Well, maybe. But property taxes are local and you are probably opposed to that.
What bullying and pestering exactly? Ive read this whole thread and only see posters engaging in a discussion. Your opinion is that dublin is unliveable having been here for a short time. Others who have lived here all their lives dont share your opinion. As other posters said, if you find the area you live in now not to your liking maybe consider a move to somewhere that would suit better.
Quite frankly, the boardwalk should be demolished at this point..it's beyond redemption.
I’d say with heroin addicts the poster is not far off
I'm not bullying you , I'm being serious.
Ring Joe , he'd love that comment from an ol' wan.
Ok, always the SAME 3 USERS, DUBLINERS, bullying and pestering at any post. Just deal with reality
It really sounds like you're having a really difficult time in Dublin , it just couldn't be worth this level of stress .
Would it not be worth relocating outside the city ?
You don't know much going by this
I was trying to raise awareness and people bullied. Now, I don't know any other place in the world where civilians are under these irrational threats. I hope the EU is watching all this when it comes to still allow American companies to bring money and labour here due to the Tax Heaven for their EU headquarter. Walking through the centre of this town is a complete NIGHTMARE
Tourists should be warned that the city centre is dangerous. It must be an awful first impression of Ireland.
Seattle has the best in the US, but we're in Europe here! I don't know why you're concentrating on my point about public transport being improved, that won't sort out the anti-social behaviour that goes on. The metro police units will and the transport police will.
This thread demonstrates that the money the city makes needs to be redirected back in to the city.
New York is the best in the US. Which isn’t the capital. Anyway your claim is that to end the anti social aspects of Dublin more money needs to be spent on public transport. That makes no sense to begin with and certainly doesn’t explain why Dublin with better public transport is perceived as more anti social than other cities.
Yes there are some homeless people who hang around the city centre asking for money . It's easy to avoid them. They make up a tiny proportion of the population of Dublin
You Could say many parts of Dublin are boring bland and gentrified and many venues that support the arts and music are closing due to high rentals
Many American city's like Los Angeles and New York have 1000s of homeless living in tents due to high rents and the rising cost of building houses regulations require 2 parking spaces for each building in city's driving up housing costs even as gen z are mostly not buying cars relying on uber scooters or public transport junkies go to clinics and get free drugs and they only hang around certain areas you can also shop in shopping centres which have security guards if you want dublins not perfect but what city is?
The mad thing, in some people's minds, about the Swiss is their provision of actual heroin and methadone to registered addicts rather than methadone only schemes, like the ones here and the U. K. etc. But it has reduced the associated crime rates where tried
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/why-the-swiss-hand-out-heroin-1.361929
In fairness I think Lille (apart from the skin heads) is a nicer city than Paris in a lot of ways in terms of living.
Various chemists dispense country wide including ironically Templemore.
Some of our Corkonian members (among others) like to think that they don't have an issue with heroin and other drugs either but that would be possibly due to the famous Dublin chip on their shoulders.
Dublin is the biggest city with the most concentrated population. Of course it's the best, it should be. London's is the best in England, Paris has the best in France etc... just because it's the best in the country doesn't mean it doesn't need to be better.
dublins public transport is the best in the country. That’s not the reason.
It's obvious from all your posts that the Capital has been neglected, the money it makes has been flooding out of the city for decades now. Billions every year to build motorways, roads and to service the rest of the country in benefits and various other incentives.
It's time for a metropolitan police force, money to be pumped in to an underground and improved public transport (Dublin has the least subsidised public transport in Europe compared to other capital cities), we need a transport police force and Metro North needs to be prioritised. Nowhere in the country has been affected by covid as much as the Capital. Tax money needs to be pumped back in to the city to open it up properly.
When this happens, you'll all see a massive improvement in the city and you'll be happy.
I see Fianna Fàil are calling for Garda management to take a serious look at policing in the city center.
How many times have we heard this before?
Sure, there was some superintendent or something speaking at a committee a few months back saying the numbers and visibility were fine.
Littering the place, kinds running a muck, they do be drinking crates of beers on the corner of O Connell street every evening awaiting the free meals outside the GPO.
The welfare of them roma kids is a elephant in the room for the state too, they are leeches to the city be it begging/scamming or thieving.
What do they get up to?
Very little Romania in Dublin in comparison to other Southern & Eastern European cities. If the ones in Dublin scare you do your due diligence before you book a city break in Europe!
My main issue with Dublin is the Roma Gypsy scum who every afternoon take over North Early Street right across to the spire, its a pandemic in itself.
The highest concentration of British people living in Ireland is Cork. In fact it's well documented that the present queen of England was enchanted by Cork and the warm welcome she got in cork. Union jacks everywhere. And she's right, it's a fantastic city and county. Presently Dublin is nothing like Liverpool or Manchester, if you've been to either city or if you knew your capital you'd be aware of this. Dublin, culturally has a much more European feel to it than either of the cities in England you mention.
Dublin is one of the 10 most liveable cities for Europeans. Copenhagen in Denmark and Bern in Switzerland rank joint first while The Hague in the Netherlands and Geneva in Switzerland are joint third. Stavanger in Norway rounds out the top five.
Know your country, know your capital.
I’m willing to believe that the centre has gotten worse. Since covid I’ve visited only a few times and in daylight so I didn’t notice. But for her own peace of mind I’d suggest leaving the city centre. It’s really night and day just a kilometre north or south.
Ah it's just a random act of feral violence. Happens every day around there. He's just another victim.
No English person thinks that. Victoria was welcomed everywhere on her trip. That history lesson aint great.
Those "English" you met that felt Dublin was like a British city , that must have been a riveting conversation.
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