plug
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word, alan and jane. I've lived in both cities (and others) for about the same length of time, and I have to say that both cork and dublin have a lot of great points, too many to mention probably. that said, I think cork has the edge for me at the moment, which is lucky considering that's where I am RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE THIS SENTENCE! of course there are probably a few reasons for this. because cork is hell of a lot smaller, I live closer to town.. (actually I practically live in the city centre), and I'm moving to somewhere even better soon. this means socialising isn't the logistical nightmare it was in dublin when meeting up with your mates meant smelly bus action from my gaff in inchicore out to ranelagh or wherever. another good reason is probably that I'm actually working/earning cash now and can afford to do/buy things. I was a smelly student in dublin and couldn't afford anything.
having said that I lasted there for over three years and I only tired of it in the last six months due to being sick of what I was doing and having no money. and living relatively isolated to my friends up there. I only lasted a fraction of that time in galway, which despite its many great points, felt small and a little suffocating (not least due to the serious amount of rain that pisses on it half the time) and limerick, well, it breaks my heart to think of how much the place keeps dying every time I go back there. ten years ago I had the greatest time of my life living there. it's such a shame, there's an inordinate number of amazing talented people from/still there. shame..
I found it's a lot easier to meet people/get into the scene down here in cork. folk tend to be on the sound/friendly side, as a general rule. there's a brilliant sense of humour about the place. also there's a crazy "5 degrees of seperation" thing going on as well so everybody knows everybody thru somebody. actually it's more like two degrees of seperation! the music scene is decent, we get a respectable amount of international live acts playing here and to top things off it's definitely the best and mostly cheapest drinking town I've lived in by far. awesome pub culture. yay cork!!!
so yeah, I like where I live. a lot!
having said that I lasted there for over three years and I only tired of it in the last six months due to being sick of what I was doing and having no money. and living relatively isolated to my friends up there. I only lasted a fraction of that time in galway, which despite its many great points, felt small and a little suffocating (not least due to the serious amount of rain that pisses on it half the time) and limerick, well, it breaks my heart to think of how much the place keeps dying every time I go back there. ten years ago I had the greatest time of my life living there. it's such a shame, there's an inordinate number of amazing talented people from/still there. shame..
I found it's a lot easier to meet people/get into the scene down here in cork. folk tend to be on the sound/friendly side, as a general rule. there's a brilliant sense of humour about the place. also there's a crazy "5 degrees of seperation" thing going on as well so everybody knows everybody thru somebody. actually it's more like two degrees of seperation! the music scene is decent, we get a respectable amount of international live acts playing here and to top things off it's definitely the best and mostly cheapest drinking town I've lived in by far. awesome pub culture. yay cork!!!
so yeah, I like where I live. a lot!
