Best area to live in Dublin?

harridan

I'm thinking of moving to Dublin to work and study. I would study part-time in the centre and I'm wondering if it'd be more economic for me to get a job and a room downtown-ish and save on the commute, or rent outside of the city centre. I don't drive so I'd have to use Luas or the buses.

I'm interested in a safe (obviously ) area where the rent wouldn't be sky high and where there would be a leisure centre or a gym with a swimming pool nearby, and which also would be served by public transport. I was thinking Tallaght but then I hear that Jobstown and these areas are ultra dodgy...

Thanks in advance for advice!

stevek93

Thing with Dublin is your going to have dody parts close by everywhere, move into a house share in the outskirt of the city centre if that's your fancy, just stay away from council estates.

Check the bus routes of the area to see if it suits your needs for work and study.

Eric Cartman

a safe serviced area of dublin without sky high rent doesn't really exist. Anything in an area where you'd be safe to walk alone at night is going to be mad money.

Id suggest sandyford, lucan, leopardstown, rathfarnham, swords . probably about your best compromises.

asteroids over berlin

Churchtown, Dundrum

Richard Hillman

Castleknock
Parts of Bray (Its a very bipolar place)
Parts of Shankill
Malahide/Portmarnock
In and around the Clontarf area.


Bray is quite commutable and with it being outside of Dublin the prices tend to drop off.

mirrorwall14

No one can tell you this unless you tell us what you are planning to pay in rent and if you plan to house share or not

Hollister11

Baldoyle

Good transport links
Reasonably prices accommodation
15-20 minutes to the city
Close to Howth and Malahide
Donaghmede, Pavilions and Clare Hall shopping centers all within a 15 minute drive.

Sales Rental

stevek93

Hollister11 wrote: »

Baldoyle

Good transport links
Reasonably prices accommodation
15-20 minutes to the city
Close to Howth and Malahide
Donaghmede, Pavilions and Clare Hall shopping centers all within a 15 minute drive.

Sales Rental

Coolock would be better again, once you don't treck into D17 stick with D5 your fine. Coolock has great option of buses.

Hollister11

stevek93 wrote: »

Coolock would be better again, once you don't treck into D17 stick with D5 your fine. Coolock has great option of buses.

Well, I wouldn't go as far as calling it better, definitely not better.

Pacos207

Balbriggan ticks all the boxes

Elliott S

Parts of Tallaght are perfectly nice. My fella's brother lives with his family five minutes walk from the Kingswood Luas stop and it's a nice area.

PokeHerKing

Anything south of the square is perfectly fine and is serviced well by public transport.

Again tho, it ain't particularly cheap either. Depends on your budget.

handlemaster

Dublin 15 has train line and good bus run into town. The blach shopping centre is like a town of its own.

athtrasna

In the absence of Markanthony I'll say Kilbarrack

Hollister11

athtrasna wrote: »

In the absence of Markanthony I'll say Kilbarrack

He closed his account.

athtrasna

Hollister11 wrote: »

He closed his account.

I am aware of that

K.Flyer

Templeogue,
Terenure,
Rathfarnham,
Harolds Cross
Walkinstown,
Perrystown.

Generally quiet and settled areas.

stevek93

Hollister11 wrote: »

Well, I wouldn't go as far as calling it better, definitely not better.

Explain not better?

maximum12

These threads are all the same. People think their own back yard is the best place to live and start getting upset when others say their suggestion is a kip

Hollister11

stevek93 wrote: »

Explain not better?

It's not a nice area and I wouldn't feel safe there. I wouldn't walk through coolock during the day, let alone a night.

cronos

Ashtown/Royal Canal Park?

Chickus

Walkinstown is a good location.close to shops, good bus links and near gym at kcr. It's an easy cycle to town aswell

Spanish Eyes

I don't know where I would recommend.

I'm not going to say my own area because it's fabulous but not expensive, close to town with a little local shopping area that has a chemist, hairdresser, coffee shop (with seats outside OMG), a fruit and veg shop, a Londis (with wine license yay), and Indian takeaway, and the doctors. Ten minutes walk to the local pub that has great, ahem Gastro Pub Grub all day. And across the road from said pub is a marvellous chipper and a Chinese takeaway for the rare nights I need them.

Oh and there is a bank, and an ATM, and a Lidl and Aldi within five minutes. And a Super Valu too. But they are for the masses including me.

Don't know about schools cos I've no sprogs.

I love it, and I'm keeping it to myself so feck off the lot of ya. LOL.

Do your research, and you might be surprised at the little gems you can find that others might dismiss.

I will be taken out of here in a box for sure.

Gumbo

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I don't know where I would recommend.

I'm not going to say my own area because it's fabulous but not expensive, close to town with a little local shopping area that has a chemist, hairdresser, coffee shop (with seats outside OMG), a fruit and veg shop, a Londis (with wine license yay), and Indian takeaway, and the doctors. Ten minutes walk to the local pub that has great, ahem Gastro Pub Grub all day. And across the road from said pub is a marvellous chipper and a Chinese takeaway for the rare nights I need them.

Oh and there is a bank, and an ATM, and a Lidl and Aldi within five minutes. And a Super Valu too. But they are for the masses including me.

Don't know about schools cos I've no sprogs.

I love it, and I'm keeping it to myself so feck off the lot of ya. LOL.

Do your research, and you might be surprised at the little gems you can find that others might dismiss.

I will be taken out of here in a box for sure.

You could be talking about Meakstown (North Finglas).
But your 100% correct. It's all relative and pockets of gems in every location. You can just as easily be mugged in bray/shankill as you could in Dublin.

SarahMollie

Hollister11 wrote: »

He closed his account.

How come - does anyone know?

I'll sort of miss his non stop advocacy for Kilbarrack :cool:

maximum12

maximum12 wrote: »

These threads are all the same. People think their own back yard is the best place to live and start getting upset when others say their suggestion is a kip

And without knowing the OPs budget it's all pretty much a waste of time

bellissima

Clondalkin Village is still fairly unspoiled.

NickNickleby

Hollister11 wrote: »

It's not a nice area and I wouldn't feel safe there. I wouldn't walk through coolock during the day, let alone a night.

Now that is a truly astonishing statement. Perhaps there are two Coolocks. Or you're walking through somewhere that you assume is Coolock, but in fact is a different area , albeit maybe not too far away.

Try walking from Cadburys, through Coolock village, onto the Malahide Road and choose which side of the road you want to walk. I'd be thoroughly amazed if you encountered anything to worry you. And its less likely during the day.
Then head down Ardlea Road, or Gracefield Road and once again, I fail to see any area that meets your description.

You need to be careful with sweeping statements like the one above, as you can paint the wrong picture of an area.

Of course, if you know the area as well as your post suggests, you perhaps have had a bad encounter which you have allowed to colour your opinion of the area. However, I feel that's very unlikely. Which leaves that perhaps you have described somewhere outside the area I've referred to, which would probably not really be Coolock.

However, even some of those areas ,while not being aesthetically pleasing, are inhabited in the main by decent people. Would I walk these areas at night? If I really had to, yes for most. Definite no for a couple of others.

Cheers,
NN

stevek93

Hollister11 wrote: »

It's not a nice area and I wouldn't feel safe there. I wouldn't walk through coolock during the day, let alone a night.

You must have never been, Coolock is fairly big I do agree there is bad spots Priorswood and Darndale being a few but the majority is perfectly fine to live in.

handlemaster

stevek93 wrote: »

You must have never been, Coolock is fairly big I do agree there is bad spots Priorswood and Darndale being a few but the majority is perfectly fine to live in.

How bad is Darndale ?

stevek93

handlemaster wrote: »

How bad is Darndale ?

Great craic.