Why is Dublin such a shιtty city?

The one that sasy the "the Luas is a no go on certain sections"? Yeah. I can see why you werent keen on quoting it yourself 🤨

How about when you think you're responding to posts, you just quote them? It's a fairly simple system.

That way everyone can see that you're not just strawmanning.

The two Garda stations serving our city centre, Pearse and Store St, posted crime declines of 40 and 27% in 2021 vs 2019. And no, that is not mostly due to the near complete lack of nightlife in 2021, seeing as the perception is that Covid/ post Covid Dublin has gotten worse than before.

Dublin city centre is safer than it has been in years, likely due to the heavy (by international standards) Garda presence among other factors (stronger cannabis keeping many of the local schwars in their gaffs playing Playstation all day instead of wandering the streets drunk and starting trouble like their dads did in the 90s, and in many cases still do, possibly another factor)

I know this doesn't suit those of you who think it is like the Scorsese classic Taxi Driver from 10am onwards every day, but there you go.

I'm not sure seeing addicts arguing with each other or them asking you for money makes an area dodgy though. Thousands of people pass through O'Connell St. every day with no hassle. The aesthetics of the place may not be pleasing to some but it's not dangerous.

But it isn't the premier street, it's a street full of bus stops and people passing through. It hasn't been a premier street in decades. The premier streets/area is around Grafton Street, an area most of us find quite pleasant.

There's a host of reasons why addiction is a problem in the North Inner City, they wont be resolved any time soon. I don't know anyone who is bothered by people when they go to the city centre, thousands of people are not being subjected to hassle. You're just making that up.

It's fine, I never had any problems in Coolock nor did anyone I know. It's not Sandymount but for what I paid for my house I'm delighted with it.

You ultra-conservative anti-everything types are always terrified of cities anyway, too many people you look down upon and in your words too many people of the wrong colour. If you're scared of the aggressive "junkies" or people asking you for money, I will chaperone you next time I'm home and I can guarantee you you'll be safe, if you feel you need protection when walking around Dublin.

Dubliners get the bus from O'Connell St or pass through it to get somewhere else. No one really cares if you might see the odd addict there. 1000s are on the street every day with no problems. Why everyone gets so obsessed with one street is beyond me. It was a main street 50 years ago, now it's just a traffic thoroughfare and not a destination for anyone.

There's not really any city you can go to where you might be asked for money or you might see some unfortunate down and outs. Where I'm living now is one of the trendiest parts of London but you go around the corner to Broadway Market which is heaving with trendy bars and restaurants, and there are homeless people and addicts hanging around there all the time. It doesn't mean it's a terrible area, people just get left behind in life and end up in these situations. Not all of us look down on them like you and your ilk do.

Nope, I'm saying criticise OCS all you like, no one really cares as no one goes there they just pass through it. The current state of that one street doesn't make Dublin a sh*tty city, which is the title of this thread.

"Its not ****"

"No one cares that its ****"

"People are just passing through anyway"

The amount of coping, its like the steps of grieving 😂

I was having a quiet drink in O'Connell Street only last night. A good deal of the north inner city and quays are in a sorry state.