Any of you hate dublin

Geri Boyle · 15-01-2009 4:30am

Its people who make presumptions and judgements yet make no effort to see what dublin has to offer that gets me. I had a brick thrown through my window in waterford but i dont slag people from there and call them all scumbags. My bag was nicked in wexford a couple of wks ago. Again it happens you cant tar everyone with the same brush. Yet apparenty all Dubs are knackers?! Anyway Jaffa if you want some advice on where to go or what to do then pm me, im happy to help but dont complain if you wont even try!

BraziliaNZ · 15-01-2009 4:36am

Xavi6 wrote: »

Top 50 best places in the world to live in 2008 -

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

No sign of Cork, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter.

I still never understand how we get in that list. How are we ahead of Brisbane, Seattle, Portland, Hamburg etc??

dfx- · 15-01-2009 4:39am

Xavi6 wrote: »

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

No sign of Cork, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter.

There would obviously be entry requirements to the list..

Aye Matey! · 15-01-2009 4:40am

How can we be Irish when we divide and conflict ourselves by county?

IvySlayer · 15-01-2009 4:41am

Aye Matey! wrote: »

How can we be Irish when we divide and conflict ourselves by county?

That's what being Irish means :pac:

Xavi6 · 15-01-2009 4:45am

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I still never understand how we get in that list. How are we ahead of Brisbane, Seattle, Portland, Hamburg etc??

Because Brisbane is a dull city with pretty much feck all in it? To have a good time over there you need to go either up north or down south. The city itself is crap.

jank · 15-01-2009 9:39am

So would you say Perth is worse then Sydney or Melbourne?
I dont understand how Auckland is so high as I dont know anybody that has said a good word about it.

Anyway I do agree, as cities go Dublin is kinda $hit! I dont know anybody who works there that wants to settle there. The hastles of a big city but non of the advantages.

S.I.R · 15-01-2009 11:23am

jank wrote: »

So would you say Perth is worse then Sydney or Melbourne?
I dont understand how Auckland is so high as I dont know anybody that has said a good word about it.

Anyway I do agree, as cities go Dublin is kinda $hit! I dont know anybody who works there that wants to settle there. The hastles of a big city but non of the advantages.

ill be staying, you must be in a rubbish location...

Student by any chance...

cause yuo clearly havent seen the whole of dublin... :rolleyes:

Xavi6 · 15-01-2009 11:26am

jank wrote: »

So would you say Perth is worse then Sydney or Melbourne?

Never been to either so can't comment.

tbaymusicman · 15-01-2009 11:26am

i hate all of Dublin except Dublin 2 haha

Húrin · 15-01-2009 12:23pm

Deedsie · 15-01-2009 12:35pm

I lived in Galway, Cork, Dublin & Limerick. Galway and Cork are the best by far. Limerick is not half as bad as people suggest, if you could get rid of the scum bags it'd be up there with Cork and Galway.

Dublin is a depressing horribly over priced nasty city. It doesnt feel like you are in Ireland in parts of it. You could well be in a UK city which is terribly depressing in itself.

Paying €6 and €7 for a pint of Guiness to have the "Craic". Transport is awful in the city. A bus is the only public transport to and from the airport bar the ridiculously over priced taxi's.

Deedsie · 15-01-2009 12:37pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

Top 50 best places in the world to live in 2008 -

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

No sign of Cork, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter.

That ridiculous poll has Dublin ahead of London, Paris and New York City. Anyone who has been to these cities will surely testify thats a load of balls.

bill_ashmount · 15-01-2009 12:53pm

Dublin would be ok if you could get rid of the dubs.

rossie1977 · 15-01-2009 1:14pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

Because Brisbane is a dull city with pretty much feck all in it? To have a good time over there you need to go either up north or down south. The city itself is crap.

thats why luxembourg is so high so, nobody on the streets on saturday night or nowhere to go

for most irish people luxembourg would seem the dullest place in europe

15-01-2009 1:23pm

Hey Rossie are you a Northsider or a Southsider?
I will judge you on this btw.

allabouteve · 15-01-2009 5:35pm

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I still never understand how we get in that list. How are we ahead of Brisbane, Seattle, Portland, Hamburg etc??

Brisbane is a yawn (Perth ftw) and I'm not surprised Dublin beats Paris, I've lived in both, would take Dublin anyday.

Iang87 · 15-01-2009 5:47pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

Top 50 best places in the world to live in 2008 -

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

No sign of Cork, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter.

Ha ha thats the greatest list ever. I thought i'd never see anything as amusing as the one - liners on the humour forum but that list topped it. I can genuinely say i'd rather live under a rock on the shetland islands. than live in Dublin.

Actually since Dublin got 25 maybe we should start a petition and get my rock on the shetland islands number 1 next year. Anything can happen as its already been proven

mikom · 15-01-2009 8:06pm

Xavi6 wrote: »

Top 50 best places in the world to live in 2008 -

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

I'll see your list, and raise you a few links.

http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/03/14/some-days-i-hate-dublin/#comments

http://www.robertherring.com/2006/11/14/the-crown-pub/

http://paulkun.deviantart.com/journal/3091845/

and a quote.

It is possible to love Ireland and hate Dublin, as George Bernard Shaw claimed to do. "My sentimental regard for Ireland does not include the capital"

RealEstateKing · 15-01-2009 9:17pm

of course, but it's the only dump in the country: There's nothing else in Ireland worthy of the name 'city'. Ireland is a country with one city and a bunch of medium to small sized towns in it.

I think if you're married , and settled down and have few ambitions beyond living out the rest of your life, the rest of the country is a nice tranquil place to do it in. If, however, you're young, single and have ambitions in some field or another (particularly creative ones), you have to live in Dublin, cause its the only place big enough to provide you with the possibility.

It's major problem is that high rents have hollowed out it's centre, so that only high turnover businesses can afford to be there: Good cities usually have second-hand bookshops, scruffy record stores, cheap pubs, gig venues, and areas with cheap rental available. Dublin doesnt have any of these things anymore in any quantity: The City Centre is the same big chain stores you'll find anywhere else in the world, for a cheap eat, McDonalds is your only option, and there is a depressingly work-aday feeling about the place: It feels as if everybody is on their way to work and nobody is actually doing anything interesting with themselves.

The major leisure activity seems to be getting arseholed, which has the desired effect of making Irish people think they're following in the great literary tradition of spouting drunken ****e a la Brendan Behan, when actually they are just spouting drunken ****e.

Dublin likes to think of itself as a great European capital of culture in the mould of Paris, London or Rome, when really it's comparable to say Sheffield or at a push , Birmingham. Hopefully the economic crash will bring things back to earth and allow us to see it for what it is: A cosy kittle dump where little of interest ever happens, so you rely on good friends and better conversation to see you through. If you want a shopping centred Sex-in-The-City lifestyle, or a literary world of sparkling repartee and dazzling culture well, um, move somewhere else.

The Mighty Ken · 15-01-2009 9:23pm

RealEstateKing wrote: »

of course, but it's the only dump in the country: There's nothing else in Ireland worthy of the name 'city'. Ireland is a country with one city and a bunch of medium to small sized towns in it.

I think if you're married , and settled down and have few ambitions beyond living out the rest of your life, the rest of the country is a nice tranquil place to do it in. If, however, you're young, single and have ambitions in some field or another (particularly creative ones), you have to live in Dublin, cause its the only place big enough to provide you with the possibility.

It's major problem is that high rents have hollowed out it's centre, so that only high turnover businesses can afford to be there: Good cities usually have second-hand bookshops, scruffy record stores, cheap pubs, gig venues, and areas with cheap rental available. Dublin doesnt have any of these things anymore in any quantity: The City Centre is the same big chain stores you'll find anywhere else in the world, for a cheap eat, McDonalds is your only option, and there is a depressingly work-aday feeling about the place: It feels as if everybody is on their way to work and nobody is actually doing anything interesting with themselves.

The major leisure activity seems to be getting arseholed, which has the desired effect of making Irish people think they're following in the great literary tradition of spouting drunken ****e a la Brendan Behan, when actually they are just spouting drunken ****e.

Dublin likes to think of itself as a great European capital of culture in the mould of Paris, London or Rome, when really it's comparable to say Sheffield or at a push , Birmingham. Hopefully the economic crash will bring things back to earth and allow us to see it for what it is: A cosy kittle dump where little of interest ever happens, so you rely on good friends and better conversation to see you through. If you want a shopping centred Sex-in-The-City lifestyle, or a literary world of sparkling repartee and dazzling culture well, um, move somewhere else.

People who 'hate' Dublin are idiots
People who think that being a Dubliner or living in Dublin somehow makes you a sophisticated, classy, cosmopolitan city-dweller are idiots
People who can't wait for the recession to kick-in fully in order to 'bring people back to earth' or 'put manners on them' are idiots.

That is all.

Unaton · 15-01-2009 9:25pm

It's easy to spot and rant at the negative things

Sure Dublin ain't perfect but to say that you hate it? It's not like the city has raped your children...

Koloman · 15-01-2009 9:29pm

jaffa20 wrote: »

I'm just sick of it to be honest. There is no more atmosphere. I hate the expense of overpriced rent for just living close to work. As soon as i have my full license, i am out of here and moving to the country. I'd rather avoid overcrowded, overpriced, over knackery dublin life. It just has become so depressing in recent years. Sorry for generalising but this is really for those who just live in dublin because they work here. If i was offered the same job in the country,i would take it like that to avoid all the hustle and bussle of the mundane and repetition of living in a never ending cycle. :P:D

It depends were you live in Dublin. Tell us what area you live in so we can make a judgement. As for Dublin been overcrowded? You haven't been out of the country much have you? London makes Dublin seem sparse!

iPlop · 15-01-2009 9:56pm

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

People who 'hate' Dublin are idiots

People who think that being a Dubliner or living in Dublin somehow makes you a sophisticated, classy, cosmopolitan city-dweller are idiots

People who can't wait for the recession to kick-in fully in order to 'bring people back to earth' or 'put manners on them' are idiots.

That is all.

"Giz a blo o' yer joint or I'll kick deh bollix off yeh"
"Fcukin' recession ,deh dole won't be as good as it was durin' deh boom"
"Any odds fer deh bus ,I need to get a new hoodie an give someone a straightner on deh 77A"

Dublin say no more

btw im from Dublin

Reg'stoy · 15-01-2009 10:24pm

Come on its Dublin and its full of dubs, enough said.

rossie1977 · 15-01-2009 11:14pm

RealEstateKing wrote: »

Good cities usually have second-hand bookshops, scruffy record stores, cheap pubs, gig venues, and areas with cheap rental available.

great thing galway has plenty of those things, all in a small town :rolleyes:

Jazzy · 15-01-2009 11:22pm

yeah its terrible

Epic Tissue · 16-01-2009 12:05am

I like Dublin but haven't lived anywhere else

jank · 16-01-2009 12:35am

ill be staying, you must be in a rubbish location...

Student by any chance...

cause yuo clearly havent seen the whole of dublin...

D9 which isnt too bad a location but thats just me. I was a student but I also worked there for a bit. So what is this big mystery that I havent seen yet that makes it such a great place.

Dublin is what it is. I think the post by RealEstateKing sums it up nicely.

Sir Gallagher · 16-01-2009 12:38am

Epic Tissue wrote: »

I like Dublin but haven't lived anywhere else

Well by the sound of all the card carrying idiots in this thread you're

A) a west brit who doesn't understand what it means to be Irish

ignorant
C) filthy
D) a scumbag who's name is either anto or deco

Any of you hate dublin

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