City vs City 2: Waterford vs Galway

RobitTV · 07-09-2010 08:06PM #1

What city is better And Why? And what do you like About each city?
Also vote in the poll above..
City 1: Waterford
City 2: Galway

TheZohanS · 07-09-2010 08:08PM

Not this shìte again....

Killer Pigeon · 07-09-2010 08:08PM

Galway, because I only really found out 'til now that Waterford was a real city.

RobitTV · 07-09-2010 08:09PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Not this shìte again....

ahh come on its abit of fun lol :P

Hank_Jones · 07-09-2010 08:09PM

Of course, Dublin is put up against London (which it has absolutely no chance of beating...) and then there's a poll of Galway vs Waterford...

At least putting those cities up against each other is fair.

Galway, definitely Galway.

mike65 · 07-09-2010 08:15PM

Galway cos its full of Michael D Higgins and horses and Hookers and RTE "stars" and FF "****" in a tent and spanish eyes and craic and diddly-ey-die and all that ****ing touristy bullsh1te that we in the honest Deise have no time for! :mad:

starbelgrade · 07-09-2010 08:16PM

Waterford is a one horse town.

Not too fond of Galway either - for the size of the city, it has a massive urban sprawl & traffic congestion to match it. Full of tourists in the summer & one of the wettest counties in Ireland the rest of the year.

Lovely county though.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 07-09-2010 08:18PM

mike65 wrote: »

Galway cos its full of Michael D Higgins

Not true, there's only one of those.

starbelgrade · 07-09-2010 08:21PM

Alijah Mealy Lock wrote: »

Not true, there's only one of those.

Thank f*ck for small mercies.

Kasabian · 07-09-2010 08:21PM

Alijah Mealy Lock wrote: »

Not true, there's only one of those.

And he is a Clareman.

TheZohanS · 07-09-2010 08:23PM

RobitTV wrote: »

ahh come on its abit of fun lol :P

Right so, Waterford is shìte and Galway kicks its ass. (for fun like)

Tomebagel · 07-09-2010 08:25PM

gwaan da tribesmen

Kasabian · 07-09-2010 08:26PM

I spoilt my vote as both are equally of no interest to me.

BraziliaNZ · 07-09-2010 08:26PM

They're both kips. Galway totally overrated, just a couple of pedestrianised streets and noisy trafficy Eyre Square! The county though is gorgeous. And you could hardly call either a city.

Kasabian · 07-09-2010 08:28PM

I can't wait for the Sligo versus ( pick a sh1tehole ) thread

rossie1977 · 07-09-2010 09:08PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

They're both kips.

kips :rolleyes: define exactly how either are kips

anyway galway wins this easily, best bars/pubs in the country, nice modern threatre, decent shopping options, amazing summer festivals, salthill, hop and a jump from the like of the burren/cliffs of moher, aran islands, connemara, if you have kids lots of stuff for them

galway is the best town/city in the country no doubt in my mind

PeterIanStaker · 07-09-2010 09:17PM

Galway without a doubt, great atmosphere.

lily09 · 07-09-2010 09:29PM

Actually from waterford and have spent a lot of time in galway. I love both places, they are very different and dont think either could be described as a kip. Both have very vibrant festival scenes, spraoi arts festivals etc.
Both have lovely counties and coastlines as well.
Dont understand why the need to compare.

Amazotheamazing · 07-09-2010 09:29PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

kips :rolleyes: define exactly how either are kips

anyway galway wins this easily, best bars/pubs in the country, nice modern threatre, decent shopping options, amazing summer festivals, salthill, hop and a jump from the like of the burren/cliffs of moher, aran islands, connemara, if you have kids lots of stuff for them

galway is the best town/city in the country no doubt in my mind

the bars/pubs of Galway are massively overrated, imo.

Mars Bar · 07-09-2010 09:42PM

Galway!

I'm biased though.

To be honest, I haven't spent any time in Waterford to judge it but one of my friends just moved down to Waterford to start college and he's being ranting and raving about how much he likes the place!

JupiterKid · 07-09-2010 10:01PM

Galway by a long shot. It has a good sense of character, a very attractive and compact city centre steeped in history and stunning environs, expecially Conneamara and the Aran Islands to its immediate west. Not to say that Waterford doesn't have these, but Galway city has them in spades.

The river Suir is Waterford's greatest asset but there's something about Waterford's centre that is dead and needs revitsalising.

Both are better than Limerick anyhow:D - but then again just about anywhere is better than Limerick, with the possible exception of the hole that is Tipperary town.

Asmodean · 07-09-2010 10:11PM

Im from waterford and living in galway can i vote for both?! has to be said both are small cities but galway definitely makes better use of its streets and layout.
im delighted that waterford is getting some rejuvination what with a lot of new city centre infrastructure that is planned such as the new gardens in and around city hall.

Warper · 07-09-2010 10:13PM

Kasabian wrote: »

I can't wait for the Sligo versus ( pick a sh1tehole ) thread

Tallaght v Finglas ?

Pinturicchio · 07-09-2010 10:50PM

Oh Galway town (Oh Galway town),
Is wonderful (Is wonderful),
Oh Galway town is wonderful,
It's full of tits, fanny, and United,
Oh Galway town is wonderful.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 07-09-2010 10:50PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Waterford is a one horse town.

Not too fond of Galway either - for the size of the city, it has a massive urban sprawl & traffic congestion to match it. Full of tourists in the summer & one of the wettest counties in Ireland the rest of the year.

Lovely county though.

I heard the horse died..?

THall04 · 07-09-2010 11:03PM

Pointless thread.
Waterford people will vote Waterford.
Galway (and Kilkenny) people will vote Galway.

Anybody else will go for Galway , because of the better nightlife (good but a bit overrated)
By comparison Waterford is s**te .
But it looks as if it's already hit rock bottom ... one near pub/nightclub monopoly has gone bust and it looks like some new blood & fresh thinking is comming to town.Hopefully things will be much closer in a year or so......although who would give a f**k as it is a pointless thread.

mike65 · 07-09-2010 11:06PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Galway by a long shot. It has a good sense of character, a very attractive and compact city centre steeped in history and stunning environs, expecially Conneamara and the Aran Islands to its immediate west. Not to say that Waterford doesn't have these, but Galway city has them in spades.

The river Suir is Waterford's greatest asset but there's something about Waterford's centre that is dead and needs revitsalising.

Waterford has so much history Galway shall quite literally never catch up!

I agree about the city centre - the moonscape (complete with its own Monolith) is appalling no matter how they try to tart it up.