Do you like Dublin?

theteal · 28-04-2014 07:12PM

Let's see, I moved from there to Romford. Make of that what you will!

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! · 28-04-2014 07:13PM

I like it, when you come from rural Ireland it can be great because there's a hell of a lot more to do and see.
As someone mentioned already though, the junkie problem is...well...a problem!
It's not nice feeling like I have to constantly watch my back all the time, like I can't fully relax when out in public.
If I was a tourist walking around Dublin, O'Connell Street especially, I wouldn't feel safe.

Jamie2k9 · 28-04-2014 07:13PM

Love Dublin but not sure I would bring a family up in it.....

More needs to be done in the City Centre by DCC and Gardi.

I have being here for 14 years and am starting to get board. Possibly leaving lather thsi year!

roro1990 · 28-04-2014 07:13PM

As a dub who has lived here for 23 years, I like the place, but i'm kinda bored of it.

Edit: Now that I think about it, i'm bored of the people more than the place.

Boombastic · 28-04-2014 07:14PM

zetalambda wrote: »

If you type that into Google, you'll see various other cities such as Istanbul, Galway, Oslo, Stockholm and Montpellier claiming to be the fastest growing city in Europe. In reality, London is.

no Dublin is...the population is always dublin

innit

the groutch · 28-04-2014 07:15PM

BNMC wrote: »

Awful shithole, I'd rather live in Leitrim.

Leitrim? Really? I thought that place was just a myth.

orangesoda · 28-04-2014 07:18PM

There are actually 2 Leitrims, there is a townland in county Derry called Leitrim

Mahogany · 28-04-2014 07:19PM

Pros

The accent - Light Dub, not d4 or scanger.

The Humour - IMO Dublin humour is by far the best in the world

Cons

Junkies

Rough people (I know you get this everywhere, but everyone in Dublin seems to want to puck the face off ye)

Public Transport is woeful

dissed doc · 28-04-2014 07:20PM

johnnyvegas22 wrote: »

i loved it when i was a kid, now a days doh i think its one of the most underdeveloped cities in Europe, its full of scumbags and junkies, the night-life is pretty bad and it seems like a lot of the people are getting nastier and nastier

It's always been like that, same as other UK-type cities. Dublin is a working-class port city, with more in common with Liverpool and is by accident of the previous "governors" the capital.

Dublin was always rough, run-down and full of scumbags. It was like that in the 80s, and half of the 90s, briefly got less awful, but now is going back to default scummer mode.

There are three groups of people, the only one of which is particularly productive is the "up from the country" sort. Apart from them, who leave at the weekend to go back to Carlow, Galway, Cork, Kerry, etc., Dublin is like The Time Machine with pissed up people in overpriced clothes existing in a complete bubble to the pissed up people in scummer tracksuits who also exist in a social welfare bubble.

nc19 · 28-04-2014 07:21PM

BNMC wrote: »

Nope. Overpriced, stinks of piss and the traffic would drive you insane.

Full of beggars, skangers and junkies.

The accent is painful to listen to.

Awful shithole, I'd rather live in Leitrim.

Clarify please

which accent?

you've got the D4, the scumbag junkie, the normal southside (firhouse, ballinteer, sandyford, rathfarham etc), the normal northside(malahide, howth, sutton, raheny etc), the general howaya(parts of D24, 10, 12, 8, 18, 2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17) and prob 1 or 2 more im forgetting.

The King of Moo · 28-04-2014 07:21PM

People can't be serious about not feeling safe in Dublin city centre, surely!

A drug addict might ask you for change, that's the worst that could happen!

Dr Turk Turkelton · 28-04-2014 07:24PM

dissed doc wrote: »

It's always been like that, same as other UK-type cities. Dublin is a working-class port city, with more in common with Liverpool and is by accident of the previous "governors" the capital.

Dublin was always rough, run-down and full of scumbags. It was like that in the 80s, and half of the 90s, briefly got less awful, but now is going back to default scummer mode.

There are three groups of people, the only one of which is particularly productive is the "up from the country" sort. Apart from them, who leave at the weekend to go back to Carlow, Galway, Cork, Kerry, etc., Dublin is like The Time Machine with pissed up people in overpriced clothes existing in a complete bubble to the pissed up people in scummer tracksuits who also exist in a social welfare bubble.

Agree Dublin was a great city from about 1998-2008 but has had a rapid decline since then.

Loved being there in those years and would go most weekends. Wouldn't really bother going there now though.

B.A._Baracus · 28-04-2014 07:25PM

I'm Dublin born and raised and even I will admit Dublin is a bit of a kip. ..... 'bit of a kip' being around the city centre.

Kermit.de.frog · 28-04-2014 07:27PM

dissed doc wrote: »

It's always been like that, same as other UK-type cities. Dublin is a working-class port city, with more in common with Liverpool

Liverpool was an industrial city, same as Manchester and Brum. Dublin was always commercial - i.e little or no heavy industry. Basically the industrial revolution passed the city by.

In some ways that's a good thing - if you look at the large areas of catastrophic social decline in Manchester and Liverpool for example after the old industries went away in the middle of the last century.

Dublin's problems are not of that scale and are managable if the authorities actually cared. There is so much potential. It's being held back by stupid people.

Mayor vote rejection a case in point. That gang out in Fingal denied me a vote on having a mayor for my own fcuking city. And if any of them read this - don't think we in Fingal have forgotten that - cnuts:mad:

The King of Moo · 28-04-2014 07:28PM

Like any major city, there are good and bad parts. The area around Trinity and St. Stephen's Green is quite nice.

zetalambda · 28-04-2014 07:28PM

nc19 wrote: »

Clarify please

which accent?

you've got the D4, the scumbag junkie, the normal southside (firhouse, ballinteer, sandyford, rathfarham etc), the normal northside(malahide, howth, sutton, raheny etc), the general howaya(parts of D24, 10, 12, 8, 18, 2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17) and prob 1 or 2 more im forgetting.

Don't forget the English Toff accent (Shane Ross, David Norris, etc.) and the West Coast of America accent (OMG, cool.com, etc.) and there's new accents being invented all the time.

The King of Moo wrote: »

Like any major city, there are good and bad parts. The area around Trinity and St. Stephen's Green is quite nice.

Great point except Dublin isn't a major city unless your talking in an Irish context. I mean you'd never see this in a major city:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/media/images/d/DublinDonkeyPictureTwitter_large.jpg

carlmango11 · 28-04-2014 07:29PM

Junkies have become a massive problem lately but besides that I love Dublin. It has so much more energy than anywhere else I've been in Ireland. So much more to do. So many different types of people.

Maybe I'm just a city boy but anywhere I've gone elsewhere in Ireland I'm happy to leave within a day. I find there's often not a lot to do besides drink (and that's saying a lot coming from a Dub). Although I haven't been to Cork yet so maybe I'll be proven wrong.

And don't even get me started on anti-Dublin bias. As soon as they hear your accent you're a Dublin c*nt. There's countless people from the country living in Dublin and I guarantee they don't get even nearly the same treatment we do. I genuinely think it's an inferiority complex. Can't understand why else you'd be so angry towards a city.

Frank Lee Midere · 28-04-2014 07:29PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

People can't be serious about not feeling safe in Dublin city centre, surely!

A drug addict might ask you for change, that's the worst that could happen!

The bark of Dublin is worse than its bite. For sure.

That said the area around Talbot street has issues.

Mal-Adjusted · 28-04-2014 07:30PM

I like Dublin, it's a great city to visit. lots of things to do. Like most places, most people are friendly, some aren't. I think the junkie problem is over-exaggerated.

Frank Lee Midere · 28-04-2014 07:30PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Liverpool was an industrial city, same as Manchester and Brum. Dublin was always commercial - i.e little or no heavy industry. Basically the industrial revolution passed the city by.

In some ways that's a good thing - if you look at the large areas of catastrophic social decline in Manchester and Liverpool for example after the old industries went away in the middle of the last century.

Dublin's problems are not of that scale and are managable if the authorities actually cared. There is so much potential. It's being held back by stupid people.

Mayor vote rejection a case in point. That gang out in Fingal denied me a vote on having a mayor for my own fcuking city. And if any of them read this - don't think we in Fingal have forgotten that - cnuts:mad:

I agree. Is there a list of who voted for what?

Kermit.de.frog · 28-04-2014 07:32PM

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

I agree. Is there a list of who voted for what?

Fine Gael and some Labour blocked it. Mostly it was Fine Gael. And I generally support this government in fixing our mess so i'm not biased!

Directly elected mayor and accountability is exactly what Dublin needs.

nc19 · 28-04-2014 07:32PM

I am from D16 originally but living in Lucan now. My job has had me working in every part of dublin over the last 5 yrs and i will say that in general the northside is a hole. Malahide is nice enough, howth and sutton too, parts of raheny, kilbarrack, santry but on the whole if i had the choice of only either living on the northside or outside of dublin i would pick the commute. That said, parts of the southside are crap too. Im working in D8 at the min and i dont feel safe at times. Ballyfermot is like a 3rd world country in places. Its all about what you grew up with and what way you were brought up.

Im not trolling. Just my opinion

carlmango11 · 28-04-2014 07:34PM

dissed doc wrote: »

It's always been like that, same as other UK-type cities. Dublin is a working-class port city, with more in common with Liverpool and is by accident of the previous "governors" the capital.

Dublin was always rough, run-down and full of scumbags. It was like that in the 80s, and half of the 90s, briefly got less awful, but now is going back to default scummer mode.

There are three groups of people, the only one of which is particularly productive is the "up from the country" sort. Apart from them, who leave at the weekend to go back to Carlow, Galway, Cork, Kerry, etc., Dublin is like The Time Machine with pissed up people in overpriced clothes existing in a complete bubble to the pissed up people in scummer tracksuits who also exist in a social welfare bubble.

One of the most stupid and blatantly biased posts I've read in a while

Board2Death · 28-04-2014 07:35PM

Like most cities, it is what you make of it. In general it has a thumbs up from me.

Howard the Duck · 28-04-2014 07:35PM

This is going on my 3rd year living in the city centre. I love it here, I love how busy it is and how there is always something going on. You can't beat walking around the city centre on a sunny day like last weekend.

But there are bad points alright, The amount of homeless people is crazy. Something has to be done about it. I live near a shelter and it is just very sad to see, a lot of the people are quite old. Some of them don't even beg for money they just spend their days sitting on the corner.Some sleep in the park beside where i live , none have ever given me any hassle.
Then there are junkies , again there are a lot of them but never given me any hassle. But it's a major problem and something that needs to be sorted out.
A much smaller issue but something that really annoys me is the amount of dog **** around . It's disgusting, Where i live is beside a tourist spot so all the tourists first see the homeless people old and young, then the drug addicts. I'm sure that can be intimidating for tourists. They shouldn't have to avoid dog **** as well. it's the easiest of the problems to fix surely.

If we could fix the issue with homelessness and drug addiction this could be a fantastic city. I already think it is great but there are things that need to be sorted, they aren't new issues but they are getting worse not better.

yawhat! · 28-04-2014 07:36PM

Dublin is a kip, there is no denying it especially around the city centre. Overpriced, junkies, grey ugly buildings, always busy.

There's towns. cities and villages that are 1000 times nicer than Dublin to live in!

Its an overpriced KIP!

Peregrine · 28-04-2014 07:36PM

Hotale.com wrote: »

It's twice the size as San Francisco and has half the population...

San Francisco city/county is roughly the same size at Dublin city

But the population of SF is around 50% more dense.

nc19 · 28-04-2014 07:36PM

dissed doc wrote: »

It's always been like that, same as other UK-type cities. Dublin is a working-class port city, with more in common with Liverpool and is by accident of the previous "governors" the capital.

Dublin was always rough, run-down and full of scumbags. It was like that in the 80s, and half of the 90s, briefly got less awful, but now is going back to default scummer mode.

There are three groups of people, the only one of which is particularly productive is the "up from the country" sort. Apart from them, who leave at the weekend to go back to Carlow, Galway, Cork, Kerry, etc., Dublin is like The Time Machine with pissed up people in overpriced clothes existing in a complete bubble to the pissed up people in scummer tracksuits who also exist in a social welfare bubble.

Aww....did the bold dublin boys pick on you when you were a wee farmer?

NormalBob Ubiquitypants · 28-04-2014 07:37PM

I like it as a friend but think we should see other cities.

ninebeanrows · 28-04-2014 07:37PM

The junkie problem around the north inner city is more an image problem than a threat IMO. From my experience of the area, although there are a unfortunately high % of junkies from Talbot St. to O'Connell street I don't really see them as a threat. I wouldn't be concerned walking by or them asking for 50 cent. You just need to have your wits about you and obviously stay away from certain situations. The problem is more the image of zombies walking around with their pharmacy bags, buggies (and poor children) and cans.

The problem is definitely tacklable and just needs some organisation.

This area is crying out for investment and IMO with just a moderate amount would really transform the city and begin to breath some life back into what used to be the heart of Dublin city.

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