Are you happy living in ireland

cena · 31-08-2011 05:18PM #1

AS the above says. I can't say I'm happy living in the country. I think I would be happy living in the states with the family i'v over there, Unlike my irish family cousins etc that don't speak too you and just drive pass without waving at you. So rude.

Also we don't even play the sports I like Ice hockey.

orourkeda · 31-08-2011 05:20PM

yes.

things could be worse

Dravokivich · 31-08-2011 05:23PM

So you're asking us if we like living here because you don't like your extended family?

Chuck Stone · 31-08-2011 05:23PM

Godammit I love this wee country and I love my fellow countrymen (and women, easy now).

cena · 31-08-2011 05:27PM

orourkeda wrote: »

yes.

things could be worse

well they could be alright

westies4ever · 31-08-2011 05:28PM

for every con, ireland has a 1000 pro's. i love it. cant see myself ever living anywhere else.

Saila · 31-08-2011 05:29PM

you're saying that like its a choice for us

neil_hosey · 31-08-2011 05:29PM

i love it here..

you cousins sound like dícks!

sorry to hear that. we play hurling. Watch the all ireland final on sunday!!

spindex · 31-08-2011 05:29PM

yes love it. It might be a shi* hole, but its our shi* hole.

Carter P Fly · 31-08-2011 05:30PM

whats stopping you from just moving to the states?

Dangerous Man · 31-08-2011 05:31PM

Despite all the crap going on right now Ireland is still a great place. I left over a year ago now but was happy there before I did so; I'm happy where I am now but miss Ireland terribly. It's run by fuckwits (although the current bunch of fuckwits don't seem as fuckwitty as the last) and can be frustrating but it has an awful lot going for it - more than most places on this planet.

Where To · 31-08-2011 05:32PM

I love everything about Ireland apart from my 'wannabe American' cousin

cena · 31-08-2011 05:33PM

neil_hosey wrote: »

i love it here..

you cousins sound like dícks! sorry to hear that. we play hurling. Watch the all ireland final on sunday!!

ya your right nearly all of them are. A hand full well speak too me.

starviewadams · 31-08-2011 05:35PM

Not really.

Shít weather,high prices,majority of the population are small minded,ignorant cúnts.

Don't understand why tourists come here to be honest.

cena · 31-08-2011 05:36PM

Carter P Fly wrote: »

whats stopping you from just moving to the states?

well it would be visas.

Little Acorn · 31-08-2011 05:37PM

Yes I am happy here. I love this country, it is my home.
I do want to travel some more and see more of the world, and it might be nice to own a holiday apartment somewhere to go for a few weeks a year, but my permanent home is Ireland, and I think I would always come back to it to settle and live.

Jam · 31-08-2011 05:42PM

I wasn't unhappy, but I don't see how it's any better or worse than most places. It has good things going for it, and bad. Depends on your personal preference.

For example, if you like things to be done properly, then Ireland is the wrong place to be. From my experience, about half the workforce in Ireland are crap at the their jobs and/or don't care, and fifth of those are probably incompetent. So if you're one of the hardworking people that can actually do your job properly, it usually shows, but then half the people at work hate you for showing them up.

That's why I got out.

PseudoFamous · 31-08-2011 05:46PM

Jam wrote: »

For example, if you like things to be done properly, then Ireland is the wrong place to be. From my experience, about half the workforce in Ireland are crap at the their jobs and/or don't care, and fifth of those are probably incompetent. So if you're one of the hardworking people that can actually do your job properly, it usually shows, but then half the people at work hate you for showing them up.

I think there might have been another different reason for them hating you rather than simply for showing up, and it might have had something to do with your superiority complex.

Eve_Dublin · 31-08-2011 05:48PM

I'm home visiting Ireland at the moment and was just thinking there a few minutes ago how sad I'm going to be again leaving next week, mainly because of family. Hate saying goodbye to my dad

Spent the day at Newgrange with my parents and that place is just unbelievable. 5000 years old. Older than the Pyramids of Eygpt even! Beautiful scenary around it and this is only the East Coast. There were a load of tourists on the tour, obviously, but they were bowled over as was I. I felt very proud. They did a great job up there...

Then last weekend I was at the Dublin V Donegal game and the atmosphere you get nowhere else...after the game a Donegal fan turned around to me and said, "Well done and best of luck in the final!". Brought a tear to my eye. It's all just for the love of sport and county pride and no crazy hooliganism you see in other countries. We all share a love for GAA.

And the sense of humour....I haven't laughed as much since I landed last week.

Ireland is great. I feel myself here and I see myself coming home one day. I'm jealous in a way of you lot living here (and before you suggest I come home, I can't)...you need to go away to appreciate it.

starlit · 31-08-2011 05:48PM

Yes and no....

Uriel. · 31-08-2011 05:49PM

Grass is always greener syndrome tbh. There's pros and cons to living in any country, some countries have more pros than cons and vice versa. Ireland is probably at the end of the scale with the substantially more pros than cons I would say.

To be honest though, living somewhere and your happiness in that place is largely down to what you make it yourself. The US is great and I've some decent friends over there but not sure If living there would be all that greater than Ireland, with the exception of choice (bigger area in which to move around in). Europe has that kinda choice too but it's not as easy due to language and wider cultural differences often being a barrier (though not insurmountable)

TouchingVirus · 31-08-2011 05:50PM

I'm not unhappy to be here but outside of a small circle of friends and small enough circle of family I have no ties to here and don't feel particularly encouraged to stay. I'd be quite happy to live elsewhere but it is a whole lot of effort

The Scientician · 31-08-2011 05:51PM

I've grown quite fond of the old girl. I doubt I could leave her, especially in her time of stress.

Duiske · 31-08-2011 05:57PM

starviewadams wrote: »

Not really.

Shít weather,high prices,majority of the population are small minded,ignorant cúnts.

Don't understand why tourists come here to be honest.

Don't let the plane door hit you on the way out !!

Ole Rodrigo · 31-08-2011 05:57PM

Having seen the worst of the country over the last few years (a bit longer even ) , it can only get better.

talla10 · 31-08-2011 05:59PM

Not really TBH all i ever seem to do is work to pay bills and stay above water which is just existing and not really living...

But with mortgage and job security looks like i'll be here for the long haul!!

/pull up a chair :pac:

My name is URL · 31-08-2011 06:04PM

cena wrote: »

Unlike my irish family cousins etc that don't speak too you and just drive pass without waving at you. So rude.

You must live in Dublin. You should move to a more rural area. Everyone you pass will wave to you.. people will down tools, leave the dinner table and race out to the roadside just to wave at you.

goat2 · 31-08-2011 06:04PM

cena wrote: »

ya your right nearly all of them are. A hand full well speak too me.

why do you have to be upset with cousins, have you got good neighbours, workmates, why bother if they are not trying, join evening classes, club, get to know others,
i have travelled alot,
we have the best, maybe our problesm seem big, but they are man made, unlike other countries, watching new york and all the places along the coast of america having to leave their homes due to the storm, some being killed, some losing all their posessions, then look at the news every night and see what is going on with cournal gadaffi, he is thick as a plank, murdering, not standing down, ruining peoples lives, then look at the horn of africa, people starving due to no rain, this country could feed the world, we have the climate,
we do not have, earthquakes, tsunamis, nor wars,
your problem is very small, go out there and make friends with others, you dont need the relatives to stay, live your life,
i love this place, i have less money, bigger bills, but so what, i will have to cut my cloth to match

revell · 31-08-2011 06:08PM

neither happy nor unhappy but I think if I live elsewhere I will be happier, or the other way round.

ToxicPaddy · 31-08-2011 06:11PM

It has its good and bad points, unfortunately there are a lot more bad than good at the moment. Seriously thinking about calling it a day and moving abroad but will give it another 12 months or so and see..

31-08-2011 06:20PM

Let me say...
I love being Irish, I love the many beautiful sights and spots we have here, I love the fact that most of my family is within a shortish drive of me. That's it.

We are getting effed in the ass so hard in this country it isn't even funny anymore. Every week it costs me a fortune just to live here. We have one of the highest taxes on fuel, alcohol and cigarettes in Europe here, and yet we're still broke???

As well as that, the Irish mentality has changed for the worst in the last 10-15 years. The Celtic Tiger years turned a large portion of our people into material-driven selfish parasites, everyone wants the flashy house, the flashy car, the latest Ipod, camera, and 4 holidays a year. We allow ourselves to be influenced too easily by American culture.

The younger generation go out dressed like wannabe pornstars and care only about getting f**ked up and getting the ride.

The scumbags have won. Most cases reported to the gardai never get solved or reach a conclusion these days. Often the victim of an assault will be told to accept an apology and move on by an advising garda. And who can blame the cops? They are expected to maintain social order and deal with the scumbags using little to no resources. Scumbags have knives, guns, broken bottles and no rules or morals. Gardai have a baton and endless cuts to their financial resources, as well as a truely muddled justice service over their heads.

The way everything is run here is just wrong. If you take a wander over to Germany it is easy to see why they have money coming out of their arses. Small example: At their airports, the escalators only activate when someone approaches one to use it.

This country really is a baron wasteland compared to 10 years ago. There are boarded up shops/pubs/businesses and ghost estates all over the place. Most of my good friends have left indefinitely. We are now in the hands of the EU/ECB/IMF for the next couple of decades at the least.

Yes I might sound like a self-loathing Paddy, but I'm physically and emotionally sick at the state of present-day Ireland. This is supposed to be a happy place. God knows our ancestors went through enough drama and tragedy to get us to a 'good' place, and we've shat upon their hard work. Banks and developers can only be blamed so much, every citizen of Ireland has a full responsibility to make her as beautiful and prosperous as she once was. Unfortunately it might be too late.

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