Escaping to the countryside?

whisky_galore · 17-05-2019 3:01pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Ive actually submitted my masters thesis on fluid dynamics a week ago. How about you? How many gourds you pick today?

Why don't you shove a gourd up your hole you mouthy little bollocks?

Ush1 · 17-05-2019 3:15pm

Isn't guord how the news readers say gard, as in the guordai?

Sleepy · 17-05-2019 3:17pm

We bough in a small village in North County Dublin which pretty much gives us the best of both worlds: the beach is on our doorstep yet we're half an hour to the city centre via public transport. The only part of living a rural life outside the catchment area of a major city that appeals to me is the ability to buy / build a large house and to have the space for a large workshop / shed / garage for less than the price of a 1 bed flat in the city.

Sooner or later planning laws and the property tax regime will be corrected and those rural dwellers will find themselves having to pay their way. The rural broadband project could prove to be the political straw that breaks the back of the suburbanites who'll be footing the bill for the majority of it and with an ever-increasingly urban population, we'll eventually see some re-balancing of the political representation ratios in the Dail.

topper75 · 17-05-2019 3:25pm

Chips Lovell wrote: »

This. Dublin is what you make of it. You've got brilliant parks, you're near the sea, the Wicklow mountains are on your doorstep and you've got all the amenities of a city.

Yeah the Wicklow mountains are on your doorstep.
In the same way Cork city is just on your doorstep when you actually live in Castletown****ingroche. The Wicklow mountains are in fact an epic traffic slog and a precarious solid hour of twisty backroads away.

You hear this nonsense over in Galway a lot too, "..and Connemara is just on the doorstep". No. No it's not. It is not even NEAR your doorstep. All that is going on there is that the chap who was tasked with shiring the western counties of Ireland was a lazy dog and stuck 'GALWAY' on the lot from Ballinasloe to the sea.

Infernal Racket · 17-05-2019 3:28pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Why don't you shove a gourd up your hole you mouthy little bollocks?

Ah here, you're ganging up on the poor lad now.

Blaizes · 17-05-2019 3:33pm

Just as an aside op I wonder is there a quality of life tool or chart online to compare different towns and/or counties in Ireland. Think UK have one.Might be something to look into.

topper75 · 17-05-2019 3:48pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It's for some people and not for others.
If you want to go to Brown Thomas, Starbucks, Zara, etc every few days then it's probably not for you.

Brown Thomas might be a selling point if they have a fridge from which they sell maggots and those fluoro caster things.

Out in the country the shops only carry limited stock. The casters are usually just brown.
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I've heard some of the petrol stations in the city only sell red-coloured diesel though

So, in a commercial context, it could be just swings and roundabouts here.

Chips Lovell · 17-05-2019 3:53pm

topper75 wrote: »

The Wicklow mountains are in fact an epic traffic slog and a precarious solid hour of twisty backroads away.

Have you ever actually gone up there? A.) the roads aren't that bad, and B.) it takes much less than an hour from most parts of the city. Hell, it only takes me an hour to get from my house to the top of the Sally Gap, by bicycle.

Hedgelayer · 17-05-2019 4:05pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

? Its almost as if afterhours is a joke forum and i did that specifically to show how cringy people in here are for taking this forum like its serious discourse.

As someone who has been in formal panels of debate, I find the posters here very laughable. Its also not a coincidence that the same simple minded folk are the ones promoting the slow (dull) country life, because its dim enough to appease their low IQ brains

Its pretty meta, but its true. You gotta read what people are actually saying.

I hope you're being ironic with 'bleedin scarla' though

You're saying country people are dim.

You've the attributes of a textbook sociopath or narcissist.

Are you in 5b or some other institution, but with your ego I'd say St Pats would be more your rehabilitation of choice...

gozunda · 17-05-2019 4:06pm

Sleepy wrote: »

We bough in a small village in North County Dublin which pretty much gives us the best of both worlds: the beach is on our doorstep yet we're half an hour to the city centre via public transport. The only part of living a rural life outside the catchment area of a major city that appeals to me is the ability to buy / build a large house and to have the space for a large workshop / shed / garage for less than the price of a 1 bed flat in the city.

Sooner or later planning laws and the property tax regime will be corrected and those rural dwellers will find themselves having to pay their way. The rural broadband project could prove to be the political straw that breaks the back of the suburbanites who'll be footing the bill for the majority of it and with an ever-increasingly urban population, we'll eventually see some re-balancing of the political representation ratios in the Dail.

Why on first reading - does that come across as "We bough a small village in North County Dublin"

Wouldn't put it past some of Dort / D4 crowd tbh :pac:

Yeah yeah we've heard it all before - how the 3.5 million who don't live in the big smoke are scroungers and freeloaders. And sooner or later they will just have to move to Dubland and learn to be real citizens :rolleyes:

Jeez gives us a break will ya ...

Hedgelayer · 17-05-2019 4:08pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Why don't you shove a gourd up your hole you mouthy little bollocks?

A gourd would be quite sore, especially the spiky variety.

They come in all shapes and styles...

They're in the pumpkin family I think...

Although a turnip may suffice

ChikiChiki · 17-05-2019 4:09pm

topper75 wrote: »

Chips Lovell wrote: »

This. Dublin is what you make of it. You've got brilliant parks, you're near the sea, the Wicklow mountains are on your doorstep and you've got all the amenities of a city.

Yeah the Wicklow mountains are on your doorstep.
In the same way Cork city is just on your doorstep when you actually live in Castletown****ingroche. The Wicklow mountains are in fact an epic traffic slog and a precarious solid hour of twisty backroads away.

You hear this nonsense over in Galway a lot too, "..and Connemara is just on the doorstep". No. No it's not. It is not even NEAR your doorstep. All that is going on there is that the chap who was tasked with shiring the western counties of Ireland was a lazy dog and stuck 'GALWAY' on the lot from Ballinasloe to the sea.

You don't know Dublin too well. M50 practically brings you right to the Dublin/Wicklow mountains making it very accessible quickly.

Galway_guy_33 · 17-05-2019 4:22pm

Sleepy wrote: »

We bough in a small village in North County Dublin which pretty much gives us the best of both worlds: the beach is on our doorstep yet we're half an hour to the city centre via public transport. The only part of living a rural life outside the catchment area of a major city that appeals to me is the ability to buy / build a large house and to have the space for a large workshop / shed / garage for less than the price of a 1 bed flat in the city.

Sooner or later planning laws and the property tax regime will be corrected and those rural dwellers will find themselves having to pay their way. The rural broadband project could prove to be the political straw that breaks the back of the suburbanites who'll be footing the bill for the majority of it and with an ever-increasingly urban population, we'll eventually see some re-balancing of the political representation ratios in the Dail.

Care to expand on this "pay their way." comment...

I live in a remote location through my own choice of course and happily pay for the following and dont expect it laid on for me either...

* Initial installation and Maintenance of a deep bore water well and associated water treatment unit for all my water needs.

* Initial installation and Maintenance of my waste water treatment unit.

* Paid to bring ESB & Telephone lines to my location.

* Initial installation & Maintenance of a underground GEO thermal ground collector for all my heating needs, as you would expect natural gas pipe line is not passing by my door.

I happily pay for the above and knew it from day one when designing my house, I most certainly would consider "I pay my way"....

Does anyone in the city consider the costs involved in your clean water supply & your waste water leaving your home... i think not..... i have no problem that some of my taxes go on your services which are of no benefit to me directly but remember it works both ways.

Back to the OP I say try it out, I recall the night I left dublin to view my current site.... I drove down in the dark switched of the car all I could hear were the birds on the lake and not a house/person for miles.

Complete silence, lights on the far side of the lake twinkling in the darkness and the stars above...

These were the main reasons I left dublin:
* Had two cars stolen in a 3 year period, one rear window smashed.
* Was living in a nice estate but semi detached house, might as well have been living with them sound insulation was dreadful.
* Bought a new car which I couldnt drive to work
* Taking public transport coming home soaked from rain... walking past the (50k) car i only drove at weekends.
* Overlooked from both side in your back garden no privacy at all.

Countryside living is not for everyone, but for me it was the best move ever.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 17-05-2019 4:26pm

Galway_guy_33 wrote: »

Care to expand on this "pay their way." comment...

I live in a remote location through my own choice of course and happily pay for the following and dont expect it laid on for me either...

* Initial installation and Maintenance of a deep bore water well for all my water needs.

* Initial installation and Maintenance of my waste water treatment unit.

* Paid to bring ESB & Telephone lines to my location.

* Initial installation & Maintenance of a underground GEO thermal ground collector for all my heating needs, as you would expect natural gas pipe line is not passing by my door.

I happily pay for the above and knew it from day one when designing my house, I most certainly would consider "I pay my way"....

Does anyone in the city consider the costs involved in your clean water supply & your waste water leaving your home... i think not..... i have no problem that some of my taxes go your services which are of no benefit but remember it works both ways.

We were paying for bins long before certain areas in Dublin.

I remember the uproar it caused when they finally introduced it, you had 'socialists' going to jail for the right to not have to pay for waste disposal. :rolleyes:

Galway_guy_33 · 17-05-2019 4:29pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

We were paying for bins long before certain areas in Dublin.

I remember the uproar it caused when they finally introduced it, you had 'socialists' going to jail for the right to not have to pay for waste disposal. :rolleyes:

Correct indeed .... I forgot that one.

topper75 · 17-05-2019 4:34pm

Chips Lovell wrote: »

Have you ever actually gone up there? A.) the roads aren't that bad, and B.) it takes much less than an hour from most parts of the city. Hell, it only takes me an hour to get from my house to the top of the Sally Gap, by bicycle.

ChikiChiki wrote: »

You don't know Dublin too well. M50 practically brings you right to the Dublin/Wicklow mountains making it very accessible quickly.

Lad I know what I'm talking about - I spend a few spells living in Dublin.
The M50 is clogged half the time - forget about about the internal arteries. I mean I know you can SEE the mountains from Dublin, but that doesn't necessarily make them accessible. It is a good spin in a car and if you want to make light of it to 'sell' Dublin off you go, but this customer is a bit too wise.

Chips Lovell · 17-05-2019 4:38pm

topper75 wrote: »

Lad I know what I'm talking about - I spend a few spells living in Dublin.
The M50 is clogged half the time - forget about about the internal arteries. I mean I know you can SEE the mountains from Dublin, but that doesn't necessarily make them accessible. It is a good spin in a car and if you want to make light of it to 'sell' Dublin off you go, but this customer is a bit too wise.

As I said in my original post, Dublin is what you make of it, and you seem determined to make the worst of it. I'd say if I drove you up to the mountains myself to prove you wrong, you'd still find something else to complain about

the_syco · 17-05-2019 4:42pm

I Was VB wrote: »

cyclists

They'll annoy you more in the country!

I Was VB wrote: »

not having change out of two pints from a tenner (I know it’s been that way for ages)

Unless you drink & drive, you can't goto the pub.

J Mysterio · 17-05-2019 4:51pm

the_syco wrote: »

They'll annoy you more in the country!

For me it's a whole different kettle of fish.

Cyclists in Dublin seem to have a deathwish. They regularly risk life and limb, happy in the knowledge that if they get creamed, they are 'in the right'.
There's a lot more of them in Dublin and they are much more militant.

Other cities and towns in Ireland don't seem to have cyclists behaving in the same way and in the same numbers, and where they are found, you normally have good visibility on them and can avoid them safely. They often don't seem to take the same risks either.

My perspective of course.

Tabnabs · 17-05-2019 4:52pm

Galway_guy_33 wrote: »

Care to expand on this "pay their way." comment...

I live in a remote location through my own choice of course and happily pay for the following and dont expect it laid on for me either...

* Initial installation and Maintenance of a deep bore water well and associated water treatment unit for all my water needs.

* Initial installation and Maintenance of my waste water treatment unit.

* Paid to bring ESB & Telephone lines to my location.

* Initial installation & Maintenance of a underground GEO thermal ground collector for all my heating needs, as you would expect natural gas pipe line is not passing by my door.

I happily pay for the above and knew it from day one when designing my house, I most certainly would consider "I pay my way"....

You're familiar with Development Contribution Schemes, yeah? Everyone pays for the services their house receives during construction, it's not some magic connection that appears out of thin air.

We all pay and LPT in addition. Then the urban areas pay a contribution to the rural areas to "redistribute the wealth". If that's the urban v rural divide you want to complain about, we're happy to hang on to our hard earned Euros...

Blaizes · 17-05-2019 4:55pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

the_syco wrote: »

They'll annoy you more in the country!

For me it's a whole different kettle of fish.

Cyclists in Dublin seem to have a deathwish. They regularly risk life and limb, happy in the knowledge that if they get creamed, they are 'in the right'.
There's a lot more of them in Dublin and they are much more militant.

Other cities and towns in Ireland don't seem to have cyclists behaving in the same way and in the same numbers, and where they are found, you normally have good visibility on them and can avoid them safely. They often don't seem to take the same risks either.

My perspective of course.

No we have plenty of cyclists in the country too and unfortunately cycling on very narrow country roads with busy traffic - not a good mix imo.

bumders · 17-05-2019 4:56pm

Worked in Dublin city centre for five years and absolutely hated every second off it.

Now I have a 10 minute commute to work with basically 0 hold ups on the way to work. A huge backyard and and a massive house which I paid 175000 for. I live just outside a village with a population of around 2000. Yes we do have pubs, shops, restraunts and sports teams and only 14KM from Kilkenny city which in my opinion is the best city/town in Ireland.

I was lucky to get more money than what I was on in Dublin. It's just an absolute kip of a place Dublin is

meeeeh · 17-05-2019 5:08pm

I live in rural area, 10 minutes drive to work (15 with stop at kids school), I shop on the way from work. We have to drive to the swimming pool but since it takes 20 minutes in heavy traffic I am not overly fussed (two or three swimming pools are closer). It's quiet, comfortable and we take a dog for a walk in local woods not in the local industrial estates. In past l came accross deer, foxes, rabbits, pinemartins, hedgehogs and so on in the woods. We can also cycle in the neighbourhood. It's actually reckless how many times we forgot to lock the door and nothing happened. On top of that the school is good. I'm not saying everything is perfect but if you don't need to commute far away for work, don't mind gardening and you can drive it is fairly comfortable way to live.

fxotoole · 17-05-2019 5:14pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Its a good thing you're all beneath me. Otherwise, I might actually forget that I wasn't some crusty loser getting mad at Boards ie posts at 5 am in the morning.

This entire thread reminds me that its good to be a young person living in the city. I cant believe the utter bitterness that comes from people here. Does it come with age? Or do I have to spend several years being a social outcast and a failure like the rest of you?

meeeeh · 17-05-2019 5:15pm

Blaizes wrote: »

No we have plenty of cyclists in the country too and unfortunately cycling on very narrow country roads with busy traffic - not a good mix imo.

There are a lot less busy narrow country roads now though. We cycle on back roads with kids and maybe come accross 5-10 cars outside villages on 15 km stretch.

chrissb8 · 17-05-2019 5:18pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Its a good thing you're all beneath me. Otherwise, I might actually forget that I wasn't some crusty loser getting mad at Boards ie posts at 5 am in the morning.

This entire thread reminds me that its good to be a young person living in the city. I cant believe the utter bitterness that comes from people here. Does it come with age? Or do I have to spend several years being a social outcast and a failure like the rest of you?

You live in Dublin. Not New York. You live in a glorified town where you can walk half an hour and be out of the city center and near the coast.

Dublin is not a dog eat world. It's a place that has people like you in it bigging it up into something it's not.

It's a wonderful city full of wonderful people but obviously people like you are what makes it unbearable sometimes.

Your Sincerely,
A young person

freshpopcorn · 17-05-2019 5:21pm

I have it sk8erboii is Aongus Von Bismarck little brother or son!

Plumbthedepths · 17-05-2019 5:24pm

Sleepy wrote:

Sooner or later planning laws and the property tax regime will be corrected and those rural dwellers will find themselves having to pay their way. The rural broadband project could prove to be the political straw that breaks the back of the suburbanites who'll be footing the bill for the majority of it and with an ever-increasingly urban population, we'll eventually see some re-balancing of the political representation ratios in the Dail.

That's some amount of BS in a short paragraph.

sk8erboii · 17-05-2019 5:36pm

Still waters wrote: »

The ordinary Joe soap might be impressed with a masters, but in academic life unless you've done a PhD your masters is the same as a diploma in humanities, you might as well do a course in hairdressing while you're at it as well, might as well have something out of all them wasted months (note I said months instead of years, because that's all it takes to do a masters)

Wrong. I work in a powerplant as part of my masters. This might surprise you (it shouldnt) but Im more important to society than you ever will be.

Prove me wrong. Anyone who isn't a failure and a social outcast wouldn't be so bitter about living in the city.

your idealization of the country (boring and low IQ) life is just a projection of who truly are: A loser who will never make it in the big stage.

Stay in the bleachers and watch the big boys play.

JohnnyFlash · 17-05-2019 5:46pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Wrong. I work in a powerplant as part of my masters. This might surprise you (it shouldnt) but Im more important to society than you ever will be.

Prove me wrong. Anyone who isn't a failure and a social outcast wouldn't be so bitter about living in the city.

your idealization of the country (boring and low IQ) life is just a projection of who truly are: A loser who will never make it in the big stage.

Stay in the bleachers and watch the big boys play.

You need to work on your anger issues, kid.

Galway_guy_33 · 17-05-2019 5:47pm

Tabnabs wrote: »

You're familiar with Development Contribution Schemes, yeah? Everyone pays for the services their house receives during construction, it's not some magic connection that appears out of thin air.

We all pay and LPT in addition. Then the urban areas pay a contribution to the rural areas to "redistribute the wealth". If that's the urban v rural divide you want to complain about, we're happy to hang on to our hard earned Euros...

I am indeed familiar with the Development Contribution Scheme especially when I paid out a considerable sum out to it prior to construction of my one off house and yet had to pay for all the previously mentioned items (and ongoing maintenance ).... my point exactly.... rural developments pay this contribution whilst having to pay for the services which should be provided by the scheme.

Anyways not here to push urban v rural divide here just requesting the previous poster to explain what they meant by "pay their way" in relation to rural dwellers.

the_syco · 17-05-2019 5:47pm

J Mysterio wrote: »

Cyclists in Dublin seem to have a deathwish. They regularly risk life and limb, happy in the knowledge that if they get creamed, they are 'in the right'.
There's a lot more of them in Dublin and they are much more militant.

Three abreast on roads that have blind corners. They stay in front of you, not caring that they're causing a tailback. Have come across these 8am on a weekday, and 8am on a weekend.

freshpopcorn · 17-05-2019 5:53pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Wrong. I work in a powerplant as part of my masters. This might surprise you (it shouldnt) but Im more important to society than you ever will be.

Just because the teacher allowed you switch the lights on and off. It doesn't mean you work in a power plant.

John_Rambo · 17-05-2019 5:56pm

the_syco wrote: »

Three abreast on roads that have blind corners. They stay in front of you, not caring that they're causing a tailback. Have come across these 8am on a weekday, and 8am on a weekend.

Untruth - Cars never cause tailbacks.

Truth - sk8erboii is funny.

Still waters · 17-05-2019 6:16pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Wrong. I work in a powerplant as part of my masters. This might surprise you (it shouldnt) but Im more important to society than you ever will be.

Prove me wrong. Anyone who isn't a failure and a social outcast wouldn't be so bitter about living in the city.

your idealization of the country (boring and low IQ) life is just a projection of who truly are: A loser who will never make it in the big stage.

Stay in the bleachers and watch the big boys play.

🤭ok homer, I didnt realise there was a nuclear plant in Ireland,
I cant make head nor tail of the rest of your post, I hope the fella you outsourced the writing of your thesis to has a better grasp of basic English than yourself

Edgware · 17-05-2019 6:19pm

chrissb8 wrote: »

You live in Dublin. Not New York. You live in a glorified town where you can walk half an hour and be out of the city center and near the coast.

Dublin is not a dog eat world. It's a place that has people like you in it bigging it up into something it's not.

It's a wonderful city full of wonderful people but obviously people like you are what makes it unbearable sometimes.

Your Sincerely,
A young person

Exactly. You get out of a location what you put in to it. Over a million people across all age groups live, work play in Dublin. Of course there are scumbags as there is in every town and village in the country but anyone with a bit of cop on knows how to avoid them.

Hedgelayer · 17-05-2019 6:21pm

Still waters wrote: »

ðŸ€ok homer, I didnt realise there was a nuclear plant in Ireland,
I cant make head nor tail of the rest of your post, I hope the fella you outsourced the writing of your thesis to has a better grasp of basic English than yourself

I think they're writing a thesis for a 4th and 5th step in rehab.

Narcotics Anonymous comes to mind.

Young dudes seriously on some hard core trips lol

EmmetSpiceland · 17-05-2019 6:36pm

I think the kid’s got, somewhat of, a point.

I mean, the only times I ever give thought to moving out to the middle of nowhere or some barren spot on the west coast is when I’m in the throes of a serous hangover.

Once I get some food and rest the thoughts are gone.

gozunda · 17-05-2019 6:55pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Just because the teacher allowed you switch the lights on and off. It doesn't mean you work in a power plant.

It's Bart Simpson!

17-05-2019 7:01pm

Sleepy wrote: »

Sooner or later planning laws and the property tax regime will be corrected and those rural dwellers will find themselves having to pay their way. The rural broadband project could prove to be the political straw that breaks the back of the suburbanites who'll be footing the bill for the majority of it and with an ever-increasingly urban population, we'll eventually see some re-balancing of the political representation ratios in the Dail.

Well that’s a serious amount of absolute bull!

Eggs For Dinner · 17-05-2019 7:09pm

Moved to the countryside over 30 years ago from Dublin and would never go back. I live 10 minutes away from a large town, where I can park outside my workplace for €2 a day. My kids were educated in good schools and flew through university. I'm 20 from fabulous beaches and there are no end of top notch restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas and theatres. My house is located on a mountainside, surrounded by fields and cows. I can blast my music and tv without annoying my neighbours, who have been great in my hour of need. I have 150Mb broadband, IPTV and a fridge full of beer

Anyone who says there is a constant smell of cow ****e is full of the stuff themselves. It is a much better lifestyle in my opinion and whenever I have thought about moving back to Dublin, I just sit in my car in the driveway behind my wife's car for a few hours to recreate city life and it soon passes. Each to their own

Thelonious Monk · 17-05-2019 7:17pm

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

Moved to the countryside over 30 years ago from Dublin and would never go back. I live 10 minutes away from a large town, where I can park outside my workplace for €2 a day. My kids were educated in good schools and flew through university. I'm 20 from fabulous beaches and there are no end of top notch restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas and theatres. My house is located on a mountainside, surrounded by fields and cows. I can blast my music and tv without annoying my neighbours, who have been great in my hour of need. I have 150Mb broadband, IPTV and a fridge full of beer

Anyone who says there is a constant smell of cow ****e is full of the stuff themselves. It is a much better lifestyle in my opinion and whenever I have thought about moving back to Dublin, I just sit in my car in the driveway behind my wife's car for a few hours to recreate city life and it soon passes. Each to their own

I can cycle to work in 30 mins and walk to the sea in 15 and live in Dublin. Sounds like you’re the one doing all the driving! I love having neighbours tbh.

mistersifter · 17-05-2019 8:07pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Ive actually submitted my masters thesis on fluid dynamics a week ago. How about you? How many gourds you pick today?

fluid dynamics, eh!? you should write an interesting article about the dynamics of the verbal scutter you're coming out with.

only messing, I actually think your posts are gas. Excellent trolling!

Still waters · 17-05-2019 8:08pm

mistersifter wrote: »

fluid dynamics, eh!? you should write an interesting article about the dynamics of the verbal scutter you're coming out with.

only messing, I actually thought your posts are gas. Excellent trolling!

Not gas, fluid

Supcycle · 17-05-2019 8:12pm

Move to an island. Its the only job

John_Rambo · 17-05-2019 8:23pm

Supcycle wrote: »

Move to an island. Its the only job

Most of us live on one.

PCeeeee · 17-05-2019 8:34pm

sk8erboii wrote: »

Its a good thing you're all beneath me. Otherwise, I might actually forget that I wasn't some crusty loser getting mad at Boards ie posts at 5 am in the morning.

This entire thread reminds me that its good to be a young person living in the city. I cant believe the utter bitterness that comes from people here. Does it come with age? Or do I have to spend several years being a social outcast and a failure like the rest of you?

In fairness it sounds like your are already bitter about something. That will (since you ask) likely get worse. Don't let the other people get to you, you're doing fine. I think 2pac said it best.

'Slow it down just a notch baby, It's goin' be alright, it's goin' be alright'

John_Rambo · 17-05-2019 8:59pm

I suppose I could sell my house and have a monster deposit and have a tiny mortgage to build or buy a country sprawl with all the celtic tiger trappings, garages, outhouses, stables, his and hers Audi's etc...

But I like laid back Dublin suburban seaside village living and a low carbon lifestyle. Not interested in long car drive commuting and the rage that seems to go with it (judging by this thread).

Having the city a short DART ride away suits my needs perfectly. Surprised at the amount of ruralites that are such TV addicts.... ours is on about an hour a week even though we're all home before fivepm on weekdays & wife working 3 days a week.

Still waters · 17-05-2019 9:10pm

John_Rambo wrote: »

I suppose I could sell my house and have a monster deposit and have a tiny mortgage to build or buy a country sprawl with all the celtic tiger trappings, garages, outhouses, stables, his and hers Audi's etc...

But I like laid back Dublin suburban seaside village living and a low carbon lifestyle. Not interested in long car drive commuting and the rage that seems to go with it (judging by this thread).

Having the city a short DART ride away suits my needs perfectly. Surprised at the amount of ruralites that are such TV addicts.... ours is on about an hour a week even though we're all home before fivepm on weekdays & wife working 3 days a week.

You're wife works, lol, she could spend that time having quality time and raising her kids properly like good mothers do in rural Ireland with tiny mortgages, or vice versa if you wanted to stay at home

freshpopcorn · 17-05-2019 9:14pm

John_Rambo wrote: »

I suppose I could sell my house and have a monster deposit and have a tiny mortgage to build or buy a country sprawl with all the celtic tiger trappings, garages, outhouses, stables, his and hers Audi's etc...

But I like laid back Dublin suburban seaside village living and a low carbon lifestyle. Not interested in long car drive commuting and the rage that seems to go with it (judging by this thread).

Having the city a short DART ride away suits my needs perfectly. Surprised at the amount of ruralites that are such TV addicts.... ours is on about an hour a week even though we're all home before fivepm on weekdays & wife working 3 days a week.

You could also buy a very small property in rural Ireland and live off the land.
Get a job locally that may pay less and cycle /walk there everyday. if you wanted to reduce your carbon footprint further.

Escaping to the countryside?

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