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Murder rates and house prices (split from Depressing Dublin House prices)

  • 02-01-2014 7:27pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,537 ✭✭✭✭


    These posts have been moved from the Depressing Dublin House prices thread.

    That any post has been moved here doesn't necessarily reflect on any one poster.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    If you can afford somewhere decent where you want to live, I would just go for it.

    I also don't get why people are still convinced Tallaght is like Beirut. It's a rather large suburb and has nice spots and not so nice.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    alastair wrote: »
    What bugs me is the rather arbitrary nature of what seems to constitutes 'SCD'. Seemingly the 'traditional' understanding of 'SCD' only includes the fancier addresses. This 'SCD' that excludes Ballinteer, Ballybrack, Shankill, and anywhere with a sniff of council housing is only the product of some selective snobbery.

    Shankill is SCD so is Ballybrack any areas without a postcode is traditionally SCD, so Sandymount isn't, and either is Donnybrook.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    Ush1 wrote: »
    If you can afford somewhere decent where you want to live, I would just go for it.

    I also don't get why people are still convinced Tallaght is like Beirut. It's a rather large suburb and has nice spots and not so nice.

    Because of things like the below:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/man-dies-after-new-year-s-night-assault-in-tallaght-1.1642186


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    The Spider wrote: »

    if we wanna go there...

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/court-hears-how-student-was-killed-outside-nightclub-129387.html

    "Brian Murphy was savagely attacked after an altercation occurred outside Club Annabell’s nightclub in the Burlington Hotel"

    there is crime everywhere, Tallaght is huge and has massive extremes...but believe it or not there are nice parts.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    jon1981 wrote: »
    if we wanna go there...

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/court-hears-how-student-was-killed-outside-nightclub-129387.html

    "Brian Murphy was savagely attacked after an altercation occurred outside Club Annabell’s nightclub in the Burlington Hotel"

    there is crime everywhere, Tallaght is huge and has massive extremes...but believe it or not there are nice parts.


    Yeah in 2004 lets take a look at tallaght in 2013

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/murder-accused-denies-returning-to-tallaght-crime-scene-571834.html

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0731/465672-melanie-mccarthy-mcnamara/

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0520/451344-murdered-man-linked-to-firearm-seizure/

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/man-fatally-shot-in-tallaght-suspected-of-two-other-shootings-1.1468967

    and thats just a few from this year, if the only one you could find was the fight outside Annabels 10 years ago, that's exactly the difference between Tallaght and SCD.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »

    So nobody has ever been violently assaulted by people from "nicer" areas?

    To be fair that's not exactly the norm hence it made national news.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    Ush1 wrote: »
    So nobody has ever been violently assaulted by people from "nicer" areas?

    To be fair that's not exactly the norm hence it made national news.

    See links above or do a search for crime deaths tallaght 2013, plenty of em.

    Do a search for crime deaths Cabinteely 2013 and compare and contrast.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    The Spider wrote: »
    See links above or do a search for crime deaths tallaght 2013, plenty of em.

    Do a search for crime deaths Cabinteely 2013 and compare and contrast.

    Tallaght is bigger than Cabinteely. There are whole, perfectly nice areas of Tallaght which are bigger than Cabinteely.

    You might as well compare Cabinteely with LA, its a ridiculous comparison.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »

    One is actually a case from 2012.
    Melanie McCarthy-McNamara was shot dead as she sat in a car in Tallaght on 8 February, 2012.

    As I said, you're not comparing like with like.

    Tallaght is far larger than any other suburb. If you look at those cases and where they might have taken place they would all be around certain areas of Tallaght.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »
    See links above or do a search for crime deaths tallaght 2013, plenty of em.

    Do a search for crime deaths Cabinteely 2013 and compare and contrast.

    Cabinteely

    Population (2006)[1]Urban12,698

    Tallaght

    Population (2011) • Urban71,467


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    Ush1 wrote: »
    Cabinteely

    Population (2006)[1]Urban12,698

    Tallaght

    Population (2011) • Urban71,467

    Nobody cares :rolleyes:


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Ush1 wrote: »
    If you can afford somewhere decent where you want to live, I would just go for it.

    I also don't get why people are still convinced Tallaght is like Beirut. It's a rather large suburb and has nice spots and not so nice.

    I'm not trying to be funny- but you are aware that Beirut is considered to be very exclusive and prestigious, and is rated by the international business community as the most expensive city in the Middle East (having recently dethroned Abu Dhabi). Source Tallaght, on the other hand, while it does have the Square and some interesting businesses and enterprises in the area- is not exactly on parr with Beirut.

    Yes- Tallaght has the odd murder (normally drugs or gangland related) and Beirut has the odd attrocity (normally Hezbollah car bombs)- probably on roughly the same frequency as one another, but as areas, affluence, money, pretigiousness etc go- Beirut is up there with the best of cities. Akin to Tallaght- it has its bad areas (e.g. keep the hell away from the South Beirut area of Haret Hreik)- much the same as Tallaght has its infamous areas (thankfully car bombs don't tend to feature).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    I'm not trying to be funny- but you are aware that Beirut is considered to be very exclusive and prestigious, and is rated by the international business community as the most expensive city in the Middle East (having recently dethroned Abu Dhabi). Source Tallaght, on the other hand, while it does have the Square and some interesting businesses and enterprises in the area- is not exactly on parr with Beirut.

    Yes- Tallaght has the odd murder (normally drugs or gangland related) and Beirut has the odd attrocity (normally Hezbollah car bombs)- probably on roughly the same frequency as one another, but as areas, affluence, money, pretigiousness etc go- Beirut is up there with the best of cities. Akin to Tallaght- it has its bad areas (e.g. keep the hell away from the South Beirut area of Haret Hreik)- much the same as Tallaght has its infamous areas (thankfully car bombs don't tend to feature).

    Fair enough.

    Odd murder vs odd car bomb, I know which I prefer but then again I'm not from Beirut. I'm sure it does have some nice spots.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    Ush1 wrote: »
    Fair enough.

    Odd murder vs odd car bomb, I know which I prefer but then again I'm not from Beirut. I'm sure it does have some nice spots.

    I'd prefer not to live in an area that had the 'odd murder' full stop.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    The Spider wrote: »
    I'd prefer not to live in an area that had the 'odd murder' full stop.

    You live in Dublin, that has the 'odd murder'.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    drumswan wrote: »
    You live in Dublin, that has the 'odd murder'.

    I don't actually live south and commute, but by that logic, I live in Ireland that has the 'odd murder'.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    The Spider wrote: »
    I don't actually live south and commute, but by that logic, I live in Ireland that has the 'odd murder'.

    Now you are getting it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »
    I'd prefer not to live in an area that had the 'odd murder' full stop.

    So you'd really want to avoid any moderately sized urban area anywhere then.

    Tell me, do you every go into Dublin City at all? For work or socialising? Plenty of murder and crime there.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    drumswan wrote: »
    Now you are getting it.

    :rolleyes:

    Ok so you're saying that it doesn't matter where you live, murders can happen, fine, now where are they most likely to happen, and where are your kids more likely to mix with people who may be involved with shall we say questionable activities as opposed to mixing with people who aren't.

    See where this is going and why people will pay a premium to live in an area where this is less likely to happen?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    The Spider wrote: »
    See where this is going and why people will pay a premium to live in an area where this is less likely to happen?

    Yes I do, thats why there are huge differences in the prices of areas within places like Tallaght, Dublin and Ireland. Its not that hard to grasp?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Ok so you're saying that it doesn't matter where you live, murders can happen, fine, now where are they most likely to happen, and where are your kids more likely to mix with people who may be involved with shall we say questionable activities as opposed to mixing with people who aren't.

    See where this is going and why people will pay a premium to live in an area where this is less likely to happen?

    Or a premium on the size of house, nearness to amenities , etc etc....

    Why you have over 100k in the disparity of the prices of houses in Tallaght.

    It's weird, I've lived in Tallaght my whole life and there hasn't been a single murder on any of the streets I've lived on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    Shankill is SCD so is Ballybrack any areas without a postcode is traditionally SCD, so Sandymount isn't, and either is Donnybrook.

    Well, on that basis, this doesn't really make much sense - does it?:
    I'd better clarify, when I say SCD I mean the traditional areas, Mount Merrion, Blackrock, Glenageary Sandymount etc

    btw - I was born and raised in a part of the county 'traditionally' without a postcode, and it's got one now. I wonder if it's still regarded as 'SCD'?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    Ush1 wrote: »
    Or a premium on the size of house, nearness to amenities , etc etc....

    Why you have over 100k in the disparity of the prices of houses in Tallaght.

    It's weird, I've lived in Tallaght my whole life and there hasn't been a single murder on any of the streets I've lived on.

    Good god that really isn't an argument, what about the other streets, don't get me wrong I know Tallaght very well, I have a lot of friends from Tallaght and there are areas that are fine, however given the choice I'd never bring kids up there, that simple if it's a choice between Tallaght and a commute, believe me the commute is the better option.

    Now I'm not from Tallaght or Dublin for that matter, so I can look at it all with zero attachment to any particular area, and given the choice I and most other people will choose an area where, my kids aren't exposed to crime or exposed to people who are exposed to crime, and having grown up in what would be considered a relatively dodgy enough area outside Dublin, I know how easy it is to fall in with the wrong crowd.

    I have friends in Dublin who didn't grow up in these areas and friends from Dublin and home who did, needless to say we all turned out fine, but I'd say the people who grew up in the decent areas have had better opportunities in life, and weren't exposed to some of the stuff I or other friends were purely by virtue of the fact of where they grew up.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    alastair wrote: »
    Well, on that basis, this doesn't really make much sense - does it?:



    btw - I was born and raised in a part of the county 'traditionally' without a postcode, and it's got one now. I wonder if it's still regarded as 'SCD'?

    Interesting worth looking into, but we all know the areas that are regarded as SCD and the areas South of the liffey that are respectable and not so respectable, I suppose a better definition is anything West regardless of North or South.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,592 ✭✭✭drumswan


    The Spider wrote: »
    and given the choice I and most other people will choose an area where, my kids aren't exposed to crime or exposed to people who are exposed to crime
    This is just nonsense. You cannot live in any middle class urban area in the country in that case. Would you listen to yourself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭Theboinkmaster


    Lads I've reported your posts in the hope a mod can get this thread back on topic.

    If you want to debate which places in Dublin are best to live in start your own thread - this one is about Dublin property prices.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    Interesting worth looking into, but we all know the areas that are regarded as SCD
    Clearly we don't.
    The Spider wrote: »
    and the areas South of the liffey that are respectable and not so respectable,
    Again - not really. I suspect you're mistaking respectability for affluence. I seem to recall a particularly high profile murder related to the most affluent area in the county only this year.
    The Spider wrote: »
    I suppose a better definition is anything West regardless of North or South.
    Assuming you buy into this notion of 'respectable areas'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭gaius c


    The Spider wrote: »
    See links above or do a search for crime deaths tallaght 2013, plenty of em.

    Do a search for crime deaths Cabinteely 2013 and compare and contrast.

    You're making the point.
    Why don't YOU find the stats to back your own point up?

    Your argument is nonsense because it runs foul of the following fallacies:
    Argument from ignorance
    Appeal to common sense
    Argument from repetition
    Shifting the burden of proof


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    Oh come on, everyone buys into the notion of respectable areas,
    No they don't. There's a noticeable class-bias that some like to wrap up in other guises.

    The Spider wrote: »
    there may have been a murder but what's the percentage versus some of the other areas, like Tallght Crumlin, etc.
    I thought you wouldn't consider the odd murder in your area?

    The Spider wrote: »
    The reason prices are rising in particular areas of Dublin is because percentage wise buyers percieve them as respectable.
    Really? The largest rises in asking prices relate to rental properties, apartments in particular, which tend to be closer to the city centre. Equally, of the three Dublin property 'hotspots' supposedly identified in the last six months, two of them are in that wasteland of respectability, de Nortside.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    gaius c wrote: »
    You're making the point.
    Why don't YOU find the stats to back your own point up?

    Your argument is nonsense because it runs foul of the following fallacies:
    Argument from ignorance
    Appeal to common sense
    Argument from repetition
    Shifting the burden of proof

    Hard to find particular stats, but an article based on the cso will suffice.

    "GARDAI and the Department of Justice have been urged to allocate more resources to tackling crime in Tallaght after it emerged that the area accounted for the highest number of burglaries recorded in the State last year.

    New statistics published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that gardaí recorded 922 burglaries last year in the Tallaght area, which was the highest rate in the country."


    http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=1554

    Burglary as opposed to murder, but no one likes to come home and find their house burgled and yes crime happens everywhere, but the stats say it's more likely in Tallaght.

    Happy?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    alastair wrote: »
    No they don't. There's a noticeable class-bias that some like to wrap up in other guises.

    Not a class-bias it's a safety bias.
    alastair wrote: »
    I thought you wouldn't consider the odd murder in your area?

    I wouldn't as I said previously I don't live in Dublin
    alastair wrote: »
    Really? The largest rises in asking prices relate to rental properties, apartments in particular, which tend to be closer to the city centre. Equally, of the three Dublin property 'hotspots' supposedly identified in the last six months, two of them are in that wasteland of respectability, de Nortside.

    Priced out of the desirable areas as there's little supply the next logical step is to look at alternatives.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    Not a class-bias it's a safety bias.
    If you say so. :rolleyes:


    The Spider wrote: »
    I wouldn't as I said previously I don't live in Dublin
    You live in rural Utopia?

    The Spider wrote: »
    Priced out of the desirable areas as there's little supply the next logical step is to look at alternatives.
    There's little supply across the entire city. Two of the three 'desirable areas' are on the Northside. That's what the 'hotspots' relate to.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    alastair wrote: »
    If you say so. :rolleyes:




    You live in rural Utopia?



    There's little supply across the entire city. Two of the three 'desirable areas' are on the Northside. That's what the 'hotspots' relate to.

    what are the areas?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,476 ✭✭✭✭Ush1


    The Spider wrote: »
    Good god that really isn't an argument, what about the other streets, don't get me wrong I know Tallaght very well, I have a lot of friends from Tallaght and there are areas that are fine, however given the choice I'd never bring kids up there, that simple if it's a choice between Tallaght and a commute, believe me the commute is the better option.

    What other streets? I really don't think you know Tallaght as well as you think you do, hence your referencing Cabinteely and murder most foul. You really don't seem to get the scale and demographics.
    The Spider wrote: »
    Now I'm not from Tallaght or Dublin for that matter, so I can look at it all with zero attachment to any particular area, and given the choice I and most other people will choose an area where, my kids aren't exposed to crime or exposed to people who are exposed to crime, and having grown up in what would be considered a relatively dodgy enough area outside Dublin, I know how easy it is to fall in with the wrong crowd.

    How insular are you going to get?? Where will your kids work or socialise? Dublin City you're cheek to cheek with the great unwashed I'm afraid.
    The Spider wrote: »
    I have friends in Dublin who didn't grow up in these areas and friends from Dublin and home who did, needless to say we all turned out fine, but I'd say the people who grew up in the decent areas have had better opportunities in life, and weren't exposed to some of the stuff I or other friends were purely by virtue of the fact of where they grew up.

    Indeed.

    I'm not going to derail the thread any further but in a roundabout way you've answered my original question on why people have such an opinion.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    Ush1 wrote: »
    What other streets? I really don't think you know Tallaght as well as you think you do, hence your referencing Cabinteely and murder most foul. You really don't seem to get the scale and demographics.



    How insular are you going to get?? Where will your kids work or socialise? Dublin City you're cheek to cheek with the great unwashed I'm afraid.



    Indeed.

    I'm not going to derail the thread any further but in a roundabout way you've answered my original question on why people have such an opinion.

    I know Tallaght very well, would you have preffered if I said Cabinteely, sandyford, Killiney, dalkey, Blackrock, Dundrum, Dun laoighre, Shankill and Ballybrack, to try and cover an area as large as Tallaght, maybe I should have.

    Dun Laoighre can be dodgy so can Ballybrack and Shankill, and other areas, but they have a long way to go to catch up on Tallaght, and this isn't derailing the thread, this is all as to why house prices in those arteas are expensive and houses in tallaght are not (relatively speaking)

    In fact there's only one house in all of Tallaght for sale for more than 300,000, what does that say?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    what are the areas?

    Hang on - I thought you had a handle on what were the 'desirable areas'? You don't actually know the Dublin price rise hotspot areas?

    As to the safety of your bolthole; Tallaght had 992 burglaries reported in 2012, for a population of over 71,500, while Gorey, with a population of 9000 had 129 reported. By my reckoning, that places Gorey in pretty much the same territory.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    alastair wrote: »
    Hang on - I thought you had a handle on what were the 'desirable areas'? You don't actually know the Dublin price rise hotspot areas?

    As to the safety of your bolthole; Tallaght had 992 burglaries reported in 2012, for a population of over 71,500, while Gorey, with a population of 9000 had 129 reported. By my reckoning, that places Gorey lower down the 'desirable' rankings on that front.

    Jaysus took you a while to trail through previous posts to find where I was living, round of applause. True there's burglaries but there are in every town, look at the article I put up, a lot of those would be holiday homes.

    Now why do you seem adamant, that there are no desirable areas in Dublin and that Tallaght is the same as any other area?

    I'm not hiding anything and again what are the desirable areas on the northside?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    The Spider wrote: »
    Hard to find particular stats, but an article based on the cso will suffice.

    "GARDAI and the Department of Justice have been urged to allocate more resources to tackling crime in Tallaght after it emerged that the area accounted for the highest number of burglaries recorded in the State last year.

    New statistics published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that gardaí recorded 922 burglaries last year in the Tallaght area, which was the highest rate in the country."


    http://www.dublinpeople.com/article.php?id=1554

    Burglary as opposed to murder, but no one likes to come home and find their house burgled and yes crime happens everywhere, but the stats say it's more likely in Tallaght.

    Happy?
    Is that 922 per 100,000 population or what? You can't simply say "area x has the most burglaries" because area x could be massive compared to other areas.

    I suspect Tallaght has "the highest rate of burglary in the state" because it only has one police station, despite it being a town of 100k people, bigger than Limerick, Galway, Waterford etc. all of which have multiple police stations to divide their crime statistics up for them whereas all burglaries in Tallaght are recorded in Tallaght Garda Station. Hardly a fair comparison.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    murphaph wrote: »
    Is that 922 per 100,000 population or what? You can't simply say "area x has the most burglaries" because area x could be massive compared to other areas.

    I suspect Tallaght has "the highest rate of burglary in the state" because it only has one police station, despite it being a town of 100k people, bigger than Limerick, Galway, Waterford etc. all of which have multiple police stations to divide their crime statistics up for them whereas all burglaries in Tallaght are recorded in Tallaght Garda Station. Hardly a fair comparison.

    Going a bit off topic at this stage I think, the title of the thread is depressing dublin house prices, however there are areas that people can buy.

    Judging by the vociferous defence of Tallaght on this thread I don't know why people aren't looking to buy there or in similar areas, plenty of three bed semis there that are below 200k, you have the luas to the city and plenty of bus routes.

    So I don't see what the problem is, especially if as the thread suggests house prices are unreachable to a couple on an average income?


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    The Spider wrote: »

    In fact there's only one house in all of Tallaght for sale for more than 300,000, what does that say?

    That's not true. There are a fair few houses for sale around Kiltipper and Oldcourt/Bohernabreena north of €300K.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    spockety wrote: »
    That's not true. There are a fair few houses for sale around Kiltipper and Oldcourt/Bohernabreena north of €300K.

    I stand corrected, I just checked daft, where there's only 1 however on my home there's 6 including the 1 on daft.

    So there's 6 houses over 300 in Tallaght.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    The Spider wrote: »
    Jaysus took you a while to trail through previous posts to find where I was living, round of applause.
    Your supposed commuting safe harbour just sounded a little too good to be true - and so it transpires. 59 assaults in Gorey in the same year. Doesn't sound particularly crime-free to me.
    The Spider wrote: »
    True there's burglaries but there are in every town, look at the article I put up, a lot of those would be holiday homes.
    Ah, that's grand then. Those assaults might have just been on tourists too.
    The Spider wrote: »
    Now why do you seem adamant, that there are no desirable areas in Dublin and that Tallaght is the same as any other area?

    I'm not hiding anything and again what are the desirable areas on the northside?
    I made no comment on desirable areas not existing. You can gauge what's desirable by what's increasing in value. I made a comment on the notion of 'respectable' areas, and their remarkable equivalence with affluent areas.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    The Spider wrote: »
    I stand corrected, I just checked daft, where there's only 1 however on my home there's 6 including the 1 on daft.

    So there's 6 houses over 300 in Tallaght.

    There are a significant number of houses worth north of that (some well well north of that) in Tallaght. They're just not for sale right now.

    Anyway, not sure what the point is. €300K is a ****load of money. In terms of your bog standard 3 bed semi, even the nicer areas in Tallaght probably shouldn't be priced any higher than about €175K in a normal market.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    murphaph wrote: »
    Is that 922 per 100,000 population or what? You can't simply say "area x has the most burglaries" because area x could be massive compared to other areas.

    I suspect Tallaght has "the highest rate of burglary in the state" because it only has one police station, despite it being a town of 100k people, bigger than Limerick, Galway, Waterford etc. all of which have multiple police stations to divide their crime statistics up for them whereas all burglaries in Tallaght are recorded in Tallaght Garda Station. Hardly a fair comparison.

    It's actually got pretty much the same rate of reported burglaries as the posters own supposed commuter belt safe haven.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭The Spider


    spockety wrote: »
    There are a significant number of houses worth north of that (some well well north of that) in Tallaght. They're just not for sale right now.

    Anyway, not sure what the point is. €300K is a ****load of money. In terms of your bog standard 3 bed semi, even the nicer areas in Tallaght probably shouldn't be priced any higher than about €175K in a normal market.

    A house is only worth what it sells for, that applies to high prices and low prices, if it sells for 500 then that's what it's worth if it sells for 100 the that's what it's worth.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Not only are you off-topic- you're bickering here.
    Final warning- get back on-topic, and quit with the bickering (all of you!!!).


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭spockety


    Not only are you off-topic- you're bickering here.
    Final warning- get back on-topic, and quit with the bickering (all of you!!!).

    You including my stuff about the market distortion which is affecting Dublin house prices? Or the stuff from people about crime?

    :confused:


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    spockety wrote: »
    You including my stuff about the market distortion which is affecting Dublin house prices? Or the stuff from people about crime?

    :confused:

    Crime mostly- but nit picking with one another is what I had in mind. Obviously your comments about market distortion are very pertinent (and indeed deserve to be expanded upon).

    I am unhappy with people tossing comments at one another- rather than debating the subject at hand- that is the point I was making.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭gaius c


    alastair wrote: »
    Hang on - I thought you had a handle on what were the 'desirable areas'? You don't actually know the Dublin price rise hotspot areas?

    As to the safety of your bolthole; Tallaght had 992 burglaries reported in 2012, for a population of over 71,500, while Gorey, with a population of 9000 had 129 reported. By my reckoning, that places Gorey in pretty much the same territory.

    Gorey has actually had a huge increase in burglaries and our large Wexford contingent in the office never miss a chance to talk about old folks in isolated rural houses there living in fear.
    http://www.wexfordecho.ie/2013/11/26/burglary-shows-24-hike-gorey-district/

    The whole talk of "crime" is a complete red herring because by international standards, crime is actually very low in Ireland and genuine "no go" areas (as opposed to "a little bit run down and working class for my liking" areas) are few and far between.

    Edit: didn't see posts above before I replied.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,537 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The Spider wrote: »
    See links above or do a search for crime deaths tallaght 2013, plenty of em.

    Do a search for crime deaths Cabinteely 2013 and compare and contrast.
    Constructive, meaningful posts only please - you are comparing apples and oranges.

    In Ireland, unless you are involved in the drugs trade, the people most likely to kill you are your close family and friends.

    Moderator


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