The Guardian Angels of Irish Cities

ElChe32

A junkie took a swing at me the other day across from Bus Aras, wandered up to me and wanted money for the bus when I told him I had no change on me he wanted to make a phone call I told him I was in a rush to get my bus, he told me to **** off and swung at me. He missed, I laughed and he wandered off. They seem to be multiplying by the day in the city centre, something has to be done.

Collie D

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

I definitely think Dublin is getting worse. If you were to walk down main street Berlin or Paris or London or other major European cities you wouldn't see scores of junkies passed out and fighting as I witnessed today on the way home.

Have never been to Berlin so can't comment but parts of Paris are swarming with beggars/scammers, especially around the touristy parts. Venture out into the suburbs and some places are like ghettos. London definitely has it's fair share of junkies too...and crackheads (a minor problem in Ireland).

The grass is not always greener. Yes, Dublin is a bit of a dump with a lot of undesirables but Paris and London are definitely not exempt from this problem.

And for sheer numbers of junkies in a western European city...Zurich wins,

SEPT 23 1989

Dublin's walking dead can smell the fear off certain people

AlekSmart

ElChe32 wrote: »

A junkie took a swing at me the other day across from Bus Aras, wandered up to me and wanted money for the bus when I told him I had no change on me he wanted to make a phone call I told him I was in a rush to get my bus, he told me to **** off and swung at me. He missed, I laughed and he wandered off. They seem to be multiplying by the day in the city centre, something has to be done.

Kinda points the debate in a certain direction I'd suggest.....;)

Judgement Day

AlekSmart wrote: »

Kinda points the debate in a certain direction I'd suggest.....;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TfZBjgG6c

Mr. CooL ICE

Do what I do: look like you don't have money

Grayson

strobe wrote: »

Jesus a lot of people on boards must be soft little delicate flowers. I've never heard anything as ridiculous in my life as you do in these kinds of threads. Jittery, palpitating pansies recalling in horror the time they saw a fight one Friday night 8 years ago on o connel St, or the permanently soul shattering terror of a couple of incidents of petty street crime witnessed in a major capital city. Recounting their tales like paraplegic 'nam vets in a support group for PTSD sufferers. "They were everywhere maaan, in the trees maaan, Charlie junkies maaan. And then when I shipped home to Mayo, there was no parade... People don't understand what it was like maan. They weren't there the night Big John got pushed a couple of times by that slightly drunk sham in a tracksuit. How do you come home and explain these things to people? I guess you just gotta try and live one day at a time..."

Crime is down and has been going down for years. We live in one of the safest cities, in one of the safest countries, in one of the safest times in history.

Not that there isn't room for improvement but it's hardly like the sack of Rome

Plumpynutt

Dublin is grand, granted it is annoying that the board walk is unusable due to the people who hang around there, but realistically I'm never going to want to sit and watch the Liffey anyway.

For those comparing us to other cities, we're in no way worse then anywhere else. In New York there is a hilariously large population of mad people who ride the Subway/walk around Manhattan (and I presume the other boroughs, but I wasn't there), in Barcelona, their main street, the Ramblas, is packed with prostitutes, dealers, and general scumbags (a group of Moroccans tried to steal a friend while we were walking down it one night). In Berlin, come the early hours, the number of zombies walking around is huge, including tourists. In London, I was harassed by a crack head, witnessed an assault on a busy street in Catford, saw a pimp beat one of his girls in broad daylight in Vauxhaul, and saw junkies everywhere.

What I'm saying is that all cities have this problem, Dublin is not unique, and at that, is certainly not the worst. It is to be expected anywhere where there is a large gathering of people. It's all part of city life

Cantremember

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Shít yo getin serious down here in muthafúckin Monkstown. Crack ho's be selling booty on da corner while pipe-wielding thugs be holdin shít up.

Christ this dogging has got out of hand altogether. Holding **** up? What's that about? Disgusting.