Why is Dublin such a shιtty city?

I think this may be the first time this topic has been broached on Boards, bravo OP

Get it all off your chest, caller.

Dublin is great. End of story.

Large cities have problems.

What's the difference between Greta Thunberg and the OP ?

One is a climate activist , the other is an annoying fcuk.

Ask for directions in most European cities and the locals will gladly help. Ask in Dublin and have your head bitten off by some wannabe hard man with no manners, looking at ya disgusted, like you caused them such an inconvenience by asking.

Don't forget how expensive it is, the traffic and the awful Dublin accent. Only time worth going to Dublin is to the airport to leave the country.

All in all, the place is an utter kip.

That’s just not true though is it ? Dublin people by and large are very polite and willing to help. You’d have to be pretty unlucky to meet someone with the attitude you describe.

Dublin lacks cultural finesse. Yeah everyone going out and getting gee eyed. But beyond that there's not much.

Ah yes, the one homogeneous accent that is of Dublin.

Not a fan of it myself. But when you don't like some place, you'll only see the negatives. Tbh, I dread ever having to go there. The traffic is the worst, by and far, and if you're not completely alert and ever so slightly aggressive, you'll be bullied around the place. The public transport is shocking at best, so luckily any time I ever need to go there there's a Luas stop nearby where I'm going and I park in Cheeverstown. I'll have to echo the unhelpful Dub element, I reckon about half my interactions were with a stuck up/proud Dub who looked down on everything and everyone not Dublin. And yeah, the accents do my head in.

But, thankfully, I don't live there. I did for like, 2 months at one point but left very quickly. Country living is where it's at. Quietness, darkness, stars in the sky... bliss.

Most of Dublin and I mean the vast majority, is excellent.

Clean, safe, pleasant surroundings, good community activity, good air quality and lots of light.

Of course I would agree with the OP that some areas are shabby and have skobie characters knocking around and petty crime is an issue. And, that stuff does annoy me, but then I travel to some other cities and I realise how good we actually have it.

Ever been to Washington DC? Or Marseille? Or Liverpool? Ever scratched beneath the surface of Barcelona or Lisbon or Budapest or Milan?

Naples, Beijing, Mexico, Chicago, Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Glasgow, Bratislava, Riga, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bangkok, Antwerp...all big working cities I've spent time in and all places I would chose to live in far less than Dublin, for all the reasons at the beginning.

Not that I think we should accept Dublin as it is, there is much to be done, as you'd expect in any growing city, but to write it off as entirely a dump, is bull.