Where is the most "run down" estate in Ireland

some random drunk wrote: »

St. Teresa's Gardens, The Coombe, Dublin 8 is pretty grim:

http://g.co/maps/82jae

St. Michael's Estate, also in Dublin 8 is also worthy of a mention, though they do have a nice playground....

http://g.co/maps/5kfud

I lived right beside the first place for more than two years and while it was very grotty I loved living there never had a bit of trouble from the people. It was very 'old school,' people were rough around the edges but humble, friendly and unobtrusive. I don't think it's comparable to some of the big estates in the suburbs. In fact if I was to move back to Dublin and had a choice to live anywhere I wanted I would probably pick Dublin 8, it had so much character.

One horrible place that really sticks with me is an estate in Tuam that the Sligo - Galway bus passes. It's basically a row of houses and the gardens are full, and I mean full of rubbish. I thought the houses were derelict until I saw people come in and out and children playing in the rubbish. It truly is horrific. Someone must know where I'm talking about?

Truley wrote: »

One horrible place that really sticks with me is an estate in Tuam that the Sligo - Galway bus passes. It's basically a row of houses and the gardens are full, and I mean full of rubbish. I thought the houses were derelict until I saw people come in and out and children playing in the rubbish. It truly is horrific. Someone must know where I'm talking about?

Gilmartin Road.

Truley wrote: »

I think that's it, but most of those houses are tame in comparison to what I've seen. Like, seven or eight houses in a row just full of debris, bin bags, sleeping bags used for curtains etc. And then in the middle you see quite normal houses with nice gardens and you wonder how they can live with it

You'll probably find that many of those houses that are kept well (in all of the estates mentioned, tbh) belong to people that have been there for years and just can't/won't move for various reasons.

Over the years, due to appalling housing policy from successive governments, these areas have become ghettoised (for want of a better word) and councils just ship in all the perceived "trouble-makers" and ne'er-do-wells and put them in the same place, where I suppose it was thought that they could be contained and forgotten about.

I believe that schemes like Part V, whilst controversial to many and if implemented correctly, are a great idea for society in general. Helps eradicate the old "us v them" attitudes.

Old greenfield in Maynooth
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grenache wrote: »

Ballinacurra Weston in Limerick is as bad as anything i've seen, particulary the part around Lenihan Avenue, just around the corner from the home of Wayne Dundon. Saddest thing of all is that it's right next to the city centre, Limerick's problem in a nutshell.

I always thought Southill/OMalley park were the worst parts of Limerick , Moyross and Balinacurra weston seamed grand to me , maybe I missed something

The Glen, Northside Cork City

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mike65 wrote: »

Limerick really does have a shocking housing stock for a place its size.

athlones a quarter the size of limerick and its stock during the tiger years in places like willow park, st mels and battery heights wasn't all that much better

44leto wrote: »

A philosophical questions.

The rundown estates seem to collect a lot of scumbags.

So are scumbags scumbags because the places they live are horrible

Or are horrible places horrible places because of scumbags.

I come from a place that got a mention in this thread and I know the old addage is true 99.99% of the people of these areas are the salt of the Earth and sound, but its that vocal and active .01% that fuk it up for the rest of us.

scumbags are scumbags, take a look at places in Holland where middleclass people live in virtually the same type of high rise estates like we have been knocking down here, they don't turn into scumbags.

CrackisWhack wrote: »

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