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Derry makes it onto top ten cities on the planet!

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  • #102
    marky1905
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭marky1905


    Aye Lisburns a dump alright, but a lot better than dirty Derry

    the birds in derry are bitchy slags allegedlly just ask nadine our martina!

    Would rather spend a night in ballymoney!!


  • #103
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Have to laugh at the people who have never visited/just passed through Derry once telling us what an unbelievable sh1thole it is.

    I'll admit I'm the first to slag off Derry wans, and sometimes they make my blood boil. But the reality is, as cityfolk go, you won't get better cityfolk than the muckers.


  • #104
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,352 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    I went out in Derry once for Halloween. There's no where like in the rest of the Island.


  • #105
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,556 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Armagh
    Belfast
    Cork
    Derry
    Dublin
    Galway
    Kilkenny
    Lisburn
    Limerick
    Newry

    ;)

    Poor Waterford didn't make it either :(


  • #106
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Poor Waterford didn't make it either :(

    Oops.....

    Sorry waterford, my bad. :o

    I think Ballymena may be added to that list in the near future too.


  • #107
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,556 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Oops.....

    Sorry waterford, my Hyderabad. :o

    FYP


  • #108
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    pickarooney wrote: »
    FYP

    I've been there many times too, great spot!


  • #109
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,184 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Self pity/stroke city, can't stand the place. Place is an absolute sh**hole and once you're in it you can't wait to get out.

    The people of Derry are a different breed altogether. Must be something in the water up there.

    Lived with a derry girl at uni, she was insufferable. Gyyyeeerrrrrlllsss, cccyyyyaaaaarrrsss, dddeeeeeerrrryyyyyy. Awful.

    If we could somehow detach the place from this island and send it drifting out into the atlantic I'd be all for it.


  • #110
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    awec wrote: »
    Self pity/stroke city, can't stand the place. Place is an absolute sh**hole and once you're in it you can't wait to get out.

    The people of Derry are a different breed altogether. Must be something in the water up there.

    Lived with a derry girl at uni, she was insufferable. Gyyyeeerrrrrlllsss, cccyyyyaaaaarrrsss, dddeeeeeerrrryyyyyy. Awful.

    If we could somehow detach the place from this island and send it drifting out into the atlantic I'd be all for it.

    So, you got rejected then eh?

    Dublin might make the list next year.


  • #111
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,184 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Ghandee wrote: »
    So, you got rejected then eh?

    Dublin might make the list next year.
    A Derry girl? I wouldn't touch a girl from there with a bargepole. :pac: :pac:

    I'm not from Dublin. ;) Unfortunately I'm from much closer to Derry than Dublin. :(


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  • #112
    SiegHeilNosey
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭SiegHeilNosey


    I think Derry is a fair enough shout considering the Fleadh Cheoil is there next summer. Massive cultural event.


  • #113
    awec
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    SiegHeilNosey wrote: »
    I think Derry is a fair enough shout considering the Fleadh Cheoil is there next summer. Massive cultural event.
    I would say that the fact it's UK City of Culture next year is the reason for it's inclusion...


  • #114
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    awec wrote: »
    A Derry girl? I wouldn't touch a girl from there with a bargepole. :pac: :pac:

    I'm not from Dublin. ;) Unfortunately I'm from much closer to Derry than Dublin. :(

    You wouldn't ride someone based on where they come from?

    Auld super cock here lol !


  • #115
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,184 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Ghandee wrote: »
    You wouldn't ride someone based on where they come from?

    Auld super cock here lol !
    Just the "derry waaaans". As I said, different breed up there. Dangerous game that.

    Ah she had a man friend at the time, some bitter deeerrrryyy lad. They were made for each other, the weirdos.


  • #116
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    awec wrote: »
    I would say that the fact it's UK City of Culture next year is the reason for it's inclusion...

    Most definately the main reason . . .

    Londonderry/Derry - UK City of culture 2013 > http://www.cityofculture2013.com/
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10653989


  • #117
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    awec wrote: »
    Self pity/stroke city, can't stand the place. Place is an absolute sh**hole and once you're in it you can't wait to get out.

    The people of Derry are a different breed altogether. Must be something in the water up there.

    Lived with a derry girl at uni, she was insufferable. Gyyyeeerrrrrlllsss, cccyyyyaaaaarrrsss, dddeeeeeerrrryyyyyy. Awful.

    If we could somehow detach the place from this island and send it drifting out into the atlantic I'd be all for it.

    The Apprentice boys could march somewhere else then.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #118
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    All these guide book awards are just poncey student bollocks. Like the written equivalent of two bellends shouting at each other in the students union bar about the niche locations they went to in the summer.

    You can almost see them going " let's nominate Derry. Thst would be like such a totes curveball!!".


  • #119
    SiegHeilNosey
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭SiegHeilNosey


    awec wrote: »
    I would say that the fact it's UK City of Culture next year is the reason for it's inclusion...

    id say it definately helped alright. Between that and the Fleadh.


  • #120
    guttenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭guttenberg


    I wonder how many of these posters b*tching about Derry would be slagging of this accolade if it featured their hometown?!:rolleyes:


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  • #121
    marky1905
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 61 ✭✭marky1905


    Would never miss an opportunity to slag of my hometown, its a complete dump!! but still marginally better than derry !!


  • #122
    O'Neill
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭O'Neill


    Why all the begrudgery? It isn't listed as one the best cities ever, only one to look out for because of City of Culture next year, which will hopefully transform the place.


  • #123
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    O'Neill wrote: »
    Why all the begrudgery? It isn't listed as one the best cities ever, only one to look out for because of City of Culture next year, which will hopefully transform the place.
    british city of culture


  • #124
    O'Neill
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭O'Neill


    getz wrote: »
    british city of culture

    UK City of Culture. Couldn't give a damn what it's called. The city hasn't had much investment over the years, so anything that might hopefully bring a bit of prosperity and make peoples lives happier can only be a good thing in my eyes!


  • #125
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    O'Neill wrote: »
    UK City of Culture. Couldn't give a damn what it's called. The city hasn't had much investment over the years, so anything that might hopefully bring a bit of prosperity and make peoples lives happier can only be a good thing in my eyes!
    can only be a good thing,pitty there are still dissident republicans still trying to bomb it.if i had a business i would think twice before i would open it in derry,


  • #126
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Does anyone pay attention to any 'awards' or top 10 lists that the Lonely Planet publish?


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  • #127
    O'Neill
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭O'Neill


    getz wrote: »
    can only be a good thing,pitty there are still dissident republicans still trying to bomb it.if i had a business i would think twice before i would open it in derry,

    Then you're letting them win if that's the case.


  • #128
    Meglamonia
    Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭Meglamonia


    Been to Derry a few times certainly wouldn't want to live there,not a very nice city at all.Can't understand how it made the list.


  • #129
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    Meglamonia wrote: »
    Been to Derry a few times certainly wouldn't want to live there,not a very nice city at all.Can't understand how it made the list.
    its a nice old city,but its more of the case it being the city of culture next year with all the things that will be going on in it, it could be a place worth a visit for tourists ,liverpool did very well out of it last time,and lets face it liverpool wasent the nicest city in england to visit


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