Swords because there's way too many people from work living out there.

I'm hoping to buy a place soon in the next couple of years so I'd love to read people's opinions on this

Hows the view from your ivory tower this morning ?

Birneybau · 24-07-2016 12:48PM

Dublin forum

Birneybau · 24-07-2016 12:50PM

Duff wrote: »

Having lived both North-side (Santry) and South-side (Cherrywood) I'd pick the North-side every day of the week.

2 places hardly indicative of either North of South side. Miles from anywhere.

Duff · 24-07-2016 01:04PM

Birneybau wrote: »

2 places hardly indicative of either North of South side. Miles from anywhere.

Whoops, thought the OP said "County Dublin as a whole".

24-07-2016 01:15PM

Northside vs Southside doesn't really mean anything anymore. Northside, the supposed skanger side has Castleknock, Portmarnock and Clontarf whereas Southside has such 'posh' places like Ballyfermot, Tallaght and Crumlin.

The real divide, if there is one, is West and East I think.

sryanbruen · 24-07-2016 01:17PM

Best: Donaghmede (where I am.... it is a lovely area)
Worst: Rathmines (God... the roads are so small, even smaller than Fairview's)

MilesMorales1 · 24-07-2016 01:26PM

Malahide

smurgen · 24-07-2016 01:33PM

Clontarf.hated the idea of moving to dublin as a cork man but made a home away from home in clontarf.dollymount strand is the business ,never have to go into the city centre and easy access to the airport and m50. Wouldn't live anywhere else in dublin

Arcade_Tryer · 24-07-2016 02:16PM

Best: The Liberties

Worst: North Circular Road, becoming worse the closer you get to Connolly.

Arcade_Tryer · 24-07-2016 02:43PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Northside vs Southside doesn't really mean anything anymore. Northside, the supposed skanger side has Castleknock, Portmarnock and Clontarf whereas Southside has such 'posh' places like Ballyfermot, Tallaght and Crumlin.

The real divide, if there is one, is West and East I think.

The real divide isn't geographical, it's simply rich and poor, relatively speaking. Always was, always will be.

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2016 02:53PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Northside vs Southside doesn't really mean anything anymore. Northside, the supposed skanger side has Castleknock, Portmarnock and Clontarf whereas Southside has such 'posh' places like Ballyfermot, Tallaght and Crumlin.

It never did really. It was more a slagging thing like the Dubs and culchies until some people decided it was an actual thing.
The place you mention have been there for decades at this stage.
A more realistic wealth divide is East and West but I could pluck holes in that one too.

Rothmans · 24-07-2016 02:55PM

Drumcondra, phibsboro, ranelagh , rathmines, Rialto , portobello (most of the south inner city tbh) donnybrook, blackrock, clonskeagh, dundrum, goatstown would all appeal to me. Areas I would find unappealing would be West Dublin in general, ballymun, ballyfermot, finglas.

Rothmans · 24-07-2016 02:58PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

It never did really. It was more a slagging thing like the Dubs and culchies until some people decided it was an actual thing.
The place you mention have been there for decades at this stage.
A more realistic wealth divide is East and West but I could pluck holes in that one too.

That's true. But I was always of the opinion that south county Dublin (anywhere in south Dublin without a post code, basically) was regarded as the posh area, rather than all parts of Dublin south if the Liffey.

Pawwed Rig · 24-07-2016 03:08PM

Rothmans wrote: »

That's true. But I was always of the opinion that south county Dublin (anywhere in south Dublin without a post code, basically) was regarded as the posh area, rather than all parts of Dublin south if the Liffey.

Maybe but Donnybrook, Rathfarnham, Terenure etc would be considered nice and have postcodes. Equally Howth on the Northside wouldn't have a postcode but is considered nice.

Rothmans · 24-07-2016 03:18PM

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Maybe but Donnybrook, Rathfarnham, Terenure etc would be considered nice and have postcodes. Equally Howth on the Northside wouldn't have a postcode but is considered nice.

Oh yes I agree. There are of course very nice area in the south city and north county. But the point I was trying to make is that south county Dublin, as a whole would probably be regarded as a very well to do/posh area. Of course there are holes in this theory too, given that there are some areas like sallynoggin etc which don't necessarily live up to this stereotype. D4 of course is another example of an area typically regarded as being very posh.

Richard Hillman · 24-07-2016 03:30PM

Worst: Dolphins Barn
Best: Howth or Dalkey. Both are very secluded and have nice but busy villages. Good transport too.

Tipperary Fairy · 24-07-2016 03:32PM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Tipperary.

It's a long way, ya know

Outlaw Pete · 24-07-2016 03:34PM

I'm a northsider (/eastsider) living on the southside (/westside).

I have identity issues.

bad_doctor · 24-07-2016 04:09PM

if i could live anywhere in dublin , id probably live in sandymount but there are plenty of nice places

malahide
blackrock

a modest area i like is stoneybatter

Badly Drunk Boy · 24-07-2016 04:18PM

Not another Dubs V Jackeens thread!! :pac:

PowerToWait · 24-07-2016 04:18PM

bad_doctor wrote: »

if i could live anywhere in dublin , id probably live in sandymount but there are plenty of nice places

malahide
blackrock

a modest area i like is stoneybatter

Can hardly call it modest these days of gentrification. It's got a lot going for it. Proximity to town, the park, Luas coming, Grangegorman campus, massively beardy demographic.

Ficheall · 24-07-2016 04:23PM

Galway is nicer.

Rothmans · 24-07-2016 04:27PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Galway is nicer.

That's great. But this thread is about Dublin.

bad_doctor · 24-07-2016 04:37PM

PowerToWait wrote: »

Can hardly call it modest these days of gentrification. It's got a lot going for it. Proximity to town, the park, Luas coming, Grangegorman campus, massively beardy demographic.

well its still cheaper to buy a house in stoneybatter than it is in the likes of beaumont which is a complete snorefest and with no proper transport links to town , modest is not an insult in my book

Samaris · 24-07-2016 04:37PM

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bad_doctor · 24-07-2016 04:37PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Galway is nicer.

most over rated city in ireland by a mile and with by far the worst climate of any city

24-07-2016 04:43PM

As another poster said, it's really more of an East-West divide, much like global geopolitics.

The line doesn't come right down the middle though, it's sloped to give a broad southside advantage, to illustrate:

https://s32.postimg.org/b1yxjjw9h/tadhgpaint.png

Best/Worst places to live in Dublin City and County

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