Dublin is Not a Kip

MrAbyss · 02-10-2019 09:25PM #1

Following on from the 'According to Leo' thread, amazed how so many people think Dublin is a kip. I worked in a hotel once and I - 100% serious - used to get complaints from tourists disappointed it was not a kip. They were actually shocked at how nice, clean and safe Dublin is. Yes really!

This 'kip' assumption came from two identifiable sources. Retarded culchies with a chip on their shoulders, and Skanger Dubs who would be human waste regardless of where they would live or reside.

Dublin may have the worst public transport system in Europe - thanks to governments not wanting to build underground rail systems - and the high rents - due to governments not building above a few floors high - but a kip it is not.

sadie1502 · 02-10-2019 09:27PM

Is. Big kip.

Salary Negotiator · 02-10-2019 09:28PM

If I’d never left Dublin I’d probably think it wasn’t a kip too.

Woke Hogan · 02-10-2019 09:29PM

“Skangers” only come from Dublin, there’s no such thing as a “skanger” anywhere else in the world. That should tell you how great Dublin is.

Hal3000 · 02-10-2019 09:29PM

MrAbyss wrote: »

Following on from the 'According to Leo' thread, amazed how so many people think Dublin is a kip. I worked in a hotel once and I - 100% serious - used to get complaints from tourists disappointed it was not a kip. They were actually shocked at how nice, clean and safe Dublin is. Yes really!

This 'kip' assumption came from two identifiable sources. Retarded culchies with a chip on their shoulders, and Skanger Dubs who would be human waste regardless of where they would live or reside.

Dublin may have the worst public transport system in Europe - thanks to governments not wanting to build underground rail systems - and the high rents - due to governments not building above a few floors high - but a kip it is not.

Then why is our area being plagued by scumbags on mopeds stealing cars and checking house doors for the past few months? I don’t care what tourists thinks. I live here and was born a bred in this town. It’s going down hill fast. This never happened before but our new revolving door justice system means these fellas couldn’t give a rats about getting caught.

MrAbyss · 02-10-2019 09:31PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

“Skangers” only come from Dublin, there’s no such thing as a “skanger” anywhere else in the world. That should tell you how great Dublin is.

There are 'skangers' EVERYWHERE. Scallies, Chavs,'Corner Boys' in rural Ireland, etc etc...

MrAbyss · 02-10-2019 09:31PM

Hal3000 wrote: »

Then why is our area being plagued by scumbags on mopeds stealing cars and checking house doors for the past few months? I don’t care what tourists thinks. I live here and was born a bred in this town. It’s going down hill fast. This never happened before but our new revolving door justice system means these fellas couldn’t give a rats about getting caught.

Because 'your area' is not every area.

Hal3000 · 02-10-2019 09:32PM

MrAbyss wrote: »

There are 'skangers' EVERYWHERE. Scallies, Chavs,'Corner Boys' in rural Ireland, etc etc...

Dublin has a very high skobie population. Even I know that and I’m from here.

Thelonious Monk · 02-10-2019 09:33PM

Hal3000 wrote: »

Dublin has a very high skobie population. Even I know that and I’m from here.

Do you say words like "skobie" out loud around other people?

EmmetSpiceland · 02-10-2019 09:33PM

The northside of the city, bar a strip up from the Ha’penny Bridge to Henry St, is a hellhole.

The area around the top of O’Connell St is probably the worst part of the city. Gets worse as the sun goes down.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Dublin but you can’t escape that parts of it are complete ****holes.

Hal3000 · 02-10-2019 09:34PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Do you say words like "skobie" out loud around other people?

Yes I do actually

Thelonious Monk · 02-10-2019 09:35PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The northside of the city, bar a strip up from the Ha’penny Bridge to Henry St, is a hellhole.

The area around the top of O’Connell St is probably the worst part of the city. Gets worse as the sun goes down.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Dublin but you can’t escape that parts of it are complete ****holes.

Capel St is great. My mate used to have a place on Parnell st, the Chinese end, and I loved it around there. All kinds of folks. Smithfield and Stoneybatter have some good stuff going on too. Hellhole is a stretch.

Thelonious Monk · 02-10-2019 09:36PM

Hal3000 wrote: »

Yes I do actually

Poor you

road_high · 02-10-2019 09:37PM

It’s not a kip as such (some areas are though) but I think it’s a vastly overrated city for tourists. I don’t think it’s particularly cultured or well endowed with amazing architecture or places to visit. And it’s not easy get around either. I love to pop up for an occasional day trip but living there or staying for days? No thanks

MrAbyss · 02-10-2019 09:39PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The northside of the city, bar a strip up from the Ha’penny Bridge to Henry St, is a hellhole.

The area around the top of O’Connell St is probably the worst part of the city. Gets worse as the sun goes down.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Dublin but you can’t escape that parts of it are complete ****holes.

but all cities have parts like this. Look at entire segments of Saint Denis in Paris, but nobody claims that is all of Paris.

Thelonious Monk · 02-10-2019 09:40PM

MrAbyss wrote: »

but all cities have parts like this. Look at entire segments of Saint Denis in Paris, but nobody claims that is all of Paris.

That's nowhere near the centre in fairness

Hal3000 · 02-10-2019 09:43PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Poor you

Quite the opposite actually

corner of hells · 02-10-2019 09:47PM

road_high wrote: »

It’s not a kip as such (some areas are though) but I think it’s a vastly overrated city for tourists. I don’t think it’s particularly cultured or well endowed with amazing architecture or places to visit. And it’s not easy get around either. I love to pop up for an occasional day trip but living there or staying for days? No thanks

Really has nothing much going for it ?
No Phoenix Park , no museums , no Chester Beatty library in Dublin Castle ,no Basin in Blessington Street , no Trinity College , no Kilmanhaim Jail nothing at all.

Spanish Eyes · 02-10-2019 09:47PM

There's no doubt that certain areas are dodgy, like every city.

And because of chip n pin or tap and go, no one EVER has change for a hostel anymore. Sorry now, but the same applies to the charity bag packers in supermarkets too now.

So let's see what changes.

DCC need to spruce up the pavements and surroundings and make it better. But they don't really care much anymore, which is a total shame.

Earthhorse · 02-10-2019 09:47PM

It's not a kip but there are kippy areas. This comes as a shock to some and they never recover from it.

Thelonious Monk · 02-10-2019 09:50PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Really has nothing much going for it ?
No Phoenix Park , no museums , no Chester Beatty library in Dublin Castle ,no Basin in Blessington Street , no Trinity College , no Kilmanhaim Jail nothing at all.

The Phoenix park is mostly just a load of grass in fairness, it's not the type of place I'd ever go for a stroll.

John_Rambo · 02-10-2019 09:52PM

Yeah, I work on various culturural projects in the city and have yet to meet a tourists that doesn't like the city. In fairness, these tourists would do more cool stuff in a weekend than your Irish visitor to the city will do in a year.

Hal3000 · 02-10-2019 09:52PM

Earthhorse wrote: »

It's not a kip but there are kippy areas. This comes as a shock to some and they never recover from it.

Let’s call a kip a kip here. The place is a kip. It’s a kip with a few nice areas.

theteal · 02-10-2019 09:52PM

It is a kip but it's OUR kip so leaveirouh. . . .

. . . .says the bloke who now lives in England

Jonybgud · 02-10-2019 09:58PM

no, it's still a kip....

Likeabossboss · 02-10-2019 10:05PM

It’s an overpriced, smelly, full of scumbags, traffic congested Kip. Lived there for three years and would never go back.

I don't understand how people like living there

riclad · 02-10-2019 10:07PM

Every city in europe has rough area,s , every small town in ireland has skangers .
Dublin is going thru a boom in hotel building and office building.
Meanwhile some clubs have closed down,we are going through a cultural brain drain .Artists and creative people are leaving, rent costs are too high.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/02/dublin-booming-rich-city-housing-crisis-rent-inequality
quote ;

According to a cost of living study by the pay and pensions specialist, Mercer, Dublin is the most expensive city to live in the eurozone, ahead of Milan and Paris.
Dublin is becoming a city for tourists and big corporations ,
i feel in the 90,s it was much better in regard to arts, music, clubs.
i have read there,s plenty of rough area,s of paris .
Every large city has posh middle class area,s and working class area,s .
We have the luas ,a good bus service, we are in a boom now,
so of course traffic is very slow at peak time.

Spanish Eyes · 02-10-2019 10:07PM

It most certainly is NOT a kip but parts of it are.

I think investment in the North City is zero, and it has so much potential, (well leaving aside Docklands Dollars let us say, that is ok now and full of funding).

The area around Mountjoy Square is just as good as Merrion Square regarding Georgian architecture, but has never had any investment.

Merrion Square on the other hand, a mirror image of Mountjoy Square and surrounding areas is the creme de la creme. Georgian North Dublin is amazing, but neglected.

Just need to google map the areas around Belvedere College. Amazing but underrated.

I wonder why that is?

smurgen · 02-10-2019 10:08PM

One of the most depressing capitals in the 1st world.

Greyfox · 02-10-2019 10:11PM

Earthhorse wrote: »

It's not a kip but there are kippy areas. This comes as a shock to some and they never recover from it.

True and every other big city has kippy areas too and sure there's plenty of Irish places outside Dublin that are really boring. Overall Dublin is a superb place to live, boredom is impossible with a vast amount of things to do and the friendliest people in the world. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the world.

road_high · 02-10-2019 10:11PM

corner of hells wrote: »

Really has nothing much going for it ?
No Phoenix Park , no museums , no Chester Beatty library in Dublin Castle ,no Basin in Blessington Street , no Trinity College , no Kilmanhaim Jail nothing at all.

See for me none of these are anything particularly standout or must see.

Dublin is Not a Kip

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