Is Dublin really safe?

I dont think its that. Its that some people label the entire Dublin area as if its all like O'Connell St or Talbot St.

As other posters have said, there are lots of really nice areas in Dublin where the issues you see in the north inner city are just not a thing.

The best areas of Dublin are nicer than anywhere else in the country. Those that can afford to live there, choose to do so over anywhere else in Ireland.

If you are lucky enough to live in a nice part of the capital, you are spolit for choice in terms of services, events, nightlife, festivals, retail, infrastructure, schools, job opportunities and so on. Not to mention the beaches, seafront, sailing clubs, mountains, forests and parks.

You forget to mention that people choose to move to Dublin for the congestion too.

Obviously I elected to leave Dublin because I'm bitter, or something.

It wouldn't have anything to do with it being a poorly planned transport underinvested gridlock?

Really? I know loads of fellow wind sports people that had choices of various cities in which to work in in Europe and Ireland but chose Dublin because of the beaches.

I actually spent a few hours on Dollymount strand last night with a few of them for food & a couple of glasses of wine and some catch ups. Stunning night. Ships & boats coming in and out of the bay, nice sunset, very few people around.

Beats hammering away on your keyboard in a rage!!

Interesting piece in the journal today about reasons for people emigrating.

I'd discount those in their 20s as I and my cohort were far from wanting to settle at that stage. However for those in their 30s and 40s the push factors resoundingly seem to be housing affordability, crap infrastructure and rising lawlessness.

There is no way I'd have the great quality of life I enjoy now if we hadn't transferred out of it.

I know this thread is about crime but I feel that's only one thread in a theme of overall decay, or at best stasis.

So, perhaps you shouldn't consider the 2KM2 around the north inner city as a being representative of the whole of Dublin.

But it is in dublin.

I understand that you could live in skerries, or rush as you mentioned before and never or rarely have to be exposed to that area.

But coming from outside dublin it's hard to avoid considering it's a transport hub for such suburbs.

Lol! You're mistaken (again), but anyway, windsurfing is just one of the many wind sports and attractions that Dublin's beaches offer. It's another cultural facet of Dublin that you may not have been aware of! All you seem to focus on are the negative aspects, as if your vision is fixed on the gutter rather than the vibrant architecture, parks, clubs, restaurants, cafes, museums, theatres, pubs, beaches, mountains, farms, galleries, and so much more that Dublin has to offer.

Open your eyes, open your horizons. There's more to Dublin.

No, you're still not getting it. Dublin is one of the only places in Ireland where you can windsurf in a capital city. Dublin is one of the only places in Ireland where you can work in the city centre for Google or a city centre cafe, or a city centre restaurant, or a suburban bakery and be on the beach in a few minutes. It's the proximity to the city that makes all the difference, do you understand that?

Yeah, all the surfer love the Dollymount flats.

They don't stay in their room.

Now you're getting it. Plenty of wind sports people live in apartments in Dublin to be near the coast and be in a city where it's an employees market, where there's a good choice of food, entertainment, culture, bars etc… these people have vision and appreciate what the city has to offer, including the added bonus of the beaches! I know at least eight people that moved from London for this very reason.

Their and my reality of Dublin is different than your perception of Dublin. You see drugs, they see opportunity, beaches and culture.

Just witnessed a big fight at a Luas stop on the North side of the city. Lots of blood. What stuck out to me was so many people didn't even bat an eyelid at it. Like it was totally normal. All this taking place in front of young kids. Good grief.

According to posters you're not to notice that but only look at touristy things and windsurfers.

Dublin will get the reputation as an open air fight club.

In truth it was never great,gaudy amusement /slot machine casinos have been there a long time and no regulation on cheap signage so it hasnt really fallen too far ,just a slow slide .