Lets all up sticks to waterford city....

Fuzzytrooper · 13-08-2014 09:09AM

I liked Waterford for the most part. JUst had to leave coz of the lack of jobs,

Teyla Emmagan · 13-08-2014 09:12AM

I really like Waterford city. The local populace is heavily consistent of savages though. And a bad Waterford city accent is horrific.

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-08-2014 09:12AM

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Waterford has an affordable stock of decent quality housing, needs a bit of gentrication in some areas, cheaper cost of living and could be potentially the hamburg of Ireland. Tramore could be the bray of waterford and so forth... London would not be too dissimilar in terms of location in comparison to the uk...

A friend of mine invested in a couple of apartments in Waterford during the Celtic Tiger era.

Is that you, Martin?

_Kaiser_ · 13-08-2014 09:21AM

I lived in Virginia on the Meath/Cavan border for a few years and it was a lovely little town. Plus it is M3-adjacent so only 40 mins to Blanch if you need shopping.

At the time I was working in Navan so it was handy enough too but due to cutbacks I was laid off. Unfortunately though (almost) all the IT jobs are in Dublin so commuting up and down wasn't a runner long term (was costing a fortune in diesel/tolls and wear and tear on the car) and I had to move back.

Now I'm closer to work but it's costing me a fortune and it's your typical soulless anonymous apartment complex with feck all to do around it (the oh so desirable South County area - although I don't see the attraction myself).

If it were up to me I wouldn't live in Dublin at all but needs must

Big Bag of Chips · 13-08-2014 09:24AM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

And a bad Waterford city accent is horrific.

It has to be the most unpleasant accent in the country!*

*Opinions expressed in this post are personal to the author and may not necessarily be the opinions of anyone else. (Except Teyla Emmagan)

donegal__road · 13-08-2014 09:39AM

I lived in Waterford for 18 months back in 2000. I was in the city for 10 months and Tramore for the remainder. I really liked Tramore, but I found it very difficult to get to know anyone in Waterford.. any night I would go into the local, (Cleaboy Inn) I'd be sitting on my own for an hour.

I decided to try the local GAA club for a pint one night... I was handed a book and was asked to write down my name and address before they served me, then I was left to my own devices.

The one place I liked was Micks on the Quays... dont know if its still there, it had blue Christmas lights hanging in the window and was right bedside The Hog's Head.

Down's Bar was good if you liked a game of snooker in solitude.

Robbo · 13-08-2014 10:14AM

You do realise your plan would neccessitate that we all fire the word "deise" into our usernames and blame all our problems on "them up there in Dublin"?

The Hill Billy · 13-08-2014 11:21AM

Big Bag of Chips wrote: »

It has to be the most unpleasant accent in the country!

Oh, no! That honour goes to Drogheda (or "Dwaaa-Da, Cown-tee Loud" as they call it).

Lovely people though.

FTA69 · 13-08-2014 11:25AM

It's in the city the same way Kilkenny, Newry and Armagh are "cities". To most people, a city is a large urban area with a certain metropolitan dynamic. While places like Waterford or Newry may have a historical charter etc, they're just big towns in effect.

Harry Palmr · 13-08-2014 11:30AM

Crackers!

Cream Crackers!

CdeC · 13-08-2014 11:41AM

Need to get some sort of pied piper to round up all the scummers and march them into the harbour.

thelad95 · 13-08-2014 11:57AM

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Will more than likely be shot down

You don't say?

obezyana · 13-08-2014 12:08PM

As a Waterford person no longer living in Waterford I can say that Waterford is a nice place to be the people for the most part are ok they do have some sort of chip on their shoulders about being victimised by successive governments even the smallest thing gets blamed on the government. The nightlife is dreadful with plenty of scum lurking around.

The county is lovely it has nice beaches lovely coastal drives a beautiful mountain range it's definitely is worth a visit, would I ever move back? Maybe not but I do love going 'home' whenever I can.

gugleguy · 13-08-2014 01:15PM

Thankyou Obezyana. That is the most balanced post I have seen in 2 years or so on boards. You have put your finger on it more or less. I studied in Waterford Institute of Technologywhen it was just an RTC (regional technical college) in fact. No doubt the keyboard warriors will now descend on this thread in droves.

artful_codger · 13-08-2014 01:25PM

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Tramore could be the bray of waterford and so forth...

I don't think Tramore (population 10,000) has a single Public Park it in, so naturally the pavements around the town are covered in Dog ****. It's also built on the side of a hill, like most of Waterford City, which makes driving, walking or cycling an unpleasant experience in my opinion. Personally i much prefer living inland - the landscape is nicer, roads are better, milder winters and more to do. If you want to live in Waterford, be prepared to drive to Cork or Kildare for a decent shopping mall.

Adyx · 13-08-2014 01:31PM

FTA69 wrote: »

It's in the city the same way Kilkenny, Newry and Armagh are "cities". To most people, a city is a large urban area with a certain metropolitan dynamic. While places like Waterford or Newry may have a historical charter etc, they're just big towns in effect.

Only 4 weeks ago someone said the same thing about Dublin to me.

I'm not from Waterford but I have lived here for 15 years. It's nice enough really but it does have it's issues - unemployment is very high and there are a lot of vacant businesses even on the main shopping streets.

The last few years have seen a great effort to clean the place up though and make the city look nice and there's quite a lot of mostly free events on with bands/performances on various stages around the city. We just had Spraoi, Dunmore East Bluegrass festival is next week, Harvest Festival is coming up in September then Winterval.

Dayum · 13-08-2014 01:42PM

The government are making Dublin extortionately expensive by refusing to allow modern skyscrapers to provide new living spaces.

harry Bailey esq · 13-08-2014 02:24PM

I spent last summer in waterford.Way to many junkies and pikeys wandering around,looking for people to mug,its dog rough,and this comes from somebody who spent my formative years in summerhill in the north inner city and later finglas south.Its does have redeeming features though to be fair,every second week during the summer there is something happening in the centre of town,it has some great boozers,and no end of women of easy persuasion.

holystungun9 · 13-08-2014 03:24PM

We could start a Boards colony in that ugly boarded up hotel across the river on the hill. I presume that hasn't been torn down or developed since I was last there.

josip · 13-08-2014 03:49PM

Thousands of people pay each day to avoid Waterford city.
There's a reason for that.

jester77 · 13-08-2014 04:34PM

So is there lots of water in Waterford?
Would you need a boat if you moved there?
If you live there, are you exempt from the upcoming water tax?

I am pie · 13-08-2014 05:48PM

Need to invest in a large tarpaulin to cover the city with, fix up a rake load of sun lamps under the tarpaulin, slap a dash of blue paint on it.

You'd have waterford looking like a wee town on the french riviera soon enough. Blue sky, sunny , dry.

kfallon · 13-08-2014 05:55PM

Hotfail.com wrote: »

Waterford is just a shít Cork.

Cork is a shít Cork

donegal__road wrote: »

I lived in Waterford for 18 months back in 2000. I was in the city for 10 months and Tramore for the remainder. I really liked Tramore, but I found it very difficult to get to know anyone in Waterford.. any night I would go into the local, (Cleaboy Inn) I'd be sitting on my own for an hour.

The Cleaboy has never been known as a place to go and make friends tbh

Whatsisname · 13-08-2014 05:59PM

artful_codger wrote: »

I don't think Tramore (population 10,000) has a single Public Park it in, so naturally the pavements around the town are covered in Dog ****. It's also built on the side of a hill, like most of Waterford City, which makes driving, walking or cycling an unpleasant experience in my opinion. Personally i much prefer living inland - the landscape is nicer, roads are better, milder winters and more to do. If you want to live in Waterford, be prepared to drive to Cork or Kildare for a decent shopping mall.

Theres a park in Fenor and theres one by the church in Tramore. And I dunno where you're getting the idea that Waterford is built on the side of the hill, theres about 3 hills in the City.

The J Stands for Jay · 13-08-2014 06:09PM

hairybelly wrote: »

Nicer city than Dublin imo. Waterford and the surrounding county is one of the nicest places in the country.
Only people who say its shít are the people who either havent been there, or spent only a few years in W.I.T and never did much other than piss around and get drunk.

Only people who say it's the nicest place in the country haven't seen too much of the country.

The Adversary · 13-08-2014 06:16PM

siblers wrote: »

Waterford city is a **** hole though

Ah, you must be from Kilkenny.

kfallon · 13-08-2014 07:01PM

artful_codger wrote: »

I don't think Tramore (population 10,000) has a single Public Park it in, so naturally the pavements around the town are covered in Dog ****. It's also built on the side of a hill, like most of Waterford City, which makes driving, walking or cycling an unpleasant experience in my opinion. Personally i much prefer living inland - the landscape is nicer, roads are better, milder winters and more to do. If you want to live in Waterford, be prepared to drive to Cork or Kildare for a decent shopping mall.

Or to America cos we don't have any shopping 'malls' over here.....they are shopping centres!

marklazarcovic · 13-08-2014 07:17PM

waterford is a lovley place

Sir Osis of Liver. · 13-08-2014 07:42PM

blah,blah,blah.

lertsnim · 13-08-2014 07:46PM

josip wrote: »

Thousands of people pay each day to avoid Waterford city.
There's a reason for that.

To avoid traffic? Save time?

Am I close?

The same reason why anybody uses a bypass anywhere else?

Lets all up sticks to waterford city....

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