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Advice - Moving to Dublin
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30-03-2011 3:54pm#1
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There are a lot of places around Clontarf/Fairview where you could rent which would be handy. It's a nice enough area & there's lots around there, shops etc.
I don't think that you need to sell your car though. I've lived around that area most of my life and while I've only starting to drive now (mid-20's), it's made a difference to getting places. Public transport can't always be relied upon to go where you want.
Hope you get the job
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I'll be in the same boat soon well i hope ! So please keeps updated as to how you get on..
From reading that last post im really apprehensive about going up there now ! Hopefully its different i think it depends on what kind of person you are ..
Well maybe thats because Im a Dub haha. Seriously I only have friends from school and the "latest" friends I have are from 1998 and 2001 respectively. As in, if your over 20 its extremely hard to meet any new people in Dublin. Ive done the whole Meet up and social groups phase, which is great for a while, but you never really make any friends at those things. Usually people who dont live full time in Dublin and its worse then Erasmus students, they usually gone by 2 months.
My brother is the same, he only has friends from Secondary school. Even in University (we are talking all Dubs)...they didnt stay in contact. Same in my class at University, because everyone bar one person was from Dublin and went home each evening to whatever surburb you live in. He is not friends with anyone he works with and pretty much there is not a whole lot to do to meet new people after University/Work. (All my friends have had the same experience). His friends from University all moved to Limerick to do a Masters there and they are having a far more fun time then they did at University in Dublin.
He is only 23 and he has not met any new people to hang around as friends since school. He pretty much now goes to work in Office type job. Works from 9am until 7pm at night at least and because he is young and "new" he has to complete his projects and work longer hours. However you have to factor in the time to commute to work...which in Dublin usually takes 1 hour at least (this is a journey which takes 10 mins by car in the evening but longer in rush hour on public transport). So he leaves at 8am at the latest. You have to give yourself 1 hour if you work in town. If you are commuting from one side to the other side you need about 2 hours to commute no joke. Like my dad has to get up at 6am, leaves house at 6.30am just to start work on time at 8.30am!!! I remember it was the same when I was in University for 4 years...never saw daylight as was getting the 6.30am bus. If you leave it too late, you wont arrive to work until after 10am...hence you usually have to leave the house before 7am just to arrive on time. This alone means people are too shattered by the weekend to even think about meeting up with other people. People might have the gym to fit in, but then thats about it. Its a huge rat race.
This means that he on average works 12 hours a day from 9am to 9pm...means he gets home at 10pm at night after the commute. Eats dinner at 10pm and then bed to be up the next day to start again. Friday night is the same! Come Saturday when he does have time off he is too shattered to do anything at all. He has turned really grumpy as well because he used to be the type of guy in University to go out all the time. He was the top of his class, got a 1st in his degree and for the first time in his life he is struggling and his company dont seem to be very nice. He doesnt get any pay rise for putting in all this overtime. Also he is on 6 week probation...which i think is a gimmick to make him work harder every 6 weeks. Sure he was on 6 month probation, but now they review that every 6 weeks, so he doesnt know if he will even have a job then. Complete slave driving. My friends from college have pretty much same life, I dont know how people factor in relationships and families as well. My brother doesnt have time for a relationship. Really sad because he is such a young person and seems like there is not much worth living for in his life at the moment.
Most young/new people he works with are from outside of Dublin, so they all go back to their mammies at the weekend and we are talking every weekend. So he never hangs out with them. Its pretty crap really. Same with my Dub friends who rent out their houses, their tenants all go home every single weekend to meet the boyfriend/girlfriend in another city. Its very difficult to meet anyone in Dublin for a relationship. You try out a few meet ups and speed dating events but give up because people have huge standards. Must have big house, huge salary etc!!! Women and men have mad inflated expectations, and since its a city there is nothing bringing them down to earth either. Not to mention its so expensive going out drinking in Dublin. Get taxi home etc. Most people go to Tesco's and just sit in with a pizza and drinks. Everytime im back, my friends dont even bother going out. This involves me driving to their house (so i cant drink) and then eating pizza and drinking cups of tea.
And if you are a Dub, you still live at home with mammy and daddy...my friends were 28 before they decided it was time to leave home. This is great in one sense you still hang out with your brothers and sisters. Its bad in another sense because you never really went wild and had mad parties, because your mam is still texting wondering where you are. Ive cousins who are about 35 and still live at home. Went out on dates with quite a few 35 year olds and they have never moved out of home either because rent is mad expensive. This means the Dubs are not really have crazy nights out partying. But also because they all live at home, they have never moved area's, still hang out with friends from school and therefore no drive or need for people to mingle with each other to meet new people. Just leaves the other nationalities and outside Dubs to socialise with.
All my friends is the same, they went to work for companies where the people were very old. Took about 10 years in the same job before they employed anybody else the same age as them.
I dont find people friendly in Dublin either...your either a Dub or a blow in. Even if your a Dub, you dont like other Dub's because they are from the North or Southside. If your a blow in, they equally as skeptical about you and cannot understand accents from outside of Dublin.
I got so fed up with the small minded attitude in Dublin, I left Ireland. Couldnt be doing with the big fish in small pond attitude. No idea why anybody who is not a Dub, would even chose to live in Dublin if your mammy doesnt live there. So many other nicer cities around Ireland like Cork or Galway, Sligo, people far more friendly. My friends have been working in Sligo and they love it there. Most Dub's I know have now moved to Meath or Kildare to get out of the place. My friend from school loves it in Maynooth....she would never dream of living in Dublin again.
Also it must be really hard as ive heard so many landlords try to rip people off. Heard recently from a Cork friend that the house in Drumcondra he used to live in had 7 people in it. Must be a nightmare sharing with that amount of people.
Only nice new person I met in Dublin recently was from Galway.
Im looking for a job in Cork or myself. People far nicer there (and im a Dub). After University I was so pissed off with living in Dublin and wasting my time commuting everywhere. I moved to Cornwall, England, where it took 10 minutes by bicycle to get to work with fresh sea breeze country air to wake you up every morning (not carbon monoxide pollution you get in Dublin). No sitting in traffic for hours on end. People were so lovely. Town only had 5000 people, but I knew more people, practically everyone in the town because it was in middle of no where and it was too far away for people to commute home at the weekends. I made the best friends ever. Compare this to Dublin where I am from and currently only have 3 friends who I know in the county!!! I had the beach on my doorstep and went surfing every weekend. Could go for a hike after work. Just seemed like so much unlimited time in my life to do stuff. Same now in France, im a 10 minute walk from work. I know far more people here again. Just a 2 hour drive to the ski slopes/Spain and 40 minute drive to "sunny" surfers paradise beach. Add in fantastic food and drink...Ive lived a constant holiday since moving out of Dublin. I still go back to Dublin and join meet up clubs, but never meet anyone, find them so close minded. Seriously dont see the fasination about the place, or why someone would want to leave the likes of the beautiful coastline/countryside to live in smelly rude Dublin.
Thats my experience. I think its a crazy mad life in Dublin of pure rat race. If people actually have a choice, I think living in beautiful area like Kerry and working from an office is idealic. Ive lots of friends who work office jobs in London and the company allows them to work from anywhere in the world (ie from home)...hence they live in France and Spain
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Well done!magneticimpulse wrote: »Well maybe thats because Im a Dub haha. Seriously I only have friends from school and the "latest" friends I have are from 1998 and 2001 respectively. As in, if your over 20 its extremely hard to meet any new people in Dublin. Ive done the whole Meet up and social groups phase, which is great for a while, but you never really make any friends at those things. Usually people who dont live full time in Dublin and its worse then Erasmus students, they usually gone by 2 months.
My brother is the same, he only has friends from Secondary school. Even in University (we are talking all Dubs)...they didnt stay in contact. Same in my class at University, because everyone bar one person was from Dublin and went home each evening to whatever surburb you live in. He is not friends with anyone he works with and pretty much there is not a whole lot to do to meet new people after University/Work. (All my friends have had the same experience).
He is only 23 and he has not met any new people to hang around as friends since school. He pretty much now goes to work in Office type job. Works from 9am until 7pm at night at least and because he is young and "new" he has to complete his projects and work longer hours. However you have to factor in the time to commute to work...which in Dublin usually takes 1 hour at least (this is a journey which takes 10 mins by car in the evening but longer in rush hour on public transport). So he leaves at 8am at the latest. You have to give yourself 1 hour if you work in town. If you are commuting from one side to the other side you need about 2 hours to commute no joke. Like my dad has to get up at 6am, leaves house at 6.30am just to start work on time at 8.30am!!! I remember it was the same when I was in University for 4 years...never saw daylight as was getting the 6.30am bus. If you leave it too late, you wont arrive to work until after 10am...hence you usually have to leave the house before 7am just to arrive on time. This alone means people are too shattered by the weekend to even think about meeting up with other people. People might have the gym to fit in, but then thats about it. Its a huge rat race.
This means that he on average works 12 hours a day from 9am to 9pm...means he gets home at 10pm at night after the commute. Eats dinner at 10pm and then bed to be up the next day to start again. Friday night is the same! Come Saturday when he does have time off he is too shattered to do anything at all. He has turned really grumpy as well because he used to be the type of guy in University to go out all the time. He was the top of his class, got a 1st in his degree and for the first time in his life he is struggling and his company dont seem to be very nice. He doesnt get any pay rise for putting in all this overtime. Also he is on 6 week probation...which i think is a gimmick to make him work harder every 6 weeks. Sure he was on 6 month probation, but now they review that every 6 weeks, so he doesnt know if he will even have a job then. Complete slave driving. My friends from college have pretty much same life, I dont know how people factor in relationships and families as well. My brother doesnt have time for a relationship. Really sad because he is such a young person and seems like there is not much worth living for in his life at the moment.
Most young/new people he works with are from outside of Dublin, so they all go back to their mammies at the weekend and we are talking every weekend. So he never hangs out with them. Its pretty crap really. Same with my Dub friends who rent out their houses, their tenants all go home every single weekend to meet the boyfriend/girlfriend in another city. Its very difficult to meet anyone in Dublin for a relationship. You try out a few meet ups and speed dating events but give up because people have huge standards. Must have big house, huge salary etc!!! Women and men have mad inflated expectations, and since its a city there is nothing bringing them down to earth either.
And if you are a Dub, you still live at home with mammy and daddy...my friends were 28 before they decided it was time to leave home. This is great in one sense you still hang out with your brothers and sisters. Its bad in another sense because you never really went wild and had mad parties, because your mam is still texting wondering where you are. Ive cousins who are about 35 and still live at home. Went out on dates with quite a few 35 year olds and they have never moved out of home either because rent is mad expensive. This means the Dubs are not really have crazy nights out partying. But also because they all live at home, they have never moved area's, still hang out with friends from school and therefore no drive or need for people to mingle with each other to meet new people. Just leaves the other nationalities and outside Dubs to socialise with.
All my friends is the same, they went to work for companies where the people were very old. Took about 10 years in the same job before they employed anybody else the same age as them.
I dont find people friendly in Dublin either...your either a Dub or a blow in. Even if your a Dub, you dont like other Dub's because they are from the North or Southside. If your a blow in, they equally as skeptical about you and cannot understand accents from outside of Dublin.
I got so fed up with the small minded attitude in Dublin, I left Ireland. Couldnt be doing with the big fish in small pond attitude. No idea why anybody who is not a Dub, would even chose to live in Dublin if your mammy doesnt live there. So many other nicer cities around Ireland like Cork or Galway, Sligo, people far more friendly. My friends have been working in Sligo and they love it there. Most Dub's I know have now moved to Meath or Kildare to get out of the place. My friend from school loves it in Maynooth....she would never dream of living in Dublin again.
Also it must be really hard as ive heard so many landlords try to rip people off. Heard recently from a Cork friend that the house he used to live in had 7 people in it. Must be a nightmare sharing with that amount of people.
Only nice new person I met in Dublin recently was from Galway.
Im looking for a job in Cork or myself. People far nicer there (and im a Dub). After University I was so pissed off with living in Dublin and wasting my time commuting everywhere. I moved to Cornwall, England, where it took 10 minutes by bicycle to get to work. No sitting in traffic for hours on end. People were so lovely. Town only had 5000 people, but I knew more people, practically everyone in the town because it was in middle of no where and it was too far away for people to commute home at the weekends. I made the best friends ever. Compare this to Dublin where I am from and currently only have 3 friends who I know in the county!!! I had the beach on my doorstep and went surfing every weekend. Same now in France, im a 10 minute walk from work. I know far more people here again. Just a 2 hour drive to the ski slopes/Spain and 40 minute drive to "sunny" surfers paradise beach. Add in fantastic food and drink...Ive lived a constant holiday since moving out of Dublin. I still go back to Dublin and join meet up clubs, but never meet anyone, find them so close minded.
Thats my experience. I think its a crazy mad life in Dublin of pure rat race. If people actually have a choice, I think living in beautiful area like Kerry and working from an office is idealic. Ive lots of friends who work office jobs in London and the company allows them to work from anywhere in the world (ie from home)...hence they live in France and Spain
Ignore all this, classic chip on the shoulder stuff. It's what you make of it. Cracking city, lots of opportunities for fun, friendship etc.
I'd agree with the advice from others, Clontarf, Raheny, Fairview, East Wall... Good places to live. Good neighbours, good amenities. Make the best of it and enjoy it.0 -
witchgirl26 wrote: »There are a lot of places around Clontarf/Fairview where you could rent which would be handy. It's a nice enough area & there's lots around there, shops etc.
I don't think that you need to sell your car though. I've lived around that area most of my life and while I've only starting to drive now (mid-20's), it's made a difference to getting places. Public transport can't always be relied upon to go where you want.
Hope you get the job
I'd tend to agree and not sell my car unless I had to. Even doing things like shopping, it's such a bore having to carry bags of shopping home from the supermarket!0 -
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magneticimpulse wrote: »Well maybe thats because Im a Dub haha. Seriously I only have friends from school and the "latest" friends I have are from 1998 and 2001 respectively. As in, if your over 20 its extremely hard to meet any new people in Dublin. Ive done the whole Meet up and social groups phase, which is great for a while, but you never really make any friends at those things. Usually people who dont live full time in Dublin and its worse then Erasmus students, they usually gone by 2 months.
My brother is the same, he only has friends from Secondary school. Even in University (we are talking all Dubs)...they didnt stay in contact. Same in my class at University, because everyone bar one person was from Dublin and went home each evening to whatever surburb you live in. He is not friends with anyone he works with and pretty much there is not a whole lot to do to meet new people after University/Work. (All my friends have had the same experience). His friends from University all moved to Limerick to do a Masters there and they are having a far more fun time then they did at University in Dublin.
He is only 23 and he has not met any new people to hang around as friends since school. He pretty much now goes to work in Office type job. Works from 9am until 7pm at night at least and because he is young and "new" he has to complete his projects and work longer hours. However you have to factor in the time to commute to work...which in Dublin usually takes 1 hour at least (this is a journey which takes 10 mins by car in the evening but longer in rush hour on public transport). So he leaves at 8am at the latest. You have to give yourself 1 hour if you work in town. If you are commuting from one side to the other side you need about 2 hours to commute no joke. Like my dad has to get up at 6am, leaves house at 6.30am just to start work on time at 8.30am!!! I remember it was the same when I was in University for 4 years...never saw daylight as was getting the 6.30am bus. If you leave it too late, you wont arrive to work until after 10am...hence you usually have to leave the house before 7am just to arrive on time. This alone means people are too shattered by the weekend to even think about meeting up with other people. People might have the gym to fit in, but then thats about it. Its a huge rat race.
This means that he on average works 12 hours a day from 9am to 9pm...means he gets home at 10pm at night after the commute. Eats dinner at 10pm and then bed to be up the next day to start again. Friday night is the same! Come Saturday when he does have time off he is too shattered to do anything at all. He has turned really grumpy as well because he used to be the type of guy in University to go out all the time. He was the top of his class, got a 1st in his degree and for the first time in his life he is struggling and his company dont seem to be very nice. He doesnt get any pay rise for putting in all this overtime. Also he is on 6 week probation...which i think is a gimmick to make him work harder every 6 weeks. Sure he was on 6 month probation, but now they review that every 6 weeks, so he doesnt know if he will even have a job then. Complete slave driving. My friends from college have pretty much same life, I dont know how people factor in relationships and families as well. My brother doesnt have time for a relationship. Really sad because he is such a young person and seems like there is not much worth living for in his life at the moment.
Most young/new people he works with are from outside of Dublin, so they all go back to their mammies at the weekend and we are talking every weekend. So he never hangs out with them. Its pretty crap really. Same with my Dub friends who rent out their houses, their tenants all go home every single weekend to meet the boyfriend/girlfriend in another city. Its very difficult to meet anyone in Dublin for a relationship. You try out a few meet ups and speed dating events but give up because people have huge standards. Must have big house, huge salary etc!!! Women and men have mad inflated expectations, and since its a city there is nothing bringing them down to earth either. Not to mention its so expensive going out drinking in Dublin. Get taxi home etc. Most people go to Tesco's and just sit in with a pizza and drinks. Everytime im back, my friends dont even bother going out. This involves me driving to their house (so i cant drink) and then eating pizza and drinking cups of tea.
And if you are a Dub, you still live at home with mammy and daddy...my friends were 28 before they decided it was time to leave home. This is great in one sense you still hang out with your brothers and sisters. Its bad in another sense because you never really went wild and had mad parties, because your mam is still texting wondering where you are. Ive cousins who are about 35 and still live at home. Went out on dates with quite a few 35 year olds and they have never moved out of home either because rent is mad expensive. This means the Dubs are not really have crazy nights out partying. But also because they all live at home, they have never moved area's, still hang out with friends from school and therefore no drive or need for people to mingle with each other to meet new people. Just leaves the other nationalities and outside Dubs to socialise with.
All my friends is the same, they went to work for companies where the people were very old. Took about 10 years in the same job before they employed anybody else the same age as them.
I dont find people friendly in Dublin either...your either a Dub or a blow in. Even if your a Dub, you dont like other Dub's because they are from the North or Southside. If your a blow in, they equally as skeptical about you and cannot understand accents from outside of Dublin.
I got so fed up with the small minded attitude in Dublin, I left Ireland. Couldnt be doing with the big fish in small pond attitude. No idea why anybody who is not a Dub, would even chose to live in Dublin if your mammy doesnt live there. So many other nicer cities around Ireland like Cork or Galway, Sligo, people far more friendly. My friends have been working in Sligo and they love it there. Most Dub's I know have now moved to Meath or Kildare to get out of the place. My friend from school loves it in Maynooth....she would never dream of living in Dublin again.
Also it must be really hard as ive heard so many landlords try to rip people off. Heard recently from a Cork friend that the house in Drumcondra he used to live in had 7 people in it. Must be a nightmare sharing with that amount of people.
Only nice new person I met in Dublin recently was from Galway.
Im looking for a job in Cork or myself. People far nicer there (and im a Dub). After University I was so pissed off with living in Dublin and wasting my time commuting everywhere. I moved to Cornwall, England, where it took 10 minutes by bicycle to get to work with fresh sea breeze country air to wake you up every morning (not carbon monoxide pollution you get in Dublin). No sitting in traffic for hours on end. People were so lovely. Town only had 5000 people, but I knew more people, practically everyone in the town because it was in middle of no where and it was too far away for people to commute home at the weekends. I made the best friends ever. Compare this to Dublin where I am from and currently only have 3 friends who I know in the county!!! I had the beach on my doorstep and went surfing every weekend. Could go for a hike after work. Just seemed like so much unlimited time in my life to do stuff. Same now in France, im a 10 minute walk from work. I know far more people here again. Just a 2 hour drive to the ski slopes/Spain and 40 minute drive to "sunny" surfers paradise beach. Add in fantastic food and drink...Ive lived a constant holiday since moving out of Dublin. I still go back to Dublin and join meet up clubs, but never meet anyone, find them so close minded. Seriously dont see the fasination about the place, or why someone would want to leave the likes of the beautiful coastline/countryside to live in smelly rude Dublin.
Thats my experience. I think its a crazy mad life in Dublin of pure rat race. If people actually have a choice, I think living in beautiful area like Kerry and working from an office is idealic. Ive lots of friends who work office jobs in London and the company allows them to work from anywhere in the world (ie from home)...hence they live in France and Spain
Utter nonsense.
Im from Tyrone and moved down here few years ago and i have to say i find the dubs a very friendly bunch of people. I've made quite a few new mates down here both through work and outside of work.
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Thanks for the the replies.
Magneticimpulse, your replies were unhelpful. Im not sure if you are aware, but you sound very bitter with life. Im a positive person and looking forward to the move, new starts and all that. I don't really require negativity on this thread. @ xkariex, PM me when you decide to move, maybe we can go for coffee or something, or even if you're looking for a housemate, we could chat about that, Im extremely friendly
Thanks to everyone else for all your advice, keep it coming as I'm still confused!! I'd ideally like somewhere central, somewhere with a young buzz and things to do!
I was looking at drumcondra? What does everyone think of it?0 -
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Thanks for the the replies.
Magneticimpulse, your replies were unhelpful. Im not sure if you are aware, but you sound very bitter with life. Im a positive person and looking forward to the move, new starts and all that. I don't really require negativity on this thread. @ xkariex, PM me when you decide to move, maybe we can go for coffee or something, or even if you're looking for a housemate, we could chat about that, Im extremely friendly
Thanks to everyone else for all your advice, keep it coming as I'm still confused!! I'd ideally like somewhere central, somewhere with a young buzz and things to do!
I was looking at drumcondra? What does everyone think of it?
Life is not always a bunch of roses and I was giving the realistic viewpoint.
Why did you bother posting if it wasnt to get peoples opinions...with that you have to expect good and also not good replies. That was my experience, my relatives experience, and 100 of my friends experience in Dublin (primary/secondary/college/work). How many still live in Dublin? About 10 out of that 100...the rest got fed up of the commute everyday and the little time they had to enjoy life or freetime.
I love life, it was fantastically sunny here in France today,everyone at the beach in tshirt and shorts sunbathing. Biarittz got trashed in the Rugby, Clemont won. Had lovely food and brillant time with friends. So no im not bitter one bit, why? Because I left the rat race behind me in Dublin and the small minded negative people and bad weather. I never got into the property market and not like my friends who are stuck in Dublin in doom and gloom who got caught up in the rat race. Compared to cheaper food/rent/better unemployment money/free excellent medical care/good looking lovely people here. There is just nothing negative in my life right now....its 100% positive.
And out of this thread so far, i seem to be the only Dub here...other people are from the country or not Dubs who have replied. Out of everyone who seems to have replied so far I have the most experience with living in Dublin since i lived there for 22 years of my life.0 -
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I think its different maybe for people who have lived in Dublin all their lives probably. Anyone ive ever known who has moved to Dublin has done so for a year or more and has found that they never looked back, made new friends etc and it changed their lives. Tbh, I could say the same about Limerick, that there's nothing to do, you won't make new friends etc, but it depends on your outlook, Im trying to get away from Limerick but I have friends that moved from Dublin, Galway Cork etc to Limerick and love it there. I think its all about a change. If I find the right people to move in with, and Im starting a part time Masters too, Im sure Ill make friends!
Anyway, I kind of digressed with the thread. What I really came on for advice for was areas to live! I have now narrowed it down to regions such as Glasnevin, Sandymount, Clontarf, and areas around Dublin 1 city centre. Any advice? 0 -
magneticimpulse wrote: »Well maybe thats because Im a Dub haha. Seriously I only have friends from school and the "latest" friends I have are from 1998 and 2001 respectively. As in, if your over 20 its extremely hard to meet any new people in Dublin. Ive done the whole Meet up and social groups phase, which is great for a while, but you never really make any friends at those things. Usually people who dont live full time in Dublin and its worse then Erasmus students, they usually gone by 2 months.
My brother is the same, he only has friends from Secondary school. Even in University (we are talking all Dubs)...they didnt stay in contact. Same in my class at University, because everyone bar one person was from Dublin and went home each evening to whatever surburb you live in. He is not friends with anyone he works with and pretty much there is not a whole lot to do to meet new people after University/Work. (All my friends have had the same experience). His friends from University all moved to Limerick to do a Masters there and they are having a far more fun time then they did at University in Dublin.
He is only 23 and he has not met any new people to hang around as friends since school. He pretty much now goes to work in Office type job. Works from 9am until 7pm at night at least and because he is young and "new" he has to complete his projects and work longer hours. However you have to factor in the time to commute to work...which in Dublin usually takes 1 hour at least (this is a journey which takes 10 mins by car in the evening but longer in rush hour on public transport). So he leaves at 8am at the latest. You have to give yourself 1 hour if you work in town. If you are commuting from one side to the other side you need about 2 hours to commute no joke. Like my dad has to get up at 6am, leaves house at 6.30am just to start work on time at 8.30am!!! I remember it was the same when I was in University for 4 years...never saw daylight as was getting the 6.30am bus. If you leave it too late, you wont arrive to work until after 10am...hence you usually have to leave the house before 7am just to arrive on time. This alone means people are too shattered by the weekend to even think about meeting up with other people. People might have the gym to fit in, but then thats about it. Its a huge rat race.
This means that he on average works 12 hours a day from 9am to 9pm...means he gets home at 10pm at night after the commute. Eats dinner at 10pm and then bed to be up the next day to start again. Friday night is the same! Come Saturday when he does have time off he is too shattered to do anything at all. He has turned really grumpy as well because he used to be the type of guy in University to go out all the time. He was the top of his class, got a 1st in his degree and for the first time in his life he is struggling and his company dont seem to be very nice. He doesnt get any pay rise for putting in all this overtime. Also he is on 6 week probation...which i think is a gimmick to make him work harder every 6 weeks. Sure he was on 6 month probation, but now they review that every 6 weeks, so he doesnt know if he will even have a job then. Complete slave driving. My friends from college have pretty much same life, I dont know how people factor in relationships and families as well. My brother doesnt have time for a relationship. Really sad because he is such a young person and seems like there is not much worth living for in his life at the moment.
Most young/new people he works with are from outside of Dublin, so they all go back to their mammies at the weekend and we are talking every weekend. So he never hangs out with them. Its pretty crap really. Same with my Dub friends who rent out their houses, their tenants all go home every single weekend to meet the boyfriend/girlfriend in another city. Its very difficult to meet anyone in Dublin for a relationship. You try out a few meet ups and speed dating events but give up because people have huge standards. Must have big house, huge salary etc!!! Women and men have mad inflated expectations, and since its a city there is nothing bringing them down to earth either. Not to mention its so expensive going out drinking in Dublin. Get taxi home etc. Most people go to Tesco's and just sit in with a pizza and drinks. Everytime im back, my friends dont even bother going out. This involves me driving to their house (so i cant drink) and then eating pizza and drinking cups of tea.
And if you are a Dub, you still live at home with mammy and daddy...my friends were 28 before they decided it was time to leave home. This is great in one sense you still hang out with your brothers and sisters. Its bad in another sense because you never really went wild and had mad parties, because your mam is still texting wondering where you are. Ive cousins who are about 35 and still live at home. Went out on dates with quite a few 35 year olds and they have never moved out of home either because rent is mad expensive. This means the Dubs are not really have crazy nights out partying. But also because they all live at home, they have never moved area's, still hang out with friends from school and therefore no drive or need for people to mingle with each other to meet new people. Just leaves the other nationalities and outside Dubs to socialise with.
All my friends is the same, they went to work for companies where the people were very old. Took about 10 years in the same job before they employed anybody else the same age as them.
I dont find people friendly in Dublin either...your either a Dub or a blow in. Even if your a Dub, you dont like other Dub's because they are from the North or Southside. If your a blow in, they equally as skeptical about you and cannot understand accents from outside of Dublin.
I got so fed up with the small minded attitude in Dublin, I left Ireland. Couldnt be doing with the big fish in small pond attitude. No idea why anybody who is not a Dub, would even chose to live in Dublin if your mammy doesnt live there. So many other nicer cities around Ireland like Cork or Galway, Sligo, people far more friendly. My friends have been working in Sligo and they love it there. Most Dub's I know have now moved to Meath or Kildare to get out of the place. My friend from school loves it in Maynooth....she would never dream of living in Dublin again.
Also it must be really hard as ive heard so many landlords try to rip people off. Heard recently from a Cork friend that the house in Drumcondra he used to live in had 7 people in it. Must be a nightmare sharing with that amount of people.
Only nice new person I met in Dublin recently was from Galway.
Im looking for a job in Cork or myself. People far nicer there (and im a Dub). After University I was so pissed off with living in Dublin and wasting my time commuting everywhere. I moved to Cornwall, England, where it took 10 minutes by bicycle to get to work with fresh sea breeze country air to wake you up every morning (not carbon monoxide pollution you get in Dublin). No sitting in traffic for hours on end. People were so lovely. Town only had 5000 people, but I knew more people, practically everyone in the town because it was in middle of no where and it was too far away for people to commute home at the weekends. I made the best friends ever. Compare this to Dublin where I am from and currently only have 3 friends who I know in the county!!! I had the beach on my doorstep and went surfing every weekend. Could go for a hike after work. Just seemed like so much unlimited time in my life to do stuff. Same now in France, im a 10 minute walk from work. I know far more people here again. Just a 2 hour drive to the ski slopes/Spain and 40 minute drive to "sunny" surfers paradise beach. Add in fantastic food and drink...Ive lived a constant holiday since moving out of Dublin. I still go back to Dublin and join meet up clubs, but never meet anyone, find them so close minded. Seriously dont see the fasination about the place, or why someone would want to leave the likes of the beautiful coastline/countryside to live in smelly rude Dublin.
Thats my experience. I think its a crazy mad life in Dublin of pure rat race. If people actually have a choice, I think living in beautiful area like Kerry and working from an office is idealic. Ive lots of friends who work office jobs in London and the company allows them to work from anywhere in the world (ie from home)...hence they live in France and Spain
your obviously a moron and an idiot. OP Dublin is a fantastic place to live. i grew up in clontarf and its fantastic. if your looking to get some mates, join any of the sports clubs, gaa, rugby even the gym, you'll meet plenty of people there0 -
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