Why is Dublin such a shιtty city?

OK... I guess I have to level with you Mister Vain and get down to brass tacks to make you see the point!

This is after hours, an Internet forum. I didn't think he'd take the bet, there was no bet, money was never going to change hands. But I know he'd abandon his insistence that "Dublin is too dangerous to walk around" when he realised I'm from the area he's talking about and that I frequently visit it & am more familiar with it. He also knew nothing was going to happen to me or my family even though we were going to spend hours in and around an area he's insisting is a no-go area.

Even though I've no evidence, you know I wasn't harmed, don't you? You're not going rain man on me and insist that you need evidence?

Even though I've no evidence, he also knows my kids, my wife and I were left unharmed too.

Shouldn't be surprised I had to explain this.

You believe me. Dublin is safe city to visit or live in. Point proven, thanks.

Sure, the way LPT is managed....you need a PHD to fully get how it works and when you finally manage to reach them by phone you have each time a different answer because they have no clue themselves! Don't get me wrong, I love Ireland, I just don't understand how we cannot built a proper motorway between two major cities. Is it what they call rural?? Is everything outside Dublin considered rural? I don't understand either how we do not have to pay for water and get in exchange proper quality water without contamination and without leaks all over the place. But the cherry on the cake is the health system, 60euros for a GP visit who anyway will send you to a "consultant" waiting list for months you have the time to die 10 times or your kid to turn an adult. But of course, if you have the good network everything is possible then. And then we wonder why AE is overcrowded, maybe because people cannot afford another way? Sorry for ranting, completely out of context.

What suburb do you live in that needs litter pickers? In most suburban areas what little litter there is looked after by the community or ends up in the gutters to be (unfortunately) washed to the sea or picked up by street scrubbers.

You can vbe damned sure he saw Junkies if he was walking around Dublin city center to be fair. But they dont fit his narrative.

Has anyone ever walked around Dublin city center and not seen the junkies. I think not. Unless their name is Rambo :)

Did noone ever tell you two cheerleaders that burying your head in the sand when there is a problem doesnt solve the problem?

You are like two children sticking their fingers in their ears going "I cant hear you, i cant hear you" and then saying "Well, what about x, y and z?"

But carry on. I'll sit back and watch in silence for a while, because you cant reason with that sort of carry on.

Dublin city centre definitely has issues which have been exasperated since pandemic but dublin county and ireland itself is really beautiful. change your mind set. use the city for work and explore elsewhere. if you live right in city centre i can understand you being sick of it especially with the previous lockdowns etc. so why not move out of the city and then only travel in when you need to. the world is your oyster and you have choices.

also there is urban decay across many of the world's cities- that I think is a more interesting proposition. then saying why is dublin so crappy - and the response other cities are too. the fact is that cities are declining all over the world and there are reasons for that.