Is Dublin really safe? *Read OP for mod warning*

But you said you didn't believe someone from Dublin would holiday in Youghal?

Do you need your own asserting this stuck under your nose?

Dublin has a junkie problem in its urban core that's offputting for people looking in from outside Dublin.

This thread seems to be full of people asserting that there isn't a problem if you avoid the problematic urban core.

If Boards was a Dublin only forum then this probably wouldn't be a problem, as users wouldn't be bothered talking about what they already avoid.

But this forum is not geo restricted so talking about how offputting the Dublin junkie problem is is not whinging. I used to love to visit Dublin, but now it would take a very unique event for me to bother being near the urban core.

So you believed that I was asserting someone drove their family to Youghal for a quieter beach, and not a holiday beside a quieter beach.

So you only do day trips from Dublin.

But you're the expection. And that's a you issue, and not aDublin issue. Maybe as youve gotten older youve gotten more scared of big crowds or large numbers of people? The tourists still flock to Dublin, the country folk still flock to Dublin for a GAA match or concert etc. There's a reason hotels in Dublin are so expensive, and it isn't because people are staying away from Dublin like you are.

And plenty of Dublin is outside the M50...

The north inner city isnt the only place in Dublin to socialise or spend leisure time.

Discount the north inner city, you still have way more to do and more safe areas to visit and socialise in in Dublin than you do anywhere else in the country.

Maybe its the small town mentality that has you thinking the city centre is the only option to do anything, as it is in small towns and villages.

Dublin is made up of lots of small towns, with lots of variety. The north city centre is 1 of maybe 50 districts.

The vast majority of those 50 districts are as safe as anywhere in ireland and are not populated with junkies and scrotes.

So youve a choice of maybe 40 to 45 areas in Dublin to spend your time in that are as safe as anywhere in ireland and collectivley have more to see and do in them than Cork City.

In other words, Dublin is still the best place to be, once you avoid the small amount of rough areas, which is easily done.

I agree with you the council and govt need to sort out the north inner city, but even if they dont, the rest of Dublin still beats everywhere else as a place to live. Hence the cost of housing.

Actually, people do visit those areas from out of town and so do a lot of Dubs that dont live in those areas.

But now you're getting it, plenty of nice places to goto in areas like Donnybrook or Rialto, or the countless other districts that dont involve junkies.

Yep, West of OCS is certainly better than OCS itself and East of it.

Really? You absolutely should. North county Dublin is lovely and Rush and Skerries 2 very pretty little towns

No, you will have to explain?

You know the Garda stations haven't changed in size for years

Funny how anyone complaining about Dublins problems is labeled as angry, lacking understanding and hating Dubliners by some posters on this forum. They get very touchy when someone points out its obvious flaws that the rest of us can see.

I agree. Before we got the option to transfer out of Dublin we were looking at that area. Rush is massively underlooked in my opinion. Donabate is good too with the beaches nearby.

Anyway the quality of life we enjoy now could never be achieved in Dublin.

I dont think its that. Its that some people label the entire Dublin area as if its all like O'Connell St or Talbot St.

As other posters have said, there are lots of really nice areas in Dublin where the issues you see in the north inner city are just not a thing.

The best areas of Dublin are nicer than anywhere else in the country. Those that can afford to live there, choose to do so over anywhere else in Ireland.

If you are lucky enough to live in a nice part of the capital, you are spolit for choice in terms of services, events, nightlife, festivals, retail, infrastructure, schools, job opportunities and so on. Not to mention the beaches, seafront, sailing clubs, mountains, forests and parks.

You forget to mention that people choose to move to Dublin for the congestion too.

Obviously I elected to leave Dublin because I'm bitter, or something.

It wouldn't have anything to do with it being a poorly planned transport underinvested gridlock?

Dublin City and county itself is safe. It depends where someone is. If you were to travel to another city, then I’m sure you could find many unsafe areas of any city.

Exercise common sense and you’re fine. It isn’t very fair to question the safety of a certain city if you haven’t taken the time to exercise common sense, accepted the associated risks with being in a city compared to a rural area and also realised that nowhere is inherently safe in todays world unless you want to live in a bubble?

I am in Dublin all the time and I’m fine. I travel to the city, I’m on the luas, I walk around. No problems.