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corner of hells · 06-07-2021 4:21pm

Liam32123 wrote: »

I believe in that. You seem not to like many persons here in Dublin

Liam, Liam , its its okay, it just takes a while to get used to us.

riclad · 06-07-2021 4:22pm

The only agression I see is people begging coming up to you asking have you got a euro, I'm glad there's no tourists here, city centre does not look great
So many shops closed down
Many Cafes closed
Last week I was asked for 2 euro
The hostels and services mostly in the city centre,
So that's where the homeless and junkies go.
Is there some large European city that has no crime or homeless people or junkies ?
I go through the city centre every day
I never feel in any danger

You could probably go back 10 years on this forumand see the same posts complaining about crime junkies etc

Lux23 · 06-07-2021 4:26pm

I lived on the South Circular Road for five years, and I always loved my walk into town from that direction. It wasn't the nicest looking of areas, but it was mostly pleasant. However, we moved to Stoneybatter in February, and I really hate walking into the northside of the city to shop. I am from the Northside, Henry Street and environs were my stomping ground growing up, but it really did fall apart in the last year or so. The council were doing their best, but I saw some sights I never want to see again!

Thelonious Monk · 06-07-2021 4:32pm

Man I wish I could afford to live in Stoneybatter! I actually did for a while in 2005ish, before it was cool of course.

Liam32123 · 06-07-2021 4:32pm

Lux23 wrote: »

However, we moved to Stoneybatter in February, and I really hate walking into the northside of the city to shop. I am from the Northside, Henry Street and environs were my stomping ground growing up, but it really did fall apart in the last year or so. The council were doing their best, but I saw some sights I never want to see again!

We are almost neighbours. Same sensations; maybe you were a little bit luckier than me. Do you have the courage to send your children alone for a walk or to play in the surrounding area? I don't

Lux23 · 06-07-2021 4:35pm

I don't have kids, but I would walk both the South Circular Road and the streets of Stoneybatter at any time - it is fairly safe. I don't think the city centre is unsafe for a woman, it's just dirty and smelly.

dxhound2005 · 06-07-2021 4:53pm

When was Dublin a nice place to live in? Not the 1930's going by this account.

https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-animals-who-prowled-1930s-dublin-26878497.html

Would it have been the 1960's, or maybe the 1990's?

Thelonious Monk · 06-07-2021 4:56pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

When was Dublin a nice place to live in? Not the 1930's going by this account.

https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-animals-who-prowled-1930s-dublin-26878497.html

Would it have been the 1960's, or maybe the 1990's?

Well me and everyone else I know that lives here seem to have great lives!

Seanachai · 06-07-2021 5:05pm

I have noticed an increase in fights on O'Connell St, I'd be there on Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings sometimes. The dogs**t situation in my area has been ridiculous for years now, there are DCC signs and even homemade ones up pleading for people to clean up but the owners just don't seem to give a f**k. My brother was home from Oz a few years ago and he couldn't believe the amount of crap on the footpaths.

nullzero · 06-07-2021 5:06pm

Liam32123 wrote: »

I believe in that. You seem not to like many persons here in Dublin

What?

FileNotFound · 06-07-2021 5:10pm

Liam32123 wrote: »

From your answers I assume you are all locals

Take a walk with your children from Capel Street to Croppies Acre Memorial Park at 7pm and get me updated

Self-criticism is a rare commodity, and I assume the rule here is to proceed with keyboard sarcasm and bullying to address the problem

Did you just claim someone having a different opinion is bullying you.

Wow think that says all we needed to know.

MyLove4Satan · 06-07-2021 6:14pm

I only went to Dublin once. To get yeast from the Irish Yeast Company. As soon as I got off the bus, a junkie shot me in the brains. I was killed. Dead over yeast. Kip.

riclad · 06-07-2021 6:41pm

Read some articles about rising crime waves in nyc, la, chicago , any american city,
it makes dublin look like a quiet paradise.

theres 100s of shops empty and closed .i think there should be rules about keeping shop fronts clean and painted .

i understand if you arrive here from a small town dublin will be a total culture shock.
one good thing is the increase in bike lanes .

Hello Moto GP · 06-07-2021 6:46pm

Benefits of living outside Dublin for me:

10 minute drive to work with parking.
Property less than half the price.
Zero traffic or been cramed in on a Luas or Dart.

The only positive I see is having the Aviva, Croke Park and places like the the three arena for concerts which are only an 80 min spin for me.

I dont understand the benefits of living in Dublin, I really don't. It offers basically nothing but over other good towns and cities across Ireland.

06-07-2021 6:49pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Benefits of living outside Dublin for me:

10 minute drive to work with parking.
Property less than half the price.
Zero traffic or been cramed in on a Luas or Dart.

The only positive I see is having the Aviva, Croke Park and places like the the three arena for concerts which are only an 80 min spin for me.

I dont understand the benefits of living in Dublin, I really don't. It offers basically nothing but over other good towns and cities across Ireland.

The airport is close so we can get away from Dublin.

Dublin has some great suburbs. The inner city I can take or leave.

Hello Moto GP · 06-07-2021 6:50pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The airport is close so we can get away from Dublin.

Dublin has some great suburbs. The inner city I can take or leave.

Airport is an 80 min spin for me, not too bad really.

meeeeh · 06-07-2021 7:05pm

riclad wrote: »

Read some articles about rising crime waves in nyc, la, chicago , any american city,
it makes dublin look like a quiet paradise.

theres 100s of shops empty and closed .i think there should be rules about keeping shop fronts clean and painted .

i understand if you arrive here from a small town dublin will be a total culture shock.
one good thing is the increase in bike lanes .

I'm from another country. It's the lack of proper refuse management that's the issue. I get the junkies and that sort of stuff. However tents and lack of bins, rubbish on the ground is pretty disgusting sight. I'm not saying towns are clean but in general it is a bit better.

It's not about being from a small town, it's being desensitised to filth.

Thelonious Monk · 06-07-2021 7:11pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Benefits of living outside Dublin for me:

10 minute drive to work with parking.
Property less than half the price.
Zero traffic or been cramed in on a Luas or Dart.

The only positive I see is having the Aviva, Croke Park and places like the the three arena for concerts which are only an 80 min spin for me.

I dont understand the benefits of living in Dublin, I really don't. It offers basically nothing but over other good towns and cities across Ireland.

Where do you live now? If you don't understand the benefits to some people of living in Dublin rather than a small town somewhere well you mustn't have thought about it that much.
You also don't need a car here unless you need one for work, which is great.

Hello Moto GP · 06-07-2021 7:24pm

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Where do you live now? If you don't understand the benefits to some people of living in Dublin rather than a small town somewhere well you mustn't have thought about it that much.
You also don't need a car here unless you need one for work, which is great.

Kilkenny City is where I decided on settling, now thats a great city for night life and everything else.

I'd rather chop of one my arms than use public transport around Dublin City.

Thelonious Monk · 06-07-2021 7:29pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Kilkenny City is where I decided on settling, now thats a great city for night life and everything else.

I'd rather chop of one my arms than use public transport around Dublin City.

KK is nice but to me is tiny though, I'd need more variety. Not everyone minds using public transport here, I'm lucky enough to live near the Dart and bus routes and they're grand. Just saying that you may not like it and never live here but many others do.

HBC08 · 06-07-2021 7:41pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Kilkenny City is where I decided on settling, now thats a great city for night life and everything else.

I'd rather chop of one my arms than use public transport around Dublin City.

Aren't you the same poster who on another thread is saying you can't hack life here and are moving abroad?

Hello Moto GP · 06-07-2021 7:45pm

HBC08 wrote: »

Aren't you the same poster who on another thread is saying you can't hack life here and are moving abroad?

Yep, still doesn't change the fact Dublin is a **** Hole.

06-07-2021 7:46pm

MyLove4Satan wrote: »

I only went to Dublin once. To get yeast from the Irish Yeast Company. As soon as I got off the bus, a junkie shot me in the brains. I was killed. Dead over yeast. Kip.

Sorry for your loss.

Greyfox · 06-07-2021 7:46pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

I dont understand the benefits of living in Dublin, I really don't.

The benifits are having an endless amount of choice, far more things to do in Dublin.

dxhound2005 wrote: »

When was Dublin a nice place to live in?

Its been a really nice place to live for many decades. Clearly theirs no shortage of people who want to live in Dublin

06-07-2021 7:47pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Yep, still doesn't change the fact Dublin is a **** Hole.

There’s a “London is a sh1thole” thread in your future.

Edit: maybe not under that username. Next one.

06-07-2021 8:06pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Kilkenny City is where I decided on settling, now thats a great city for night life and everything else.

I'd rather chop of one my arms than use public transport around Dublin City.

As someone said here before "Kilkenny is a city the same way PowerCity is a city", its a big village ffs, to compare it with Dublin is tantamount to trolling and life bans etc

HBC08 · 06-07-2021 8:15pm

Hello Moto GP wrote: »

Yep, still doesn't change the fact Dublin is a **** Hole.

Of course it's a horrible sh1thole,that's just a fact.

It just seems a bit disingenuous to be saying how great the place you live is and then at the same time you cant hack life there and are moving abroad.

Vita nova · 06-07-2021 8:20pm

nullzero wrote: »

No deluge of culchies in this thread talking about how much of a kip they know Dublin is?

Non nationals end up living in Dublin because the majority of jobs that attract people to come and live in another country are based in Dublin. Seems a simple enough thing to understand.

Most of Dublin is fine but like every city or large town there are areas that could be described as very undesirable, however, if you as a Dubliner call people "culchies" then some of them are going to call Dublin a kip in return (and vice versa) even when they have no negative experiences... you're just the mirror image of those you criticise.

As for the second part of your reply, it doesn't really address the OP's post, experience or concerns.

Greyfox · 06-07-2021 8:34pm

Vita nova wrote: »

As for the second part of your reply, it doesn't really address the OP's post, experience or concerns.

In fairness most of the OP was riddiculous anyway. Dublin does have some negiatives but so does every other city.

MyLove4Satan · 06-07-2021 8:43pm

Vita nova wrote: »

Most of Dublin is fine but like every city or large town there are areas that could be described as very undesirable, however, if you as a Dubliner call people "culchies" then some of them are going to call Dublin a kip in return (and vice versa) even when they have no negative experiences... you're just the mirror image of those you criticise.

As for the second part of your reply, it doesn't really address the OP's post, experience or concerns.

How is 'Culchie' a slur? You would be surprised how many Dubs use it without any negative attributes. I have never used it in that way. It's hardly the 'N' word.

Vita nova · 06-07-2021 9:14pm

MyLove4Satan wrote: »

How is 'Culchie' a slur? You would be surprised how many Dubs use it without any negative attributes. I have never used it in that way. It's hardly the 'N' word.

You only have to google the term to see that many consider it a pejorative term for a rural dweller and a synonym for an unsophisticated countryperson and if one uses it as a collective term for people simply because of where they come from then that usage could certainly be considered a regional slur. Even when not used disparagingly, it can still be seen as a disparaging them-and-us type term.

Thelonious Monk · 06-07-2021 9:31pm

Vita nova wrote: »

You only have to google the term to see that many consider it a pejorative term for a rural dweller and a synonym for an unsophisticated countryperson and if one uses it as a collective term for people simply because of where they come from then that usage could certainly be considered a regional slur. Even when not used disparagingly, it can still be seen as a disparaging them-and-us type term.

To be fair the rest of the country seems to despise us and our city and threads about how terrible it is pop up regularly, and also the Jackeen and West Brit stuff.
There's nowhere in Ireland I would actively dislike, so be glad all you have to endure is the stupid C word from time to time.

DrumSteve · 06-07-2021 9:42pm

Dublin is not a **** hole.

Every couple of months this type of thread pops up and its full of people moaning about saying its infested with junkies and covered in **** and piss. For **** sake, imagine some of the poor bastards on here if they were forced to endure an actual ****hole (like mullingar for instance)

06-07-2021 9:50pm

Liam32123 wrote: »

Dublin (at least the city center) has become literally unlivable, especially for foreign people who don't have their family here. There are street fights on all sides; people taking crack and heroin on every corner;
you have to do the slalom between excrements to walk; police totally absent and if you try to report a fact to the people in charge they consider you as the problem. Women certainly risk walking alone. Most of all, there is a total absence of values

It feels like living in a nightmare

If you head off home on your bicycle with a bag full of hamsangitches and a pint of milk to keep you going, your mammy will have the ham and cabbage ready by the time you get there.

The dirty oul’ town will be grand without you. No need to hurry back.

riclad · 06-07-2021 9:56pm

i,ll take dublin anyday over living in a small irish town with 3 pubs and 3 supermarkets .

Halenvaneddie · 06-07-2021 9:58pm

When the sun hits it just right, there is nowhere like it

06-07-2021 10:20pm

riclad wrote: »

i,ll take dublin anyday over living in a small irish town with 3 pubs and 3 supermarkets .

That’s a lot of supermarkets.

A lot of country towns have better facilities than the average Dublin suburb though. That said if you live in a good suburb with good transport as I do Dublin is great. Or the centre maybe but I’ve never felt the need for that.

riclad · 07-07-2021 12:29am

Dublin in the 80s was alot worse , very few new buildings,
Alot of old buildings falling down. No luas. Mass unemployment. Emigration
Not many shopping centres
Now we have new hotels and offices being built.
Tech company's with large offices here

Now dublin is a modern city.
Its not perfect it has the problems of most citys
Traffic jams crime homeless people on the streets
And it has a widely diverse population with many non nationals living here which is a plus

KungPao · 07-07-2021 1:55am

It hasn’t been the same since poor Molly Malone passed on. A little bit of Dublin died with her.

Rubberchikken · 07-07-2021 2:11am

I'd only be in Dublin maybe once a year, and mo, not on December 8th, but have always had a positive experience there.
Yes there's probably junkies, not enough police patrols and I did once witness a guy pull a tool from underneath his coat cut the lock on the bike and cycle it away, I've never seen any other dofgy stuff.
Have even had only positive experiences on the luas.
Still wouldn't live there though:)

riclad · 15-07-2021 8:40pm

I,ve never seen anyone taking drugs in public , if i see anyone that looks dodgy i avoid em.i have,nt seen any big rise in crime in the last year .i cannot tell the junkies from the homeless ,they dress the same .my advice is you don,t like the city centre do not go there unless you have to go to work. dublin looks strange ,no tourists at all, people just drinking or eating at tables outside .some streets look bleak with so many shops and business,s closed .i wonder if they are all paying rent on all those empty buildings.

Gael23 · 01-08-2021 9:55am

Eventually housing in Dublin will become unaffordable to anyone earning an average income

Riesen_Meal · 01-08-2021 10:48am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117689869#Comment_117689869

It already is....

Bobblehats · 01-08-2021 12:10pm

Let’s take it back.

riclad · 01-08-2021 2:23pm

It's so unlikeable that 1000s of people are trying to buy a house there, the homeless and junkies hang around the city centre, like in every city . There's quite boring suburbs in dublin but no one posts about that

Maybe the average person could afford a bed apartment at least for a few years that's the trend in every European city now prices are rising maybe cos people can now work from home

dotsman · 02-08-2021 8:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117689869#Comment_117689869

But Sinn Fein is going to give everyone free houses! Magic!

Liam32123 · 02-08-2021 10:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117691131#Comment_117691131

Let me explain. The ONLY reason why there's people-me included- that has to live in Dublin (and eventually buy/rent a house here), it is because big AMERICAN CORPORATIONS settled their EUROPEAN HEADQUARTER as this is a tax heaven for them, and brought their 'European money' here.

Sure, we don't want to live here because it is 'likeable', believe me.

I guess in Ireland you should recognise the privilege for you to be inside the EU as your economy is totally depending on this, and adequate your towns to better standards (see Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, Warsaw, Milan, Florence, Prague, etc.)

(Although we are European citizens, we don’t have right to vote our representants here, like you. Do we at least have freedom of opinion in a web forum?)

Liam32123 · 09-08-2021 11:36pm

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/two-arrested-after-man-subjected-24721966

To all the deniers...once again...Dublin city center/GPO, yesterday night...the only blame of the victim of this atrocity was to "walking home from a night of socialising in the city"

Thelonious Monk · 09-08-2021 11:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117731099#Comment_117731099

I think I saw 2 reports of violence in Limerick over the last few days, is it also unliveable there?

Liam32123 · 10-08-2021 8:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117731148#Comment_117731148

Have you read the article? God bless that this time the Gardai was close to the scene. Undermining the gravity of such things is a shame

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