It’s expensive and a complete shithole. We’re getting rode from both sides. Expensive European cities are usually nice enough places.
You can still love Dublin from anywhere in the world. Even in space!
It takes more than it gives.
Join the club buddy
Cool. Nobody has a God-given right to live in the capital city.
Am I the only person on Reddit Ireland who has a comfortable life in Dublin and actually likes the place? Same goes for everyone I know in real life.
And that is why I’m leaving.
Lol
Sitting in the pub right now and the pint of moretti just cost me an hours wage. I’ll be out of this country by the end of the year.
sounds like you’re all doing ok. There are people who can’t even afford smart phones and it’s not due to laziness either.
I feel the same about yo momma
Leaving in June and can’t wait
Try Cork or Limerick etc. it’s cheaper
It’s a reality of life.
Dublin and much of Ireland used to be extremely poverty stricken. It’s no longer.
If you want to live in any major European city and live well you’re going to need to earn good money and work hard.
You’re competing with doctors, lawyers, software engineers, consultants etc. That and really stupid policies that favour landlords. But this is the field we’re in.
I’ve lived in Dublin City centre and can attest it’s a largely a shit hole. The rest of Dublin is really nice and south dublin is absolutely beautiful.
It’s the software capital of Europe and a major financial hub where a boatload of people are making €80k+.
I’m a blow in from Cork myself, but I’ve seen adults still living at home, people who can’t afford to live near their parents and so on.
It’s tough on communities, parents and kids in Dublin especially the more affluent areas. Then you have the gentrification of further out places such as Bray etc.
If you want to live in Dublin, it’s no longer enough to be smart, industrious with a 3rd level degree. You had better have chosen the correct 3rd level degree.
I lucked out by getting a 1st class honors university degree in computer science, I work as a lead developer and get paid well, but, around me are ancillary professions that work equally as hard, are equally as important to the process, have a 3rd level degree but who literally get paid nowhere near as much. When these people find it hard to exist in this city, something is very wrong. They need to revisit the maximum floor allowance in Dublin and build higher!
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It’s expensive and a complete shithole. We’re getting rode from both sides. Expensive European cities are usually nice enough places.
You can still love Dublin from anywhere in the world. Even in space!
It takes more than it gives.
Join the club buddy
Cool. Nobody has a God-given right to live in the capital city.
Am I the only person on Reddit Ireland who has a comfortable life in Dublin and actually likes the place? Same goes for everyone I know in real life.
And that is why I’m leaving.
Lol
Sitting in the pub right now and the pint of moretti just cost me an hours wage. I’ll be out of this country by the end of the year.
sounds like you’re all doing ok. There are people who can’t even afford smart phones and it’s not due to laziness either.
I feel the same about yo momma
Leaving in June and can’t wait
Try Cork or Limerick etc. it’s cheaper
It’s a reality of life.
Dublin and much of Ireland used to be extremely poverty stricken. It’s no longer.
If you want to live in any major European city and live well you’re going to need to earn good money and work hard.
You’re competing with doctors, lawyers, software engineers, consultants etc. That and really stupid policies that favour landlords. But this is the field we’re in.
I’ve lived in Dublin City centre and can attest it’s a largely a shit hole. The rest of Dublin is really nice and south dublin is absolutely beautiful.
It’s the software capital of Europe and a major financial hub where a boatload of people are making €80k+.
I’m a blow in from Cork myself, but I’ve seen adults still living at home, people who can’t afford to live near their parents and so on.
It’s tough on communities, parents and kids in Dublin especially the more affluent areas. Then you have the gentrification of further out places such as Bray etc.
If you want to live in Dublin, it’s no longer enough to be smart, industrious with a 3rd level degree. You had better have chosen the correct 3rd level degree.
I lucked out by getting a 1st class honors university degree in computer science, I work as a lead developer and get paid well, but, around me are ancillary professions that work equally as hard, are equally as important to the process, have a 3rd level degree but who literally get paid nowhere near as much. When these people find it hard to exist in this city, something is very wrong. They need to revisit the maximum floor allowance in Dublin and build higher!