I visited Dublin recently and it was the ugliest, dirtiest and most disappointing city I've ever been.. the city is completely dilapidated. The free museums were cool but for the rest I wouldn't recommend Dublin to my worst enemy... It's crazy that it's the capital of the 4th richest city in the world, no way to tell, it seemed almost like a third world country compared to the European mainland.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Finally a reasonable comment! I’m glad to find someone who saw Dublin from a similar perspective. For sure man, I felt maybe I was slightly naive In judgement from all the feedback but m this definitely backed up what I saw…totally agree, every city in Europe I have visited has been 10 times better in every way.

@OpeningSalvo

10 ай бұрын

@@thomasmh I'm the other way. I used to assume that Dublin was a dirtier city than most in Europe, until I traveled. Much to my surprise, Florence was filthy, Brussels was quite drab and boring, even downtown New York is something of a dump. But the most disappointing city that I have ever visited was definitely Los Angeles, just a featureless low rise, smog ridden urban sprawl with absolutely no landmarks. I was shocked to see that the famous Hollywood walk of fame was just a filthy cracked and broken sidewalk.

I’m Irish myself and have lived in Manchester 21 years but have extended family in Rural Ireland - I’ve also lived in Dublin for 3 years before 2000 and sadly, it’s exactly what I’ve found in Dublin over the years on my visits home, even before Covid, but after Covid, passing through Dublin City Centre has become a much worse and much more depressing experience, it’s even worse than Piccadilly Gardens here in Manchester - my last visits home were December 2019, August 2022 and October 2022 and in that timescale alone, Dublin City Centre has significantly declined - I’d stopped flying in 2010 so my visits were on the ferries from Holyhead into Irish Ferries terminal in North Wall (the safest part of Dublin) but Dublin Busaras Coach station at 6.30 am is a terrifying experience and is in completely disgraceful condition - O’ Connell St, North Earl St, Abbey St, Henry St, Moore St, the Quays, Westmoreland St, College Green, Dame St, Grafton St, Stephen’s Green have all become totally dangerous even in daytime, full of beggars and drug addicts - the dealers in Moore St are being forced out of the area and it’s totally disgraceful - the Irish government are simply not doing enough to protect the safety of visitors to our country and they are not giving the Gardai the legal powers and the resources they need to tackle the problems around low level criminal activity and ASB, as they would sooner attack Irish patriots and those trying to protect our country and misuse laws around hate crimes and hate speech - every TD in Dáil Éireann from the Taoiseach down of all parties are traitors to the Irish people and thier actions have resulted in the disgraceful scenes that you have witnessed in Dublin, as I have - it’s clearly got worse from the time I was last home in October 2022 and it’s both disgusting and heartbreaking in equal measure

@stephenharris7982

2 ай бұрын

No where is worse than Manchester 😂

Trinity college, book of kells, Stevens Green, Kilmainham, liffy tours and thats just off the top of my head.. 😅..that guy must never have travelled, said he did but nope think hes limited to say the least

Dubliner here, it was a class place to grow up and mad buzz on nights out up until a few years ago but it has gone down hill rapid. Between the unvetted colonisation of non Irish that are replacing the native population, culture, traditions, language, morals and values, the commercialisation and the over pricing it's soul has been bled dry. Makes my stomach turn with sadness as I don't really have a home to call home anymore. Literally watching the demolition of thousands of years of culture and heritage get raped and pillaged by the globalist WEF brigade as we speak.

@thomasmh

11 ай бұрын

Such a shame to hear man. Must be very hard for you to see than happen to a place so close to your heart. Let's hope one day soon, that those good days return!

@tubbyrainbow111

11 ай бұрын

@@thomasmh Ahh they will, I was just being a proper moan bag there, sorry about that. Nothing last forever as they say though, it all has its seasons, good or bad, all just part of the natural cycle.

@michaeljohndennis2231

10 ай бұрын

I’m originally from Dunshaughlin Co Meath, where I still have extended family and I totally agree with the accurate assessment of Dublin from a real Dub, as my Granny was a Liberties Mot, even though I’m a Culchie/bogger myself - I’ve been living 21 years in Manchester and Dublin is now far worse than Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester

@tubbyrainbow111

10 ай бұрын

@@michaeljohndennis2231 Mad times we're in. The world seems to be reshuffling the deck and we're in the middle of all that time!

@helloed294

9 ай бұрын

Grew up in Dublin in the 90s, to keep it was always a bit of a dump to be honest. Definitely from the 2000s onwards it was wildly overpriced too, so nothing new. The last time I spent a few months in Dublin with my family, I noticed the junkies on the streets and the scumbags trying to rob people were all Irish. Is that the native morals and culture your referring to 😅? Obviously scapegoating immigrants is very silly when we are literally a nation of immigrants who brought our culture to America and the UK. We also migrated in our millions, and were met with much of the same rhetoric. The problem with Dublin is a lack of investment by successive governments in homes and services for the working class. Unbridled commitment to capitalism and years of putting profit before people leads to social degradation. It’s a shame, because Dublin could be a great city.

Museums were free of charge ,you were only 5 minutes away from the nearest one

Dublin was very different after the pandemic, I lived there for 8 years and noticed clearly. Many many good people left

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting to hear. My experience was only from 4 days however it definitely seemed somewhere that needs improvement. Hopefully the hard times mean better times are around the corner!

@ConnbineHarvester

Жыл бұрын

When an English is verbally trashing your town, things have really gotten bad! You are right that the pandemic messed the town up a lot. An American tourist got a severe beating for zero reason recently which will embarrass the government into spending more money on Gardaí. Crime is no big deal until a tourist gets hurt.

which accommodation did you stay at? thx!

It’s stupidly expensive (I live in Dublin) but I’m not exactly sure what areas you have visited. North inner city is not the best but there is so much better areas in Dublin. And so much to do. I’ve never heard anyone describe Dublin as dirty either. Homeless people yes. We have a housing crisis.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your balanced argument! We only stayed in Dublin centre and I did hear that there are some nicer parts of Dublin. I should have included some footage of what I witnessed but just personally was not what I expected at all.

@phvideodesign803

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasmh There are a lot of social housing projects in different parts of north inner city and sometimes you get some people from those areas hanging around the centre-north inner city etc. Dublin tends to be divided by north and south. North tends to be more working class and the south the more wealthy and nicer areas. But yeah huge drinking culture here and it’s stupidly expensive because the economy is doing so well-ironically. If you need any recommendations for another visit let me know 😉.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

@@phvideodesign803 thank you very much. I’ll bare that in mind if I’m back! :)

@jgg59

Жыл бұрын

When somebody gives a Review like that, it has less to do about the city and the people and more about the person.

@jgg59

Жыл бұрын

@@phvideodesign803 don’t rationalize with this boy. That it’s like going to one neighborhood in London that’s socially economic deprived and saying that’s all English people. Stop apologizing.

I'm living in Dublin all my life. Yes were not without our problems there is anti social behaviour, drug use and homelessness as you would also find in any major city in Britain. Dublin does have its good points and most people are friendly. By your comments at the start of video you would swear that the bad things you mentioned were exclusive to Dublin.

The reaction to this video is crazy. I gave my personal experiences whilst in Dublin, just because you don’t agree does not mean you have to make it personal. I always respect everyone’s opinion and you should respect mine.

@samuelb2375

Жыл бұрын

You knew what you were doing when titling the video though. You’re right to have an opinion and to state it, but this title is overtly combative.

@ConnbineHarvester

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelb2375 My man has been to every city in Europe or else he wouldn't have come up with that title. Complaining about the weather in a tshirt and shorts! :D

@user-sb6su4hn3t

8 ай бұрын

Airish people piss and sleep on the street. They have akcent lake neandretals.....very discasting

I live in Dublin. Dublin's like a second tier UK city (Liverpool, Manchester etc.) with London prices - AVOID!

@thomasmh

9 ай бұрын

I agree. My expectation compared to the reality were two different things. I dislike London and believe bigger cities in the north of the UK are nicer and happier places to be.

@timothyoreilly6675

9 ай бұрын

@@thomasmh Dubliners are laid back and easy-going for the most part, however, you can get laid back and easy going in Liverpool and you won't experience the London prices.

Do you do much research on Dublin before coming? Like where is worth visiting?

@stburke123

Жыл бұрын

Did you *

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we looked a few days before and could only see bars and cathedrals really. Consider going to Belfast for the day but didn’t see much was there either

Could have gone into the castle. Around the back to chester beatty library and gardens. Good view of castle. National history museum, natural history museum, book of kells, iveagh gardens, collins barracks museum, museum of modern art, christ church, Dvblina. Short hop on DART to dun laoighaire, howth, little seaside walks. Plenty to do

@dashingeduardosuarez

10 ай бұрын

It's a fcking shithole. It's an ugly, grubby, claustrophobic, overrun, grey dump.

@Thesun_135

7 ай бұрын

🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

You gotta go out to the west, fly into Shannon and go along the west coast for a week

@thomasmh

11 ай бұрын

I’ll give it a go some time for you. I’m a massive fan of being outdoors!

@SK-yb7bx

6 ай бұрын

@@thomasmh It's overrated tbh, but Dublin is an awful kip. It always has been.

You have Google on your phone you can look up what to do 🙄🙄 sweet divine.. these two are unbelievable

Live in the North of Ireland and enjoy the odd Dublin trip for all the shops and hustle and bustle I guess. But is it a city that deserves its global image as some sort of fun, charming and special place.. definitely definitely not. It kind of beats the likes of Belfast as something that feels like a full on city but its pretty much not as good as most UK cities and certainly nothing special at all compared to some of Europes best.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the insight man! I feel the perception I had of it for some reason was as you were describing which was why I was so surprised with what I witnessed. I am sure other parts of Ireland are beautiful and this may have been a slight overreaction but really do feel Dublin is so overhyped online.

Dublin castle is actually decent man. You wrote it off way too early. I think you're exaggerating how bad it is although I get why someone would feel that way

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

That’s a reasonable opinion man. I was not there long to say really and yeah I probably did slightly overreacted but that’s mainly because I only went off my 4 days there. I hope the city sees improvement over the next few years!

@conorbrown792

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough. I get why people don't like Dublin. I don't think it's a pretty city, I just love it's energy and character. I think if you go to dublin expecting hamburg or milan you will be disappointed. Respect your opinion though man, enjoyed the video otherwise

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

@@conorbrown792 interesting to hear man, I’ll bare that in mind for the future! That’s much appreciated mate!

As someone from Limerick, the city that is actually nice to live in but Dubliners call a cesspit... I can tell you that Dublin is countywide accepted to be the worst part of Ireland. The city is full of homeless people, illegal immigrants, violent crime, terrible infrastructure, poor designs and the list goes on I'd recommend coming back to Ireland but just don't bother with Dublin, pop in to Limerick Galway, Cork Clare, Kerry, Waterford, Kilkenny and much more... Ireland is full of lovely cities, towns, and rural sites as well as lovely beaches, cliffs and beautiful sites... Just not really in Dublin

I'm Irish and live in South Dublin and ashamed of our city centre 😢 now the Guardi are back on the streets

@thomasmh

10 ай бұрын

Sad to hear, I really do hope thinks improve for Dublin residents soon!

Dublin zoo is in the P park btw .. again try Google 😅

I'm from the south of ireland. Haven't been to Dublin in 10+ years. Even back then you couldn't walk for 5 minutes without being asked for spare change. I just spent my few days there annoyed. It's a scam of a city that's so expensive and depressing to live in that most turn to alcohol to put on a brave face. Oh sher tis great craic for the tourists to see the happy drunken irish

@thomasmh

10 ай бұрын

Great take, very similar experience to myself unfortunately. Need to check out the South of Ireland sometime!

More to Ireland than Dublin

It's a dirty kip

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

One way of describing it haha

The next English embassador to Ireland.. 🤣

i live in Ireland in the West of the country I often travel abroad to do work exchange or visit friends I fly from Dublin as I can get a direct flight there I don't like to be in Dublin dont feel safe there to much crime pickpockets and more as I travel alone feel much safer in Spanish cities then in Dublin to few police not for solo travelers in my opinion

Its gone rough, lot of drugs all over ireland now. Crack cocaine seems to be causing big problems all over the country

@thomasmh

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I could tell bro by some of the homeless. It was a shame because I had high expectations of Ireland however I'll have to visit some other parts of the country in the future!

@jericho9653

11 ай бұрын

@@thomasmh ya dont go to dublin all it is is museums and stuff. You should fly from london to shannon airport the next time and do the west coast. Really nice scenary and villages the kind of stuff youd associate with ireland rather than junkies in dublin 😂

Actually live in Dublin and agree the city centre has went downhill since covid. But the drinking culture is exactly the same as the Uk so i don't kmow what your shocked about 😅 theres tones of touristy things to do. Multiple times you said you had nothing to do but clearly done zero research and ended up doing nothing 😂😂 youd think any city was crap if you ending up doing nothing.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

I was heavily aware of the drinking culture. I did not book to go to Dublin, I was meant to go with my mum but she was too ill too go. We all looked before and whilst we were and did what was recommend (that did not involve drinking).

@LinziShelley

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasmh well I don't know what websites you were looking at but you literally did nothing 😂 obviously it's going to be boring if you have no proper plans or itinerary. A quick Google would of found you at least 15 things to do within walking distance of temple bar. No drinking involved. The city has its flaws but so does every city but it does have great things to do and eat. And full disclosure I actually hate our city centre but I still wouldn't say there's nothing to do there so I'm not biased 😂

What is the problem it is a gritty city you have issues

Every city and country has their issues but you’re just a dose. Misery loves company. Just gonna focus on the negative. That’s what you’re gonna get in your life. But have a good one.

Welcome to crack city mate

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

It was a very warm welcome!

@jgg59

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever left island every capital city and country has this crap going on. Stop rationalizing and justifying a ridiculous review of Dublin.

@descarroll2039

Жыл бұрын

You're spot on there mate...junkies are everywhere...dangerous shithole...

All the Irish politicians live in lovely areas. Normal people live in the delipidated areas or the abandoned rural areas. It' not friendly anymore, lot of immigrants causing trouble for tourists.

Oh, now I get it you’re just getting sober. Do you step work?

I agree . I vos work there one year. Dublin Ist the most ugly city chat i ever see. Very durty. Nevera von back again. Caming from Croatia vjere is very safe and clain. Bublin vos been discasting

@thomasmh

8 ай бұрын

Croatia is beautiful compared to Dublin!

Thinking you are what is boring not Dublin

@eamonmahon9753

9 ай бұрын

Yea he is a horrible prick I'm disgusted with this msn

Dont go to Limerick

Insane that you could visit a city and not do anything. Sounds like you could have been the problem.

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

Quite clear if you watched the video that I did though…

@walshmabob2

Жыл бұрын

3:46

@walshmabob2

Жыл бұрын

You should plan better next time

English actually drink 🍷 more than Irish. This guy is not giving a true representation of Dublin. He must have been looking for the worst parts of the city. Dublin isn't just the city centre, go to Howth, Malihide, St Annes park or use your phone (thing called Google 🙄) as SO much to do. As for a city being multi cultural 😅... it's a city.

London is deffo the worst now

@thomasmh

Жыл бұрын

You’re probably right tbh…I’ve never understood the hype around London. Always seen it as dirty, busy, fasted paced and ridiculously overpriced!

@michaelbramall6799

Жыл бұрын

London is way to big and infinitely varied, to ever give it one all encompassing Verdict. That pretty much goes for most of the ridiculously big global cities