Are Dublin Scumbags worse than London Chavs?

Foxhound38 · 16-01-2014 08:09PM #1

I've lived between London and Dublin these past few years, so I have plenty of experience getting hassle from both groups. IMO the Dublin scumbag for example is far more likely to accost you or verbally hassle you in the street, but far less likely to actually do you damage than the London Chav.

What is the AH consensus?

Hello_MrFox · 16-01-2014 08:11PM

What kind of damage do the London chavs do?

freelancerTax · 16-01-2014 08:12PM

i have lived in both dublin and london (currently live in london)
got way more hassle in dublin - mostly verbal

have seen very little hassle here in london.

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-01-2014 08:12PM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

I've lived between London and Dublin these past few years, so I have plenty of experience getting hassle from both groups.

So you are a bit of an expert? :rolleyes:

Foxhound38 · 16-01-2014 08:13PM

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

What kind of Damage do the London chavs do?

Far more likely to attempt a mugging or pull a knife on you. Not that scumbags in Dublin don't do that too, but the more common problem with them is verbal abuse or shooting up on public transport etc. It's a more passive annoyance.

Just my opinion of course

Lapin · 16-01-2014 08:14PM

Dublin scumbags all talk with Nidge Accents.

London chavs all sound the same as Mos Def.

Foxhound38 · 16-01-2014 08:15PM

WikiHow wrote: »

So you are a bit of an expert? :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, a regular Danny Dyer

Nah, just someone who shares a commute with too many scumbags on a daily basis :pac:

stefan idiot jones · 16-01-2014 08:15PM

Both Vermin but London does have a healthy head start with knife and racial crime.

cmore123 · 16-01-2014 08:16PM

Dublin ones take some beating, that's for sure....

DesperateDan · 16-01-2014 08:17PM

Lapin wrote: »

Dublin scumbags all talk with Nidge Accents.

London chavs all sound the same as Mos Def.

Mos Def the American rapper? Eh not really :pac:

Lapin · 16-01-2014 08:17PM

cmore123 wrote: »

Dublin ones take some beating, that's for sure....

I wish they would.

Lapin · 16-01-2014 08:19PM

DesperateDan wrote: »

Mos Def the American rapper? Eh not really :pac:

Yes really.

The ones I passed outside Stockwell and Hendon Central Tube stations the other night did.

Two opposite sides of town. Same Mos Def accents.

ceadaoin. · 16-01-2014 08:19PM

I lived in London and never got any hassle. Can't even say I saw that many stereotypical 'chavs' on a day to day basis. Never got any hassle in Dublin either although the tracksuit wearing scumbag types seem more numerous there

Gokei · 16-01-2014 08:21PM

My 90yr old Granny gets by in Dublin with no fear of scumbags.

As do my 2 children, and 6 nieces all under 10.

Maybe some self defense classes might help with your irrational fears op?

keith16 · 16-01-2014 08:24PM

In my experience, the chavs don't infest the major parts of central London.

cmore123 · 16-01-2014 08:26PM

It's a joke. You see them buying and selling their stuff all over the city centre. Why do the Gardai seem either disinterested or not capable of getting them off the streets?

Is it something wrong with our laws?

hatrickpatrick · 16-01-2014 08:33PM

In Britain they have ASBOs and jail time for scumbags.
In Ireland, it's suspended sentences all around. Maybe the occasional "Ah heyor, leave it bleedin' ouuu" :rolleyes:

Shrills · 16-01-2014 08:35PM

A friend of mine who has lived in both Dublin and London for years told me he feels really safe walking around Dublin at night, when drunk too, but in London he'd be afraid of being attacked.

Jonny Blaze · 16-01-2014 11:03PM

Go to Africa.. you will know true fear then!

Chazz Michael Michaels · 16-01-2014 11:06PM

Gokei wrote: »

My 90yr old Granny gets by in Dublin with no fear of scumbags.

As do my 2 children, and 6 nieces all under 10.

Maybe some self defense classes might help with your irrational fears op?

Your post really makes no sense.

Duckworth_Luas · 16-01-2014 11:12PM

Jonny Blaze wrote: »

Go to Africa.. you will know true fear then!

Feed the world
Let them know it's christmas time

Red Kev · 16-01-2014 11:23PM

keith16 wrote: »

In my experience, the chavs don't infest the major parts of central London.

Dublin is unusual for a large city in that there are a lot of working class areas right in the city centre. London, Paris and others don't have that.

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

In Britain they have ASBOs and jail time for scumbags.
In Ireland, it's suspended sentences all around. Maybe the occasional "Ah heyor, leave it bleedin' ouuu" :rolleyes:

Policing is a major factor alright, though to be fair an ASBO is a badge of honour amongst some people in the UK. They could consider here what they do in some areas of Hamburg and corral all the troublemakers into one area of the city.

Jonny Blaze wrote: »

Go to Africa.. you will know true fear then!

Lived in Mali, Senegal and Guinea Bissau for 8 years, never had one bit of hassle and that includes so called dangerous Dakar. Some places like Lagos, Nairobi or Johannesburg might be dangerous but the majority of Africa is fine.

Wacker The Attacker · 16-01-2014 11:24PM

we is the man yoo of the souf dahblin youse fackin' cantz

Jonny Blaze · 16-01-2014 11:49PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Lived in Mali, Senegal and Guinea Bissau for 8 years, never had one bit of hassle and that includes so called dangerous Dakar. Some places like Lagos, Nairobi or Johannesburg might be dangerous but the majority of Africa is fine.

Ive only really been to Johannesburg...

Wacker The Attacker · 16-01-2014 11:52PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Dublin is unusual for a large city in that there are a lot of working class areas right in the city centre. London, Paris and others don't have that.

Policing is a major factor alright, though to be fair an ASBO is a badge of honour amongst some people in the UK. They could consider here what they do in some areas of Hamburg and corral all the troublemakers into one area of the city.

Lived in Mali, Senegal and Guinea Bissau for 8 years, never had one bit of hassle and that includes so called dangerous Dakar. Some places like Lagos, Nairobi or Johannesburg might be dangerous but the majority of Africa is fine.

Such as?

Bullseye1 · 16-01-2014 11:57PM

I guess it depends on where you are living.

The_Valeyard · 16-01-2014 11:58PM

Who would win in a fight?

Gokei · 17-01-2014 12:10AM

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

Your post really makes no sense.

She's worried about getting accosted by roaming gangs of Dublin scum.

I'm saying in 35 years I've never had any hassle from scummers.

There really is nothing to worry about.

If she's looking for something to worry about, try the massive percentage of rape victims know their attackers.. Is she going to cut off all contact with her family and neighbours? No.

Just because isolated incidents get reported widely in the media, does not mean they are a daily occurrence for the general populous.

I don't think I can explain it any simpler than that..

(Is simpler a word?)

Chazz Michael Michaels · 17-01-2014 12:13AM

Gokei wrote: »

She's worried about getting accosted by roaming gangs of Dublin scum.

I'm saying in 35 years I've never had any hassle from scummers.

There really is nothing to worry about.

I'd she's looking for something to worry about, try the massive percentage of rape victims know their attackers.. Is she going to cut off all contact with her family and neighbours? No, just because isolated incidents get reported widely in the media, doors not mean they are a daily occurrence for the general populous.

I don't think I can explain it any simpler than that..

I don't read that in her posts at all!

Eoin247 · 17-01-2014 12:16AM

Gokei wrote: »

My 90yr old Granny gets by in Dublin with no fear of scumbags.

As do my 2 children, and 6 nieces all under 10.

Maybe some self defense classes might help with your irrational fears op?

If you've never seen these scumbags you either don't live in dublin or you're one of them

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

we is the man yoo of the souf dahblin youse fackin' cantz

I heard Arnold Schwarzenegger for some reason lol

Gokei · 17-01-2014 12:20AM

Eoin247 wrote: »

If you've never seen these scumbags you either don't live in dublin or you're one of them

Reel in the personal abuse there Eoin. I never said anything about never seeing scummers, just that I've never had any hassle from them.

Have a quick re read there.

Are Dublin Scumbags worse than London Chavs?

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