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  • #52
    wakka12
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    jimwallace197 wrote: »
    So, as if people from the country don't get the opportunity to travel abroad and see other cities. Stop acting like Dublin is the centre of the world.

    And how often do you get to abroad like? Once/twice a year?

    Dublin is a nice city by our standards in Ireland


  • #53
    wakka12
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    Kewreeuss wrote: »
    I am beginning to think Dublin City is for tourists who fly in and those who live there.
    Parking charges, traffic restrictions and cost of public transport inhibit casual visits. If I lived in ranelagh or contaref and had a bike I’d be fine.:D

    Ahh, speak for yourself..I think Dublin a much nicer city today than it was in the past because cars have been given less prominence in the city. It is so important for quality of life for locals, not just tourists. Tourists simply like nice enjoyable places, as do locals.


  • #54
    Strumms
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    GT89 wrote: »
    Yes I find Grafton and Henry Street are much more pleasant places to shop than Dundrum or Blanchardstown. For me I'm as quick getting into town on a bus than sitting in traffic to get in to park in places like Dundrum or Blanch. Around Christmas these places are nightmares and town is just as good.

    Yes, it’s much nicer especially in summer to duck in and out of shops in town then the whole giant shopping center boring humdrum.

    I know of one place.. Brown Thomas car parking where access to parking and the route out of it are a doddle. It’s an upmarket enough spot but parking is actually cheaper then the iilac or jervis or at least was... easy to access and get away from.


  • #55
    Better Than Christ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Better Than Christ


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Parts of it are a nightmare to walk around. I work (or used to maybe) in Baggot st area. There's barely enough room for pedestrians on part of Baggot st and especially Merrion row, so at lunchtime you have people doing 80km down the street while pedestrians are pushed out onto the roads. It's dangerous.
    I mean it isn't too bad but it could be so much better, if there were less cars.

    Billy Connolly used to do a funny routine about trying to cross the road at the Dawson St/Nassau St junction. Once you get onto the island, that's it, you're stuck forever. There are so many areas like that (off the top of my head, Dame St and Parnell St are particularly bad), where you can have a hundred people dutifully waiting three or four minutes for the little green man while Very Important Men in single-occupant cars zoom past, blasting their horns at anyone who dares to impede their Very Important Journey.


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