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Favourite suburb of Dublin?

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    #32
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    Mount Merrion

    Commanding views over the city. Great on clear nights.

    Lovely houses

    Strong sense of community.

    Tree-lined avenues

    All this is true, but loses one point for cr4p transport: you really need a car to live in this otherwise charming leafy suburb.


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    #33
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,998 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Clontarf has a special place in my heart.


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    #34
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    All this is true, but loses one point for cr4p transport: you really need a car to live in this otherwise charming leafy suburb.

    Do you? I mean the n11 bus corridor is literally a 5 minute walk away from it.


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    #35
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,571 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    I’m very fortunate as the wall of the Phoenix Park is literally 30 feet away from where I live. :)

    Why is the poll not public?


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    #36
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    P_1 wrote: »
    Do you? I mean the n11 bus corridor is literally a 5 minute walk away from it.

    A longer walk than that, for an OAP: or there's the 47 which runs a few services middle of weekdays, or the N11 for town, etc. Or for any less-radial destination. It is awkward.


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    #37
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    Beanntraigheach wrote: »
    I'm torn between Junkytown and Knackerville.

    Herointown and Westbritville deserve a mention too though.


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    #38
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Always had a soft spot for clontarf. You have bull island and st Anne's 5 minutes away and you're pretty close to the city


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    #39
    ARNOLD J RIMMER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭ARNOLD J RIMMER


    Portmarnock


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    #40
    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    *what's your favourite place you could never afford to buy in because you're peasantry.

    Seriously though, I don't know the southside very well so can't say much about it, but I think my very favourite is Howth, followed by Clontarf and Drumcondra.
    If I'd move to Dublin and money wouldn't be an issue I'd probably choose Clontarf to live.


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    #41
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    A longer walk than that, for an OAP: or there's the 47 which runs a few services middle of weekdays, or the N11 for town, etc. Or for any less-radial destination. It is awkward.

    A fair point. That's one area that would do well with a load of Dutch style ebikes for a lot of the residents


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    #42
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,109 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Santry because it sounds like Santy.

    Sounds like sanitary, too. :pac:


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    #43
    wakka12
    Registered Users Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Ranelagh as a place to visit

    Dalkey is so distinct and ridiculously beautiful, almost feels like a different city to the rest of Dublin


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    #44
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Sounds like sanitary, too. :pac:

    Well, you wouldn't want somewhere un-sanitary! :P


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    #45
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,880 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Hmm... not sure if Howth should really be in there... feels like more of an adjacent location than a suburb to Dublin.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #46
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Pram Springs, Tallafornia


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Any road out of it.


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    #48
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Dún Laoghaire. Aesthetically pleasing and a healthy mixture of poshness and roughness, side by side.


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    #49
    Charlie19
    Registered Users Posts: 11,721 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Id love to live somewhere within walking distance of Johny Fox's and the Blue Light pub.
    Glencullen/Stepaside area with views over the city.


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    #50
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,283 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Id love to live somewhere within walking distance of Johny Fox's and the Blue Light pub.
    Glencullen/Stepaside are with views over the city.

    Don’t go blabbing to the internet about the blue light. It’s busy enough already.


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    #51
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Voted Raheny, but meant Kilbarrack. I love living here. Nice big house for an affordable mortgage, DART station on my doorstep, St. Annes Park, Dollymount. Great neighbours and can hear a pin drop at night.

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    #52
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,392 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    Voted Raheny, but meant Kilbarrack. I love living here. Nice big house for an affordable mortgage, DART station on my doorstep, St. Annes Park, Dollymount. Great neighbours and can hear a pin drop at night.

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    Rathmines
    is in the lead.


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    #53
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    ARNOLD J RIMMER wrote: »
    Portmarnock

    Apart from the beach, there's feck all there.
    Always saw it as a poor version of Malahide.


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    #54
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Dún Laoghaire. Aesthetically pleasing and a healthy mixture of poshness and roughness, side by side.

    All nice places should have a nice helping of heroin addicts mingling with the rest to add some charm.


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    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,644 ✭✭✭storker


    Rathmines. Nice area, and within walking distance of the city centre, and on the right side of the city for Wicklow mountains, beaches etc.


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    #56
    miss misty
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭miss misty


    Castleknock


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    #57
    Stephen15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Stephen15


    Fan of Dun Laoghaire probably because it's the closest large suburban hub to me. Not a huge fan of the town itself but the love the sea front and both piers. Well served by public transport both Dart and bus and has it's own unique charm to it as compared to the likes of the more bland inland suburban centres such as Dundrum, Stillorgan, Nutgrove and Tallaght. Also spoons for cheap pints.


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    #58
    Raheem Euro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 327 ✭✭Raheem Euro


    Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »
    What's the suburb you see when you're driving away from it?that one.

    By definition all suburbs are what you pass through on the way out of any city.


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    #59
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    That coastal stretch of Monkstown / Seapoint, Dun Laoghaire, Sandycove / Glasthule & Dalkey is lovely.

    I grew up in Glenageary & the first spot I bought was an apartment in Dun Laoghaire town - there were certainly anti-social issues at play, though there was also a decent sense of community thereabouts. Just loved the proximity to the sea on both sunny days & wild days. Great swathes of the area like Sallynoggin, Monkstown Farm & Glasthule have now been gentrified & there's less of a social mix than there was pre-boom.


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    #60
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    The Amber Springs in Gorey.


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    #61
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Darndale


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