Sure-Fire Signs That an area is Rough

bodun

Pebble dashed walls on houses with little bits of broken mirror mixed in with the dash.
One house on a street with extravagant soffit and facia looking completely out of place.

infogiver

Struggle after struggle, year after year

Never fails to make the hair stand on the back of my neck 30 years later, his perfect Cockney accent resonating with millions of people all over the world

Lt Dan

TrustedApple wrote: »

That is kind of insulting to be fair.

Boo hooo

TrustedApple wrote: »

Grand parents in their 30s. (Dont be Judging people what can you do ).[?QUOTE]

It shows that someone had sex and got pregnant while under 16. Underage sex is illegal

What can you do? Don't judge? And , tell thee, how much of the tax payers money shall be funding their child allowance and single parent benefit

TrustedApple wrote: »

Skanger cars like 05 Nissan Almeras or Honda civics parked up. (To me a car is a car does not have to be BMW as long as it gets you from A to

No no no. Like those ghastly tracksuits, it says a lot about people. Cheap looking cards souped up with fake spoilers and would barely get to 120 mph.Loud ghastly jungle music to booth. Probably a death trap too.

TrustedApple wrote: »

No trees (Plenty of areas dont have them where i am from back home would be considered a very posh area and it has one Tree in the place).

Not posh enough so , without trees

TrustedApple wrote: »

Local pub has no windows and is usually painted black / grey and is part of a shop complex that consists of a spar with a disproportionate off licence section selling predominantly cans, dominos pizza and paddy powers. (Handy to have the pub where i live now 10 mins up the road has all this and to be fair i can get a pizza, Some nice craft beer in the off licence, Then pick up a few things is the shop how bad)

Chances of getting craft beer in some of these off licences. Is Linden Village craft beer? Hardly able to afford a bottle them.

TrustedApple wrote: »

AAA / no water meter posters. (People Standing up to what they believe in fair play to them)

What would be fair to them? Sponging off the State , doing nothing and not paying their fair share, while Middle Ireland is squeezed for everything. They are entitled to nothing but contempt.

TrustedApple wrote: »

The estate is a "gardens" or named after a republican. (Thats quite a insult now to a lot of people just to do with the area there from)

It is a fact, most of these areas are kips. Locals are incapable of looking after their areas. Suppose, since they don't have mortgages , what would they care. No self respect

TrustedApple wrote: »

Abandoned furniture, cars and completely random things. (Thats everywhere in Ireland)

Most certainly is not "everywhere"

TrustedApple wrote: »

Every house has a satellite dish. (That's normal in my posh area back home every house has one as well. My mother and fathers has 2 one for Sky and one for my dads Italian TV)

They can't afford it, many are on welfare. Big difference

TrustedApple wrote: »

A Lidl / Aldi near by or dealz is the main shop on the high street. (Be handy if i lived by a Dealz i have a LIDL and is very handy to have as the food i hope you know the meet is some of the best you can buy in the country and it comes from the same place as your posh meet)

Keep telling yourself that.

Saipanne

The house at the end of the row has a tacky mural emblazoned on its side wall.

Malari

Saipanne wrote: »

The house at the end of the row has a tacky mural emblazoned on its side wall.

A grotto is your next door neighbour if you live at the end of a terrace of houses :pac:

Stigura

infogiver wrote: »

Struggle after struggle, year after year

Yep. I particularly like:

" The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice "

and

" To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
It's a big decision in a town called malice. "

F**king brilliant number though, isn't it? I have " Days of Speed " right here, amongst my eighteen CD's this desk allows me to keep to hand.


Anyway, yeah; The night befores kebab splashed across the pavement. Always a heart warming sight.

uch

md23040 wrote: »

Sure sign an area is rough is if the local boozer has all day €3 beer promo's and serves free sandwiches from 11 and the place constantly packered

€3 Pints!! That rules out all of Dublin so

Saipanne

Lots of BOBFOCs walking around.

"Body off Baywatch, Face off Crimewatch"

DrumSteve

No Garda Presence.

DrumSteve

uch wrote: »

€3 Pints!! That rules out all of Dublin so

Fowlers Grange Corss in Ballyfermot does thirsty thursday 3€ pints if I remember correctly.

Saipanne

DrumSteve wrote: »

Fowlers Grange Corss in Ballyfermot does thirsty thursday 3€ pints if I remember correctly.

Is that dole day?

PowerToWait

Youse need to get better drug sources if it offends yizzer sensibilities going to these places.

DrumSteve

Saipanne wrote: »

Is that dole day?

TBH i've been on the dole for a grand total of 8 weeks of my life so I haven't a clue. I'd imagine some people collect it then depending on what letter their surname starts with but I could be wrong.

BCFE is down the road so Im sure they do a roaring trade on a thursday anyway.

HandsomeDan

Lt Dan wrote: »

No no no. Like those ghastly tracksuits, it says a lot about people. Cheap looking cards souped up with fake spoilers and would barely get to 120 mph.Loud ghastly jungle music to booth. Probably a death trap too.

'Ghastly' used twice in paragraph. Refers to electronic music as 'jungle music'?

Hmmm...

AlanG

Neighbors who talk to each other and help each other out.
Far better chippers than posh areas.
Volunteers working against the odds to give kids a chance.
Kids playing outdoors.

Boom_Bap

AlanG wrote: »

Neighbors who talk to each other and help each other out.
Far better chippers than posh areas.
Volunteers working against the odds to give kids a chance.
Kids playing outdoors.

Queues waiting for the chipper to open.

Teyla Emmagan

AlanG wrote:

Neighbors who talk to each other and help each other out. Far better chippers than posh areas. Volunteers working against the odds to give kids a chance. Kids playing outdoors.

Wow, good chippers. That'll do a lot for the house values:

Secluded cul de sac location
T90si shower
Eau de curry chips

Not.

DrumSteve

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Wow, good chippers. That'll do a lot for the house values:

Secluded cul de sac location
T90si shower
Eau de curry chips

Not.

Curry Chip water?

Ye minger.

dhaughton99

A gap in a fence.

bodhrandude

George White wrote: »

Blokes in deep voices growling as you pass by, "Wozzz dee storeh, buhhhhhhhddd?"
Boys with dyed blonde hair and ear studs taken out and resting on their school uniform lapels.

Sounds like Sing Street the film to me. :pac:

Working class heroes

DrumSteve wrote: »

No Garda Presence.

You're a day ahead of yourself.

uch

dhaughton99 wrote: »

A gap in a fence.

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DrumSteve

Working class heroes wrote: »

You're a day ahead of yourself.

Not where Im from.

jimgoose

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Wow, good chippers. That'll do a lot for the house values:

Secluded cul de sac location
T90si shower
Eau de curry chips

Not.

A good chipper doesn't do any great harm. One of the best chippers in Cork is located slap-bang in the middle of the decidedly comfortable, quiet, middle-of-the-road, middle-of-everything, two-Heiners-and-a-gin'n'ton-ton-there-chief, birds-shitting-on-the-Jaguar-again-the-dirty-little-mingers, suburb where I myself maintain my little swamp.

SEPT 23 1989

Broken glass cemented into the tops of garden walls

Owryan

AlanG wrote: »

Neighbors who talk to each other and help each other out.
Far better chippers than posh areas.
Volunteers working against the odds to give kids a chance.
Kids playing outdoors.

No, no, no. You're doing it wrong, we're bad mouthing so called "rough areas".

And I was one of those "volunteers", sad to work with kids who were written off based on their address

forestgirl

When everyone in the town or area look alike.(looking like all inbred)
Bouncy castles in gardens for darlings birthday parties.
Men and women wearing those tacky tank tops
Smoking on the street,parking in shop doorways
Shouting in the street
People wearing tattoos....yuck and tack
Men with earrings......soo tacky

The flying mouse

forestgirl wrote: »

When everyone in the town or area look alike.(looking like all inbred)
Bouncy castles in gardens for darlings birthday parties.
Men and women wearing those tacky tank tops
Smoking on the street,parking in shop doorways
Shouting in the street
People wearing tattoos....yuck and tack
Men with earrings......soo tacky

Everywhere in Ireland,

And the top one Can you give a hint where this is ?

The flying mouse

Well I tell you one thing people,

No matter how big your house is,
How recent your car is, or how big
your bank account is.

Our graves will always be the same,

Stay humble there folks...

forestgirl

The flying mouse wrote: »

Everywhere in Ireland,

And the top one Can you give a hint where this is ?

Haha no hint
Another thing I do not like is men and women thinking it's okay to wear track suit bottoms into town like how gross is that and they normally do not even fit right

DrumSteve

forestgirl wrote: »

Haha no hint
Another thing I do not like is men and women thinking it's okay to wear track suit bottoms into town like how gross is that and they normally do not even fit right

well tbf its very difficult to walk around with your hand down your jocks if your wearing chinos.

Muckie

Oh over flowing wheelie bins, left out for days.

A dumped mattress.....broken toys and a pinched face child cycling a bike that either too small for him and is missing a tyre, so makes lots of noise as he cycles around on it.

forestgirl

The flying mouse wrote: »

Well I tell you one thing people,

No matter how big your house is,
How recent your car is, or how big
your bank account is.

Our graves will always be the same,

Stay humble there folks...

I like old cars actually and I love cottages and my post nothing got to do with rich or poor.I personally find tattoos earring etc disgusting because people far nicer without them

Diemos

Bookies.

You could count the amount of bookies in posh parts of Dublin on one hand.
Poorer parts, they can be next door to each other.

Saipanne

The flying mouse wrote: »

Well I tell you one thing people,

No matter how big your house is,
How recent your car is, or how big
your bank account is.

Our graves will always be the same,

Stay humble there folks...

Unless it's one of those god awful ten foot tall monstrosities with a tacky photo on them, like I saw one day.

You stay classy, San Diego...

Pinch Flat

A house festooned in Christmas lighting within the next few days.

The flying mouse

Saipanne wrote: »

Unless it's one of those god awful ten foot tall monstrosities with a tacky photo on them, like I saw one day.

You stay classy, San Diego...

:P That's the headstone, the graves themselves are the same size

Iwasfrozen

Bonfires at night.

Or during the day, black patches in the grass where bonfires were lit.

Iwasfrozen

The flying mouse wrote: »

Well I tell you one thing people,

No matter how big your house is,
How recent your car is, or how big
your bank account is.

Our graves will always be the same,

Stay humble there folks...

Nah, scangers always have tackey graves.

Lone Stone

you all described my estate so well, Haven't seen anyone mention an old bed dumped in the memorial park yet tisk tisk. you disappoint me boardsies

The flying mouse

My estate is in a state.













Why am I posting here.

PowerToWait

What I'm getting from this is people in so called rough areas; like dogs, enjoy a flutter, are neighbourly, enjoy a couple of reasonably priced pints, are not mortified if their front garden doesn't look like it should be in Versailles, like to be in the sun and celebrate the coming of winter with the ancient tradition of building bonfires.

My kind of living.

5rtytry56

Lone Stone wrote: »

you all described my estate so well, Haven't seen anyone mention an old bed dumped in the memorial park yet tisk tisk. you disappoint me boardsies

looked in your profile. How's that pub going? I was in it for the 1994 World Cup believe it or not. Sure you can drown your sorrows there.

r93kaey5p2izun

As always with these threads, some people just can't conceal their disdain for everyone from certain areas - you can feel the bile dripping from their "light hearted" comments. A couple of these posters have always stood out to me over the years on boards for their vile nasty attitude on previous similar threads - good to see they're consistent in their nasty attitudes.

Andrewf20

Prepay petrol pumps.
Random bits of furniture in the middle of a field or road. A sofa say.

riclad

Piles of cans or bottles left in a pile in random places .
tv,s and fridges dumped in the street .The more house,s boarded up ,
the worst the area is.
Council estates have got better , when people own their own houses, they
tend to treat them better .
An area is bad when half the shop units are boarded up.

joebloggs32

Don't know if it has bern mentioned yet, too much to read through..... For me it is the amount of Christmas lights put outside the house.

PS I believe the term working class is almost redundant now. Many who claim to be part of it have never worked an honest day in their lives

bodhrandude

When the taxi driver drops you at the entrance to the housing estate and no further, as was the case when scoring hash in Barrowfield, Glasgow during a dope drought in the eighties.

Notsomindful

jimgoose wrote: »

A good chipper doesn't do any great harm. One of the best chippers in Cork is located slap-bang in the middle of the decidedly comfortable, quiet, middle-of-the-road, middle-of-everything, two-Heiners-and-a-gin'n'ton-ton-there-chief, birds-shitting-on-the-Jaguar-again-the-dirty-little-mingers, suburb where I myself maintain my little swamp.

Douglas?

cruais

Elmo is a rat