Settling in Dublin....

gourcuff

Getting cold feet about the idea of settling in Dublin (irish couple - not from Dublin).

We are 2 professionals, 33, at that stage where we plan on buying and putting down roots. Neither of us are from an urban environment, and issues like air quality and quality of life issues are looming large in our minds when we discuss settling here.

As non natives we are just a bit apprehensive about settling in Dublin where we have no family, no support network and find the quality of the housing in the 400-500k range really poor compared to the homes our friends and family own.

We are also not really into the class culture element and the status they apply to private schools in Dublin.

Being honest a massive concern is having kids that develop the accents you come across in Dublin..

Have any Irish (non-native dubs) any reassuring words about settling and potentially having kids in Dublin?

Mad_maxx

gourcuff wrote: »

Getting cold feet about the idea of settling in Dublin (irish couple - not from Dublin).

We are 2 professionals, 33, at that stage where we plan on buying and putting down roots. Neither of us are from an urban environment, and issues like air quality and quality of life issues are looming large in our minds when we discuss settling here.

As non natives we are just a bit apprehensive about settling in Dublin where we have no family, no support network and find the quality of the housing in the 400-500k range really poor compared to the homes our friends and family own.

We are also not really into the class culture element and the status they apply to private schools in Dublin.

Being honest a massive concern is having kids that develop the accents you come across in Dublin..

Have any Irish (non-native dubs) any reassuring words about settling and potentially having kids in Dublin?

Surely kids would develop Irish accents of some kind of irish so how is Dublin different to say Galway?

Wayne Jarvis

It sounds like you really don't like Dublin. Maybe don't live there?

punisher5112

Greystones or Wexford maybe....

gourcuff

Guy Person wrote: »

It sounds like you really don't like Dublin. Maybe don't live there?

Careers are going great though, just unsure about living in the place long term.
The quality of housing we have found to be pretty poor, being away from family (although only a few hours) is also an issue, but really its concern about raising children in dublin, how will they turn out etc..

stargazer 68

gourcuff wrote: »

Careers are going great though, just unsure about living in the place long term.
The quality of housing we have found to be pretty poor, being away from family (although only a few hours) is also an issue, but really its concern about raising children in dublin, how will they turn out etc..

How they will turn out??? We don't have horns or webbed feet from being brought up in Dublin. The majority of us turned out just fine! :rolleyes:

gourcuff

gourcuff wrote: »

Careers are going great though, just unsure about living in the place long term.
The quality of housing we have found to be pretty poor, being away from family (although only a few hours) is also an issue, but really its concern about raising children in dublin, how will they turn out etc..

I'm not from Dublin but your posts come across really insulting to even me as a Dublin resident. The most significant impact on how your kids turn out is not where they live but how you raise them.

My family live on the west coast, my support network is very minimal, somehow I manage to cope. With a loving partner by your side, nothing should be insurmountable.

Honestly it sounds like Dublin is not for you.

handlemaster

This has to be a wind up. I've seen some very puzzling posts on here lately. It's like adults with no maturity. Is this the new internet age affect?

Nermal

gourcuff wrote: »

but really its concern about raising children in dublin, how will they turn out etc..

They certainly have less chance of turning out to be provincial rustic simpletons, like their parents. Worth rolling the dice.

tscul32

There's a big difference between living and raising kids in the city centre and doing it in the suburbs. I'm a dub but from the north county and still live out that way, no interest in living closer to the city. But my kids don't have 'that accent' and as said above they are being raised with the values that we live by and would be no matter where we live. And most of the kids around here just go to whatever local secondary school.

gerbilgranny

I'd mostly worry about children developing 'noice DORT accents' - the chances of this happening are greater should they attend fee-paying schools, in my humble opinion.

'So, Saoirse was like 'will we go out on Friday night like?', and I was like 'I kinda would like to like go to like Dundrum like, and we could like get something to eat like, like you know, like'.

This is a worry, like....

gourcuff

gerbilgranny wrote: »

I'd mostly worry about children developing 'noice DORT accents' - the chances of this happening are greater should they attend fee-paying schools, in my humble opinion.

'So, Saoirse was like 'will we go out on Friday night like?', and I was like 'I kinda would like to like go to like Dundrum like, and we could like get something to eat like, like you know, like'.

This is a worry, like....

Yes i agree, but the other extreme is not great either.

Graham

Mod Note

Here's some reassurance you might find helpful:

gourcuff wrote: »

the D4 accent evolved from the old anglo irish RTE accent, it has literally nothing to do with other irish people or "culchies" as you call them... you seem to have a massive chip on your shoulder about this

As this is not A & P related, thread closed.