It always surprises me how vitriolic some people who live in Dublin are against the place. There's an easy solution - change jobs, work remotely, life is too short to live in a place you hate!
(Unless you're a martyr, which I suspect some of you anti-Dubliners are)
I totally agree, I am from the West originally and people down there who have never even lived in Dublin are always giving out about it.
i cannot understand the complete hatred?? What's that all about?
Noones asking them to live here.
Personally I would hate to live in the countryside, I grew up there and coudlnt wait to get away. I've never looked back. But I dont feel the need to slag off the choices of other people who choose to live there. That's their choice.
Why can't people be happy with what they want to do and let everyone else get on with their own lives? Whe can't people realise that we all like different things?
Some people love the tranquility of the coutry but for others the bussle of the city is what excites them, can we not accept that we all just like different things?
to put my view on the arguement, I think alot of people have a very romantic view of countrylife!!
The reality is often not so sweet.
Certainly you get a bigger house, but there's more to life that the size of your house - there is for me anyway.
A bigger house for me would not compensate for loosing all the facilities and amenities I have learnt to love so much.
There is a misconception that everyone in Dublin commutes for hours everyday. I think people in the commuterzome have it hard but people who actually live in Dublin don't. I commute 40 mins each way. Still leaves me loads of time to go to pharmacy etc!!
My friends in Mayo commute on average an hour each way, many more than an hour and a half each way daily!
They have to travel to Galway for 'decent' restaurants and shops etc
The social scene is very poor, the pubs only really catering for underagers. There are not many residents between 20-40 so you are hoping to meet people similar to yourself. It's not so easy!
there are pros and cons to eveerything, my only advise is prioritise what's important to you, only you can know that. One persons dealbreaker, is irrelevant to someone else, and good luck whatever your decision.