City vs City 1: Dublin vs London

darkman2 wrote: »

London is very similar to Dublin in many areas. The only real difference to me is that London is bigger. In fact on these islands they are the two most similar cities..

lol dublin and london are not similiar at all, had you said dublin and cork maybe but dublin and london

Dublin - it's Irish and it's where I live

Amsterdam and San Francisco are great cities.. there's a completely different vibe in those places than in Dublin, or London, or most other major cities. They seem more like large villages imo

London for me, it is without doubt my favourite city.

Fantastic architecture, I never tire of flying into Heathrow particularly if you are lucky enough to fly in from the City and over Kensington into Heathrow. Love it when the clocks go back and its just getting dark as you are flying in, fantastic!!

Pubs: Pubs are definitely better in London and of course have a great selection of proper beer, one thing that bugs me about pubs here is lack of choice. I also thing the atmosphere is better.

Think people are friendlier and certainly more polite in London, politeness very obvious in using public transport, people let people off the tube first and don't try and barge on unlike using the commuter services here in the morning. People thank you when you hold the door open for them, it just doesn't seem to happen here anymore.

Public transport obviously is better.

London has a lot more hidden streets with genuinely brilliant little coffee shops and gems of small shops if you are a tourist in London, give the public transport a miss and just get lost in the city.

Shops: No contest London wins hands down for shops and even the most expensive shops in London can be cheaper than here. Again you have places like Covent Garden with small independent shops and great street entertainment.

London would have to win for parks also.

And of course London has the best football team Arsenal


London just has a really mystical feel to it.

To be honest I think it is unfair to compare London and Dublin, while they are similar in ways, as someone pointed out London is one of the great Cities so the comparison is unfair imo.

Dublin is still a fantastic city, its small size makes it very easy to navigate and of course you are basically right beside the sea, Grafton street is still a fantastic street, hope it stays this way, Dublin is not a bad looking city either.

moonpurple wrote: »

I moved from london to dublin
coz it is easier being irish in dublin
than it is in london:pac:

Is there a difference?!

Biggins wrote: »

Bigger question: was this thread really going to end well?

Ends well for the self-loathing, self deprecating, grass is greener brigade, of which there is no shortage.

It always amuses me how OTT people can get in these stupid poll threads, coke/heinz ketchup/dublin is UTTER SHITE, how can anybody stand it!!!! pepsi/chef/london is FAR superior and you are a complete gobshite if you do not agree.

starbelgrade wrote: »

Dublin is more of a big town than a city.

I don't get people with this mentality. Obviously it's nowhere near on the scale of Moscow or London but it still covers a large area and has a larger population than Liverpool, Manchester, Lyon, Zurich, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Oslo, Copenhagen, etc. (And that's just taking in the city centre population, not the urban or metropolitan populations).