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Moving to the Country...gonna meet a lot of weirdos

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  • 03-08-2005 12:10pm
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    magpie
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    Anyone got any advice / war stories on this one?

    Considering selling up in Dublin, pocketing the equity in the house and moving to ver countryside (somewhere within striking distance of Dublin), but not some grim new estate. I mean a nice 'old fashioned' country house, gardens etc.

    Where's nice? Where's cheap? Is there anywhere that is devoid of the crosseyed Frenchwoman-murdering country weirdos who live outside the pale?


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    garred
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    Gorey is a good spot. Growing town, plenty of amenities but the traffic through it is crap at the mo (think there is a bypass in the pipeline). The property prices are growing. With the new bypass and the M50 extention its only about 50 mins from the toll bridge.
    If you don't what another growing place there are plenty of villages around it also with decent priced property.


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    magpie
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    Do you know the names of any of the villages around Gorey?


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    garred
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    Camolin, Kilmuckridge, Bunclody, Ballyduff, Inch, Ferns, Ballymoney, can't think of any others but I know there is a few. Oh no! don't tell me your thinking about it!!! :D


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    magpie
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    Any top tips on where is going to be the next Kinsale? That's my kind of country living but the prices have become ludicrous.


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    Citizen Jake
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    To country people, city people are weird.


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    MorningStar
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    I'd suggest you get a limp now to fit in. I don't know what it is but down the country everybody seems to limp. :D
    In fairness a few firends have come accross problems with locals. Locals being friendly to them but any guests being treated baddly (especially English friends). It depends on if you go rural are not and if you are city witty (wit not being popular with 70 old farmers) :)


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    zenith
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    magpie wrote:
    Where's nice? Where's cheap? Is there anywhere that is devoid of the crosseyed Frenchwoman-murdering country weirdos who live outside the pale?

    Grrr. With an attitude like that, it's no wonder that 'country' people have attitude problems towards crack-smoking, daughter-pimping, beemer-driving townies like you.

    Your choice of Kinsale of where you want to go says it all, really. "We live in the country, there's only eighteen restaurants in the town".


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    garred
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    Well this might cheer you up Zenith, look where he's been moved to now :D :
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=286421


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    MorningStar
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    zenith wrote:
    Grrr. With an attitude like that, it's no wonder that 'country' people have attitude problems towards crack-smoking, daughter-pimping, beemer-driving townies like you.

    Your choice of Kinsale of where you want to go says it all, really. "We live in the country, there's only eighteen restaurants in the town".

    As I said city witty doesn't go down well. By the by Ireland's crack cocaine problem is pretty small and most would say non-existant. Ill informed is easier in a place where you don't mix with people outside of that area. If you think there are no areas in the country side or the cities where people are not accepting of divergence you need to rethink that.
    OP avoid where ever Zenith is for starters. :D


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    zenith
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    garred wrote:
    Well this might cheer you up Zenith, look where he's been moved to now :D :
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=286421

    Get orf my laaaaand!!!

    Excellent.


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    zenith
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    MorningStar wrote:
    OP avoid where ever Zenith is for starters. :D

    I'm in Kinsale. How'dya like them eggs.


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    MorningStar
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    zenith wrote:
    I'm in Kinsale. How'dya like them eggs.

    Your a bogger to me ;) How do you like talking like an adult. You obviously are little ignorant if you think crack is a problem in the country


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    babaduck
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    garred wrote:
    Gorey is a good spot. With the new bypass and the M50 extention its only about 50 mins from the toll bridge.
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    Do you make the commute by helicopter???? It's 40 mins from Bray to Arklow on the new N11, and Gorey is 15 minutes further along on a good day. The traffic around Gorey is a holy disgrace & I wouldn't live there if I was paid. The bypass is many years away and you could sit for 40 minutes trying to get through the town. Castletown & Ballymoney are two lovely seaside villages on the Wicklow side of Gorey & worth checking out


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    garred
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    babaduck wrote:
    garred wrote:
    Gorey is a good spot. With the new bypass and the M50 extention its only about 50 mins from the toll bridge.
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    Do you make the commute by helicopter???? It's 40 mins from Bray to Arklow on the new N11, and Gorey is 15 minutes further along on a good day. The traffic around Gorey is a holy disgrace & I wouldn't live there if I was paid. The bypass is many years away and you could sit for 40 minutes trying to get through the town. Castletown & Ballymoney are two lovely seaside villages on the Wicklow side of Gorey & worth checking out

    Nope, I travel from City West to Ballymoney every weekend and it takes 50-60 mins. Agree with you on the traffic front but that depends on what side of the village you live.
    It was only a suggestion for the op, every place will have its pro's and cons.


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    Victor
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    zenith wrote:
    Grrr. With an attitude like that, it's no wonder that 'country' people have attitude problems towards crack-smoking, daughter-pimping, beemer-driving townies like you.
    But he's not from Limerick. :confused:
    MorningStar wrote:
    By the by Ireland's crack cocaine problem is pretty small and most would say non-existant.
    MorningStar wrote:
    Your a bogger to me ;)
    This would appear not to reflect the reality of Kinsale, a town built largely on hillsides.


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