Sure-Fire Signs That an area is Rough

Brendan Bendar · 04-05-2017 08:04PM

Hanwellian wrote: »

Yes, Man Utd/Liverpool/Celtic, never League of Ireland teams. And these that wear British club shirts are those that are anti-British in other areas of life.[/QUOTE]

:eek:

Jaysus!!

jca · 04-05-2017 08:10PM

Stephen15 wrote: »

Houses with loads of outside christmas lights

In June:pac:

steddyeddy · 04-05-2017 09:01PM

BalcombeSt4 wrote: »

Yeah Bray checks all those boxes.

Lots of burnt out cars & fire ruins in fields that used to be used for kids football matches also.

I'm anything but a snob but I can't stand Bray.

Stephen15 · 04-05-2017 09:02PM

Also an ice cream van that sells everthing and comes around in the winter.

bazza1 · 04-05-2017 09:04PM

Joan Burton in a car....surrounded by "fans"

retalivity · 04-05-2017 09:35PM

Pallets randomly lying on the pavement.
Rough road surfaces
A clearance bar to stop oversized vehicles getting in/out of a place

Wibbs · 04-05-2017 09:44PM

Very few trees lining the streets. For some reason trees are to be uprooted or burnt or whatever in many such areas. I knew a lad who lived in an place that was roughly(no pun) divided into a nice folks area and not so nice folks area, or at least the percentages gravitated according to locale*. The houses and streets were identical when they were built at the same time, but the "rough area" had very few street trees. Trees which had been planted in both areas when new. After a few decades one area was a "leafy suburb" the other was not. It fascinated me at the time.

*not saying the "rough area" had no nice people. Not at all. The majority were, but there was a minority that got large enough to impact everyone in the wider context. It doesn't take that many to turn a nice place into a shithole for everybody. You could transplant those people/families into the "nice" area and cook for ten years and you'd see the changes.

Dyr · 04-05-2017 10:19PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Very few trees lining the streets. For some reason trees are to be uprooted or burnt or whatever in many such areas. I knew a lad who lived in an place that was roughly(no pun) divided into a nice folks area and not so nice folks area, or at least the percentages gravitated according to locale*. The houses and streets were identical when they were built at the same time, but the "rough area" had very few street trees. Trees which had been planted in both areas when new. After a few decades one area was a "leafy suburb" the other was not. It fascinated me at the time.

theres actually a reason for this but its not what you'd think. The Council control "rough" ares and will answer to no one when it comes to pulling down trees for whatever changes they want to make. Whereas in more mature areas they just can't get away with it.

There was a study done on it
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/street-trees-proliferate-in-wealthy-areas-reveals-city-research-1.2552994

I know in my area the council paid some pratt of a german artist to do something artistic so he decided that as there were very few trees in the neighborhood that people should be "given" the opportunity to sponsor a tree based on the logic if they paid for it that they'd look after it. The level of neo liberal delusion is staggering. And when they actually went ahead with it they planted the mangiest saplings you'd find

of course it never occurred to this clown that the council who were funding the project were the same guys who ripped up the neighborhoods tree's in the first place.

Victor · 04-05-2017 10:45PM

Bambi wrote: »

theres actually a reason for this but its not what you'd think. The Council control "rough" ares and will answer to no one when it comes to pulling down trees for whatever changes they want to make.

Why would the council remove trees?

conorhal · 05-05-2017 09:23AM

Victor wrote: »

Why would the council remove trees?

Maintainance costs, they have to be trimmed to avoid overhang or interfering with overhead power and phone lines, then of course they clog the gutters every Autumn which then need to be cleared.
Councils generally can't be arsed with that because that's money which could be better spent on junkets to conferences on roundabouts in San Francisco or visiting whatever US town they've twinned themselves with...

Pinch Flat · 05-05-2017 09:27AM

Overly decorative guttering, porches with faux Georgian pillars and that tacky beading on the windows usually mean stay away.

Wibbs · 05-05-2017 09:53AM

Bambi wrote: »

theres actually a reason for this but its not what you'd think. The Council control "rough" ares and will answer to no one when it comes to pulling down trees for whatever changes they want to make. Whereas in more mature areas they just can't get away with it.

True B, though in the particular place I mentioned both were council areas(well it was one area originally but slowly separated into "bad/good"). At least initially. Over time I suppose more people bought their house in the "nice" area. I further suppose that if you own your gaff you're more involved and invested in the surroundings, more likely to take care of the surroundings and more likely to press the council to replant fallen trees for example.

Sgt Hartman · 05-05-2017 10:15AM

I'm from a working class area which was a fantastic place to grow up back in the 80's and 90's. It's gone to the dogs in recent years though. This is what I see now if I'm in the area, or similar areas.

.Big dogs such as alsations or rottweilers roaming the roads, often rummaging through a torn black bag full of rubbish.

.Large boulders lining the edges of green areas to prevent joyriders from driving onto the green to burn the vehicles out.

.Some tracksuit wearing drug addled zombie with barely two teeth in his head and using a crutch to get around irritating passers by with lines such as "d'ya have a euro on yuh boss?" or "d'ya have a fag boss?"

.Females of all ages wandering around in badly fitting tracksuits or filthy pyjamas. Many are quite obese mainly due to poor diet and lack of education.

Richard Hillman · 05-05-2017 10:55PM

People whistling loudly
Park entrances with bike blockades
Kids walking around with stereo systems
Greens and Parks that don't have a sign to say "No Golfing"

Jack the Stripper · 05-05-2017 10:57PM

Bottle banks in visible locations in a town.

Cortina_MK_IV · 05-05-2017 11:03PM

White porcelain reclining lady statue in every window.

Jack the Stripper · 05-05-2017 11:05PM

A Lidl and Aldi within 100 metres of each other.

jca · 05-05-2017 11:38PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

People whistling loudly
Park entrances with bike blockades
Kids walking around with stereo systems
Greens and Parks that don't have a sign to say "No Golfing"

Stereo systems? Ah here, have you been locked up since 1990?

Jack the Stripper · 05-05-2017 11:48PM

10 or more community workers cutting grass.

PowerToWait · 06-05-2017 12:09AM

Walter H Price wrote: »

Yes , WTF is that i see it all over the place on the bus in and out of work through Cabra just struggle with spelling to be honest, hasn't overly held me back career wise either.

You're taking the bus to work, you're not doing that great. As we're being judgmental **** you understand.

Jack the Stripper · 06-05-2017 12:10AM

Pedestrian crossing in a straight through small town.

Sosurface · 06-05-2017 12:13AM

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

A Lidl and Aldi within 100 metres of each other.

Ardkeen. Waterfords self proclaimed answer to D4 has this. I almost feel sorry for them filling up their Ardkeen Stores carrier bags with cheap German products as there's not even an M&S here for them to pretend they were in.

Jack the Stripper · 06-05-2017 12:17AM

Seat alhambras parked badly outside local shop with young lads pissing out the back windows.

Glenster · 06-05-2017 12:22AM

Deedsie wrote: »

Alright Thatcher, what's wrong with taking the bus to work? Better than sitting in a line of traffic with the other geniuses.

The bus is the more sensible option most of the time.

Its grand if youre going from stillorgan to the IFSC.

But youre in Cabra mate.

Gotta side with Maggie on this one.

Ash.J.Williams · 06-05-2017 12:25AM

If Your estate is named after a priest Bishop or Canon

Sosurface · 06-05-2017 12:25AM

Tracksuit clad women with multiple children of varying ethnicity in tow outside the post office/shop/chipper.

Jack the Stripper · 06-05-2017 12:25AM

Foreign reg cars with half flat wheels.

Jack the Stripper · 06-05-2017 12:27AM

Estates full of Dacia Dusters.

suicide_circus · 06-05-2017 12:31AM

People spitting all over the place.

Jack the Stripper · 06-05-2017 12:33AM

Local lotto written on a pallet with jackpot of €34.

Sure-Fire Signs That an area is Rough

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