DUBLIN IS TOTALLY UNLIVABLE **Mod Warning In Post #671**

I cycled through Dublin a few times during lockdown in 2021 and the litter and dirt was unbelievable from that bridge opposite the Abbey Theatre, which is also heavily graffitied, to the streets around Pearse St. I am really ashamed as a Dubliner to see this state of our streets and angry that nobody in Dublin City Council or in Leinster House seems to care.

I thought jackeen was just a dublin expression I can't see Ireland population going up that much .

people in the EU know rents here are high rental units mediocre and expensive I simply do not think we have the building workforce required to build 20 k houses per year, the government plans maybe 2 years in advance it can only spend X amount per year on housing Gardai salarys hse health care must be paid for every year it can't suddenly reduce the amount spent on health care to build more houses

We are not America where they can print money i think the birth rate is quite low at the moment what keeps the economy going is non nationals from the EU working in shops hotels Cafes

Even though I have not been walking around Dublin City Centre for over 3 years at this point. The legacy of the city environ's during the lifetime of the pandemic really has taken a big hit in it's confidence in how it actually functions properly to people who live around the wider parts of the country.

I know that it may not be that much of a surprise for you to read that statement here on boards because it does strike a very familiar tone into people that have dealt with their struggles during this difficult situation. Every other major city around the world has experienced the pandemic like everyone else.

Anyone who has lived in these other parts of the world regrettably has to take an equal share of the pain in how their own environment has degraded all around them as a result of the pandemic right in front of their own eyes.

It's just that Dublin's problems with drug abuse & homelessness that were established in parts of the north inner city since the 70's & 80's were just magnified to become worse in a very dramatic way when Covid came into existence. And the effects of that problem were just hitting the nail right in people's heads.

You would hear of a huge list of things like the following that have occurred with the environment of Dublin City Centre during that time.

You would hear of innocent people getting needlessly stabbed by swathes of thugs

People becoming victims of hit & runs

People getting involved in anti-vax protests

People openly taking drugs & harassing innocent people using the trains

And people who have been attacking & assaulting frontline workers like those working in food delivery services, healthcare, public transport & also towards members of the Gardai.

It's just one huge level of crap that needs to be properly addressed once COVID eventually dies down. Dublin has taken some positive steps to cope with these issues in the interim. I would say that increasing the presence of the Gardai around the city has made a very positive effect in how the city can manage it's reputation of becoming something that resembles a functional city once again. Again I say functional. I know it's not perfect. However it is something that's better than nothing. I don't how far that presence will go tbh. Because it is something that may not last because these Gardai that are on the beat around the city may have other duties to be doing while doing this job.

The situation with the IÉ workers who had voted for industrial action because of anti social behaviour occurring on their services is something that I do understand from their pov. I think the same thing will happen with the bus and Luas drivers too sometime in the near future. I think when you hear of teenage thugs & people from other age groups actively involved in spitting on drivers as a way of spite for not wearing a mask on the bus or on the Luas is utterly scummy behaviour. I don't not blame drivers or other PT workers in that situation if they had to vote for industrial action in this way.

I don't know how the city would improve itself beyond that though with keeping things just ticking over with little to no intervention. If people working out on the frontline in Dublin are going on strike who are knowingly doing it during these times within our own capital city. There must be major drivers of worthwhile changes needed to allow that to happen.

These guys are a sending a very clear message out there that large cohorts of peaceful people who live around the city & county are fed up with scumbags who are going around the city & are treating it like a shithole to further their own detriment.

The levels of anti social behaviour that is occurring out there on the streets of Dublin right now as a result of Covid just cannot be tolerated by countless sections of normal people anymore.

Thanks for that description of things. I honestly wasn't aware that things are this bad in Dublin these days. I am only aware of the sky high cost of renting. Maybe it's pressures like these combined with the pandemic which are creating these scenarios.

I've seen open dealing almost every single day when I worked in city centre, there's a complete blind eye to it. Whenever I'm abroad and people say they want to visit Ireland and in particular Dublin I tell them not to go anywhere near the place as it's a complete drug ridden kip.

I pity the large corporations investing millions in the city, particularly those working on the former Clerys site, they should just burn their money in the open air, the area it's in can not be dekipified as there's too many bleeding hearts wanting to keep the 'unwell' scum about the area. Arnotts should be given a refund of all rates for 2021 for having to have the front of their magnificent store kipified by the scrounger scumbag market stalls selling thrash and knock off rubbish every Christmas on Henry Street.

we actually can create a limited amount of money ourselves, by borrowing and running a perpetual deficit, we also have the abilities to create our own financial institutions, public banks, and use these to create a limited supply of money through lending, but we may never actually do this.....

Having worked in the city centre (College Green) for the last 20 years it's hard to miss openly selling drugs if you walk around. It happens at all times of the day basically. In the evening and at night there are lots of North Face/Canada Goose wearing teenage knackers walking around dealing. And this is outside of the regular drug addicts.

It has definitely gotten a rougher edge over the lockdown but it's improving again now that things are opened up and people are getting out again. There are still places that are quite dodgy though and the central square of temple bar is basically overrun with teenagers drinking on the streets on busy evenings which is a new feature since Covid. Moore Street has loads of Roma gypsies - as does the area at the top of North Earl Street. The food banks at the GPO and on Grafton Street don't look great for visitors either, so I can see why some people could have a bad view on the place.

I'm in there all the time and I like it, but I can understand why some don't. I think a lot of the issues are more in plain sight than in some other capital cities.

There have been scumbags in Dublin city for 100s of years. Its way better than it used to be. The feral scum that had the empty city to themselves during lockdown exaggerated it.

Junkies around the Spire is nothing new either. Thats what happens when you put methadone clinics in the city centre.

I remember we'd saunter down to the Baggot Inn to see Brush Shiels. It was a very different city then. Now it's a cross between London and a favela.

This is painful to watch. Was he really that bad? lol

Can you tell me where theres a city with no crime and no homeless people and no drug users.

Moving away from Dublin and we don't want to raise our child along thugs and drug addicts.

Lived 20 years in Bucharest and I never heard of a friend or relative getting attacked there, heck .. my relatives leave their keys in their cars and gates open.

Here my wife got attacked twice while walking on the street in broad daylight, someone broke my windscreen, stole my wheel caps, broke into neighbour's shed/house, car burned down, someone got shot and a Lidl got taken down right beside me.

It is mostly kids that cause all the issues and yes parents are at absolute fault and when you talk to other parents they all swear their kids are absolute angels ... it is what it is.

I think it's hard to see it if you see it every day, it becomes normal.

Was in the Luas with another friend coming from city centre and you have your normal people and then your junkies talking about how they just got out of prison and drugs. Asked my friend if he doesn't feel uncomfortable and he said no .. it's just normal.

Yeap, was born there and I had higher expectations of Dublin, in terms of littering or antisocial behaviour.

Really hope moving slightly further away from Dublin would be safer, for my child at least.

To give an idea, I never ever ever heard of a break in in Bucharest (from friends/relatives/neighbours/close contacts) while here in my estate it's easier to count who didn't had a break in. I'm not saying it doesn't happen over there either but nothing like this.