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[Unicron]

Also WWN is not very funny.

Might just create a second account so I could winner this twice.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Relevant

Wait, I'm a millennial? I thought that was kids born in the mid/late 90s? Because I feel out of touch with any article written about or by so called millennials.

 

[pete]

Fair play to them, that Generation Emigration article is absolute tripe. As are most articles in that series- self satisfied nonsense posing as insight.

This one's good

Anti-Irish sentiment and rave scene buzz in 1980s London

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

A real person. Good read.

 

[Cormcolash]

They did a personal burn on the person from this piece in the Irish Times

WWN Opinion: I Left Ireland Because I’m Better Than You


I moved to Dubai by choice, but my Syrian friends fled war

Haha, that is fucking AMAZZZIINNNGG

 

[Cormcolash]

They (WW) must have a team of contributors. Every so often they post really puerile shit. Like their mate who doesn't quite get it has a go at writing an article and it gets published before they realise. Most of the time they are great.

Yeah, that's exactly what it's like with them!

 

[Cormcolash]

Found this fucking monstrosity whilst looking at that Reddit thread

Trapped in a negative equity nightmare after dreams of city apartment living turned sour - Independent.ie

and I quote:

"Surrounded by young hip singletons spilling out of the Ferryman pub in the Docklands on a Friday evening and an abundance of lively eateries and bars on my doorstep, what more could I want?"

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

I remember that article, the girl who knew best

"I ignored repeated warnings both from my parents and the Central Bank and instead ploughed in head first and handed over the money."

Half a million for a first time buy apartment in Dublin? We really did go mad. I wonder how she's getting on now.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Not great, Bob

Down at heart in docklands

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I get the impression that buying an apartment is a mug's game at the best of times.

 

[therealjohnny]

Not great, Bob

Down at heart in docklands

ha. the bitterness.

I wonder if she's still there.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

She did as any struggling homeowner would and moved to the US to attend college...I never thought I’d leave Ireland for the American dream

 

[therealjohnny]

I get the impression that buying an apartment is a mug's game at the best of times.

see also classic minis

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

ha. the bitterness.

I wonder if she's still there.

If so she's gonna be really bitter soon, they're building apartments on that post yard she's overlooking, her balcony will have a view of someone else's balcony.

 

[therealjohnny]

She did as any struggling homeowner would and moved to the US to attend college...I never thought I’d leave Ireland for the American dream

If I was 30 and had any sort of hopes or ambitions I'd be out of here like a shot too.

 

[rettucs]

I get the impression that buying an apartment is a mug's game at the best of times.

its a double-edged sword innit. You get your own place you don't have to worry about pricky landlords anymore. But you have to worry about the wanky bankin pricks taking their pound of flesh from you every month.

 

[rettucs]

If I was 30 and had any sort of hopes or ambitions I'd be out of here like a shot too.

not to america though?

I love america and all but I would absolutely HATE to live there.

 

[therealjohnny]

A mega thread on this princess on Boards

Alison O'Riordan article in Irish Times....

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

If I was 30 and had any sort of hopes or ambitions I'd be out of here like a shot too.

Can't fault her for that but one minute she's drowning in negative equity then the next she's off to college in the US? I suspect her situation may not have been as desperate as she first painted it.

 

[therealjohnny]

not to america though?

I love america and all but I would absolutely HATE to live there.

I have an American passport but the thought of living there working any sort of 9-5 job there fills me with the dread. I work day to day with people in America and the work ethic, work /life balance is just not for me.

Also the militarised police and te rise of right wing Christianity doesn't really appeal