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Dublin voted 26th best city to live out of 221

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  • #32
    Yahew
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    charlemont wrote: »
    Dublin could be much higher up the list if a few things were sorted out...Traffic being the main one.

    So, tell me. I am thinking of moving bak to Ireland in the next few years ( I know, against the flow but I left during the boom as the boomtown bugged me) - how can the traffic be the same with the recession?

    It seems to have eased to me, but I am not there mid-week really, except Christmas which isn't much of a barometer.


  • #33
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Ah well, at least Dubs like Dublin, which is the main thing.



    the poor misguided fools.:pac:


  • #34
    Yahew
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    You think Dublin is overpopulated?

    Hilarious!!! :D:D:D

    What hamlet are you from?

    Big cities probably all have similar densities, although it depends on the type of housing.


  • #35
    Fbjm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭Fbjm


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    WHAT TOWN:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

    Cmon, town! If there's no place name in front of the word 'town', it is to be assumed the post refers to Dublin. It is the capital after all...


  • #36
    Yahew
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    I vote to move this to the Dublin City forum, before the culchies come in.


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  • #37
    Captain Chaos
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    Yahew wrote: »
    So, tell me. I am thinking of moving bak to Ireland in the next few years ( I know, against the flow but I left during the boom as the boomtown bugged me) - how can the traffic be the same with the recession?

    It seems to have eased to me, but I am not there mid-week really, except Christmas which isn't much of a barometer.

    Because with the cut backs on public transport and more parents off work, more school kids are being driven to school than before. Try getting through Clontarf at 8:30 Mon to Friday, traffic is at a standstill.

    Early morning traffic from 7-8 has eased a lot but after 8 it's as bad as ever. When the schools are off I get to work in 6-8 mins driving, normally it takes 15-20 mins, shocking.


  • #38
    44leto
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    Yahew wrote: »
    I vote to move this to the Dublin City forum, before the culchies come in.

    Like:rolleyes: the best solution is move the culchies to the culchie forum.


  • #39
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Someone said that Limerick was Number 2 but I can't see it on the list.:confused:


  • #40
    charlemont
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    Yahew wrote: »
    So, tell me. I am thinking of moving bak to Ireland in the next few years ( I know, against the flow but I left during the boom as the boomtown bugged me) - how can the traffic be the same with the recession?

    It seems to have eased to me, but I am not there mid-week really, except Christmas which isn't much of a barometer.

    Traffic ? Well Dublin doesn't have a suitable public transport system for its size. The joke of having 4 different authorities makes joined up planning almost impossible too, County Fingal !! Like need I say more...


  • #41
    Tar.Aldarion
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    Nicer than paris eh, take that frenchies. Srsly, paris is nice. London 38 eh.


    I love that in the americas... Honolulu (29) and San Francisco (30) are the top american cities. Canada just so much better than america eh?


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  • #42
    44leto
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    There are nice things about dub, we are not to far from the beach or the mountains and there are parks everywhere. But there is a scumbag problem and it can be a traffic mess. To spite that it is relatively safe.


  • #43
    John Doe1
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    The city is unfeasibly ugly and filled with so so many twats.


  • #44
    cocoshovel
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    Where's Waterford?!


  • #45
    My name is URL
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    John Doe1 wrote: »
    The city is unfeasibly ugly and filled with so so many twats.

    It's not an ugly city imo. And many cities would be much better if you got rid of its inhabitants!

    I'm genuinely surprised that Dublin ranks higher than San Fransisco in any case.


  • #46
    Dotrel
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    stone roses wrote: »
    Dublin ranks higher than new york , london and paris as best city to live while vienna gets top spot and baghdad hits rock bottom.

    top 5 vienna, zurich, auckland, munich and dusseldof

    I hear George Michael won't leave the place.


  • #47
    stone roses
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    It's not an ugly city imo. And many cities would be much better if you got rid of its inhabitants!

    I'm genuinely surprised that Dublin ranks higher than San Fransisco in any case.

    i was in san fran a few weeks ago, great spot and nice people but i have to say the amount of poor people on the streets and seen them looking for food in bins made me wonder, just how bad do they have it or just how good do we have it?


  • #48
    admiralofthefleet
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    lecker Hendl wrote: »
    It's better than Cork :rolleyes:


    It is though. I'm not biased. I'm from Cork.

    its a poll about cities, not towns


  • #49
    Yahew
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    stone roses wrote: »
    i was in san fran a few weeks ago, great spot and nice people but i have to say the amount of poor people on the streets and seen them looking for food in bins made me wonder, just how bad do they have it or just how good do we have it?

    its a bit unfair to blame San Francisco, its liberal attitude to homelessness, the fact thats its a walkable city and the weather attracts the homeless from all over the country.


  • #50
    Einhard
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    John Doe1 wrote: »
    The city is unfeasibly ugly and filled with so so many twats.

    So...it is a feasibly ugly city?
    Yahew wrote: »
    its a bit unfair to blame San Francisco, its liberal attitude to homelessness, the fact thats its a walkable city and the weather attracts the homeless from all over the country.

    Umm, not sure if this is serious...but if it is...how do the homeless get there??


  • #51
    EKClarke
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    Dublin is a kip. There's absolutely nothing to do except walk up O'Connell street. Any foreigner I ask whose been there as a tourist says the same. Nothing in the place and it's also ugly. Hate the people as well.


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  • #52
    cosanostra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭cosanostra


    This survey must have be carried out by the same people that said Ireland was the 4th richest country in the world


  • #53
    PseudoFamous
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    I wouldnt want to live anywhere else other than Dublin. Every time i go away, i always leave the place ive visited thinking "what a kip!".
    Funnily enough, I'd live anywhere in Ireland rather than Dublin. Everytime I go there, I always leave the place thinking "what a kip!".


  • #54
    orourkeda
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    ICE HOUSE wrote: »
    Spent a while in 4 of these top "top 5 cities" and there no great shakes either tbh.

    What city would you consider "great shakes" as a matter of interest?


  • #55
    ASOT
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    so many jelly ******s in this thread


  • #56
    orourkeda
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    EKClarke wrote: »
    Dublin is a kip. There's absolutely nothing to do except walk up O'Connell street. Any foreigner I ask whose been there as a tourist says the same. Nothing in the place and it's also ugly. Hate the people as well.

    London, New York and Paris can all suck on it.


  • #57
    orourkeda
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    cosanostra wrote: »
    This survey must have be carried out by the same people that said Ireland was the 4th richest country in the world

    Surveys like this cant really settle what the best city is.

    It still comes down to the individuals experience


  • #58
    Brendog
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    Yeah its a drop from previous years but its just cool to know we're better than the feckin French


  • #59
    Local-womanizer
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    I like Dublin, I think it's a grand city. It's not really any worse than any other I have been in tbf.

    But New York city was my favourite, extremely friendly city so it is.


  • #60
    orourkeda
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    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    I like Dublin, I think it's a grand city. It's not really any worse than any other I have been in tbf.

    But New York city was my favourite, extremely friendly city so it is.

    Really? I found Chicago to be a far friendlier and relaxed city while still giving the feeling that you are in a proper big city


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  • #61
    HavingCrack
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    Dusseldorf?? What the **** like? Really? Munich/Cologne/Freiberg are all far nicer.
    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

    I love that in the americas... Honolulu (29) and San Francisco (30) are the top american cities. Canada just so much better than america eh?

    That's really strange, neither of those places usually come high up on US city "rankings". I would have thought places like Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Minneapolis, Boston and DC (favourite city so maybe a bit biased) would have come higher. San Francisco is only good if you're super wealthy and I mean super, super wealthy.


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