First Up wrote: » Sarcasm not one of your strong points then. Lots of lovely spots around Waterford and lots of effort going into them. Ardmore, Dungarvan, Passage East, Dunmore East and amenities like golf at Faithlegg or Waterford Castle, Mount Congreve, the Greenway, the GIY centre (and the Harvest Festival). I've familiar with all of them. But the city has little or no appeal and there's not much evidence of anyone trying very hard to improve it.
Wailin wrote: » The place is like a morgue mon-fri, only livens up a bit Saturday night....late. Peoples attitude there stinks. No one bothers there hole supporting local business especially bars. Im from the city but living in dublin the last 10 years. Come down regular with the missus and the change in the place is pathetic to be honest. Friday night i brought the missus to itty bittys, a lovely pub and guess what? We were the only people there, at 8:30 on a friday night for gods sake. How do these places survive? Same with any friday night we go out....dead as fcuk. Dublin is heaving 7 nights a week as is kilkenny, cork etc. Its the old begrudging Waterford attitide that has the place on its knees. Sad to see, I love my hometown. But to be honest, i also love leaving it sometimes.
Wailin wrote: » Davy macs is one of our favourite pubs in waterford but even there is very quiet on a friday night. It picks up from around 10 on. To encourage business there and the bodega had a deal where you get a meal for 2 with a bottle of wine for 80 plus a €10 voucher for davy macs. Great deal but sad that this is what they need to do to get people in friday nights. We were in davy macs and everyone coming in had vouchers but fecked off then after their free drink.
alta stare wrote: When someone is being incoherent it is hard to distinguish between sarcasm and idiocy.
alta stare wrote: So in the space of a few posts you went from giving out about Waterford to praising it.
alta stare wrote: Greenway starts in the city, Apple market was improved, NQ redevelopment, Viking Triangle, Museums.
IspeakcozIcan wrote: » :rolleyes::rolleyes: The Greenway had over 250,000 visitors in its first year. I won't list all the awards it's won. It actually starts from the City too.
First Up wrote: » At least I can spell correctly. Its possible to do both (its called objective criticism). The Greenway starts in the city - and leaves immediately. Glad to know there are other improvements and I look forward to enjoying them.
alta stare wrote: See now you are beginning to understand. Good luck in your junior cert.
McGaggs wrote: » The Mayo Greenway gets the same annual numbers, and it's the only one I ever hear about.
Harry Palmr wrote: Never heard of the Mayo greenway to be honest, our Greenway has been the only source of positive ongoing coverage for the last two years but it had little to do with the City as pointed out in previous discussion.
Wanderer78 wrote: » Tis up and running since before ours, ours was largely based on it, was regularly mentioned at public meetings before ours opened, sounds like they done a good job up there
my3cents wrote: Only because of some of the objections that held the Waterford Greenway up for years.
Wanderer78 wrote: » It's important to have a democratic input into the construction of public amenities, including objection processes, delays are inevitable, shur it's up and running now
my3cents wrote: You've no idea of what went on have you?
ArtVandelay76 wrote: » A lot of people don't know of itty bittys existence so that might have something to do with it being empty unfortunately.
Deiseen wrote: » Never even heard of it meself!
kilkenny31 wrote: » I often wonder why county Waterford doesn't get more tourists. The drive from tramore to dungarvan is really nice. Its just missing one or two nice hotels in the area and cafes and restaurants in towns along the way. As regards the city I think its just not a particularly nice city. Its a bit rough around the edges and doesn't have a whole lot to offer when it comes to pubs (except maybe geoffs). I think tourists will be naturally drawn towards kilkenny, Galway etc. They are just nicer cities. A lot of work has been done to Waterford but it still looks run down on a lot of the approach roads (the Manor, park road, Sally Park, bilberry,, Bridge Street etc.....) I think it's easy to blame neglect on the part of government but I think something like the appearence of buildings etc can't be blamed on that. I think there's an element of pessimism in a good chunk of the population and not enough civic pride. I think this is evident when it comes to Ardkeen Newtown Dunmore Road area. The "middle class" (hate that term") people of Waterford have created there own nice mini town (ardkeen and Dunmore Road) with nice shops bars and restaurants. I know relatively wealthy people who live in that area who never socialise in the city because its rough(their words). I don't think you see this in other cities in Ireland. In kilkenny or Galway for example Middle aged middle class people socialise in the cities because there are endless nice bars and restaurants.. I think its easy portray Waterford as poor but there's a lot of wealth in the city.
Mervyn Skidmore wrote: » I went to Waterford for a weekend last year. I enjoyed it but to be honest I thought it was a bit run down and rough around the edges. Found a few nice pubs and thought the people were nice. Definitely a lot of potential there but needs serious investment. I'm from Sligo and its a bit similar on a smaller scale. I'm living in Galway and they just seem to have the whole small city thing worked out. The likes of Waterford and Sligo should take a leaf out of Galway's book.
Deiseen wrote: » I'm from Waterford and I don't know a single person who avoids town because its rough... There is a lot of wealth in the city but not enough to have it looking well like Galway or Cork. Kilkenny is basically two roads so is very easy to maintain. Waterford has multiple busy streets with lots of cars at all times of the day which add to the maintenance cost due to emissions from cars. It's not an excuse but its a reason.
