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gay friendly places to buy a home

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  • #52
    Barna77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Heebie wrote: »

    It would be easy of we had a "gay ghetto" here in Dublin, but e don't seem to

    I thought Stoneybatter (which I was very happy to move out from) and D8 where the ghettos


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Heebie wrote: »
    I'm many ways, yes. There are a lot of things **** growing up gay, and living an out lifestyle, that straight people cannot understand no matter how good an ally or friend they are.


    Can you elaborate? I'm not sure how who you're having sex with has any affect on your relationship with your neighbours?

    Why is there a need to live in a "gay friendly" area, when pretty much all of Ireland is 'gay friendly'? The people that are likely to call you gay slurs in ireland, are the same people that will take objection to you no matter what it is that they can pick on, whether it's calling you black, fat, tall, asian, etc. there's a cohort of scum in Ireland who've never gotten beyond "omg someone is different".

    But that's a small amount of the population, and they tend to be very much in the areas that people avoid living in general. I've never heard of anywhere in Ireland being anti-gay.

    <snip>

    We're supposed to be all mixing and getting on with each other, no matter what our personal beliefs or backgrounds are, but it seems many people would rather bubble-up and be as far removed from people who are different, as they can be.

    'Gay friendly' in a country where the vast, vast majority of people simply don't care about your sexual preference, is just, as I say above, silly.


  • #54
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,875 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Most of Dublin is semi D land with the same bland demographic that's the thing

    Jaysus, you live near me! We've plenty of gay couples, one of whose kids are friends with mine, lots of interesting non-nationals too.

    Just realised I could be bland!


  • #55
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,894 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Some LGBT people want to fully integrate in their local suburban or commuter town community which might be full of similar age heterosexual couples with kids - and indeed same-sex couples with kids too... they may be involved in their residents’ association, school committee, local clean up group and such...

    Others want the single urban life of socialising, partying, the culture and the energy...

    Some again want the quiet life in a remote cottage in Connemara or Donegal.

    I know two gay guys a bit older than me who have opted to live on boats on the river Shannon.

    Each to their own! :)


  • #56
    Heebie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    John_Rambo wrote:
    Jaysus, you live near me! We've plenty of gay couples, one of whose kids are friends with mine, lots of interesting non-nationals too.
    Just realised I could be bland!

    Where might this bland abode be?


  • #57
    Sam W
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Sam W


    As an ethnic minority I fully understand your concern. The average Joe would say ‘I have never seen issues like xxx’, ‘they would pick on anyone’, or ‘there’s no evidence it’s race related’, but there are a lot. An inherent bias, a slight facial expression when they walk past you, when they changed their tone talking to their friend in the bar, when your child tells you some kids don’t want to play with them because their parents told them so… there’s a lot that the average people wouldn’t notice.

    As a few people have said, have a look at the media at which neighbourhoods appear most negatively, and absolutely avoid these areas. Decide on your budget, and find a few candidate places and have a walk with your partner in these areas in a Saturday afternoon. In some places you will feel you are being watched. In some places you will fee so uncomfortable to walk closely with your partner. In some places there are teenagers congregating and shouting or riding their bikes in a fanatic way.

    Once you made your choice, do some more googling and make sure the surrounding areas are safe as well. Last thing you want is some rivalry gangs fighting against each other right before your neighbourhood.

    Before we bought our house here, my girlfriend literally went through all major newspapers and got rid of all the areas that appear too often in the news. It is actually quite upsetting when you see how often anti social behaviours happen in certain areas, including some of those areas which used to be very nice. (Howth station is a very recent example.)


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