List of non-safe neighborhoods in Dublin

How am I way off? My post was pretty short, but it doesn't make a single value judgement about Cabra or any other part of Dublin, it simply states my household's educational credentials (cringeworthy I know, but germane to the topic). The mention of classism is also pretty undeniable in the post I was replying to.

Now, as to whether or not Cabra is a "nice" area - I would say it depends. It's in the midst of a serious wave of gentrification, with obvious focal points like the new Hamilton Gardens SHD, the Grangegorman campus, the Luas BXD a few years ago. The redbricks along Cabra Rd and a few of the side streets are approaching a million quid if they're in good nick (not necessarily justifiable but that's the way it goes right now), same goes along Navan Road. East of the railtrack and south of Fassaugh Avenue is a well-facilitated and pretty desirable area, all the way down to Grangegorman and Stoneybatter

It's more complex when you go up around St. Attracta or cross over the tracks into East Cabra around Broombridge. There it's like you say, some streets are grand, some streets are a bit rough, some deprivation and plenty of bored young fellas. It actually seems to be turning into more of a North-South split and its entirely down imo to the North part being less well served with amenities and transport links. Again, those things are happening, driven by an availability of brownfield land and a massive housing shortage. I don't think it's going to take 20 years tbh, by that point the Industrial Estate will have been rezoned into dense residential and there'll be a whole new suburb sandwiched between Glasnevin and Cabra on the north bank of the Royal Canal.

So, like almost anywhere in Dublin, it's a bit of a mad mix, and I don't think you're gonna really have a good overview of that by commuting through on a weekday and counting the dog turds on the street or whatever, people who live here have a good handle on what the area is like, and us blow-ins don't have a lifetime of pride or nostalgia blinding us to neighbourhood problems, we just chose to live here!

Cabra: grand if you're into that sorta thing

It is indeed.