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I also noticed the pedestrian thing in Sligo, it is funny, and agree about the unusual location of the bypass, but all in all, quite like the place. Also have a fondness for the cities of Cork and Limerick. But seen as we are being asked for negatives, my list of of 10 to avoid would be Tuam, Ballymote, Tubbercurry, Bundoran, Thurles, Moate (as it has been renamed), Manorhamilton, Charleville, Newcastle West and Shannon. God help the locals.
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does it define the irish psyche, that the worst town in ireland has far more posts and views than the best towns in ireland, given the threads their relative time dif in creation?
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Not at all.
A more obvious interpretation is that there are far, far more terrible towns than nice ones!
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It's just international human nature. People are much more interested and motivated in slaggin off and saying bad things about places they don't like, as opposed to heralding the places they do like.
It's why papers the world over sell more when they're exposing dirt on people/companies/places than when they're saying something good about them !
Channel 4 in England tonight has the Top 10 Best and Worst Places to live in thing. I bet you you'll hear more chat about the worst than the best places afterwards...! Likewise, I doubt a book called 'Great Towns' would sell as many copies as the 'Crap Towns' one has.
Whats the difference between human nature and international human nature?It's just international human nature. People are much more interested and motivated in slaggin off and saying bad things about places they don't like, as opposed to heralding the places they do like.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
Just about all the commuter towns in Kildare/Meath/wherever.
Dundalk
Bundoran
Nenagh
Nothing, he was just pointing out it doesn't define the irish psyche
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Dare I say it but I think Dundalk is a nice enough town. Pity about the inhabitants though!
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Well as slot machine hell holes go it's up there with Tramore Are you advocating a Neutron bomb perchance? At least El Paso has the ice hockey stadium, the all weather race track and Oriel Park, not forgetting the RED DIESEL, going for it. And it can be bypassed in two directions if all of the above doesn't tickle your fancy
Ballybofey at least, has Finn Harps and I have always found the locals very hospitable .
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Few sessions in Dundalk myself, always enjoyed it, decent folk there too.Bundoran, great for a 2 day **** up and recovery session playing the slots, not to mention the wee women who wear a glove on their hand to ensure their partners/husbands/sons or daughters dont see the dirt on their hands, as they are obviously deadly gambling addicts. House repossessions gallore.
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Bundoran
Athlone
Tuam
All 3 are sh!tholes!
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Unlike a lot of other city centres, Belfast city centre isn't very lively - although that is changing.
Most of the livelier places were traditionally further out of the city centre - mainly because people wouldn't travel into the city centre at night because of the bombings and shootings.
The amount of city centre bars which have opened over the last few years has been phenomenal, and there are a couple of really good spots now.
But for the size of the city, I agree, at the moment it still does lack a bit of atmosphere.
Derry city centre is only marginally better though - and that's probably just because it's smaller, so the pub areas are right on the edge of the commercial centre (Waterloo Street).
Derry is eerily quiet at night in the hours between shops closing (6pm) and people going drinking (9pm) (e.g. Waterloo Place, Shipquay St, The Diamond, most of Strand Rd). Problem is that almost no-one lives in the City Centre, and there's few proper restaurants located there either (they're up the Strand Rd or wherever). The most depressing sight I aways see when I'm back home is walking through a spookily quiet Waterloo Place at about 7pm, with only the large piles of litter swirling in the wind for company....
Just like Belfast, I suspect that's also due to the Troubles. Seems people avoided large town centres for about 3 years. Hopefully it'll change in Derry as well, though I'm not convinced we'll see the extent of change that Belfast is going through.
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