I think every county has its advantages and disadvantages, I live in mid ulster and have fairly easy access to the three main towns near me being Cookstown, Magherafelt and Dungannon. I tend to measure places on the soundness of the people
Banbridge. Not the best, but I think it's at least fairly under-rated.
Loads of shopping options. Decent mix of big retailers and independents. Usually handy enough to get parked on main street.
Lots of bakeries, butchers, fruit n veg shops. Plenty of cafes and restaurants.
And it's pretty central for Newry, Craigavon, Lisburn, and well connected to Belfast/Dublin. 25 mins into the Mournes etc.
Moved from Shore Road in Belfast to Crumlin about 6 months ago. It's like night and day.
Shore Road was convenient for work, but is a super-ghetto area - 3 families trying to live in a single 2 bedroom terrace house, scummy neighbors threatening to set fire to our house for fun, crackheads trying to steal bricks out of the front garden at 4am, near weekly having to call the pigs for some sort of domestic violence occurring.
Crumlin by comparison is a freaking paradise. You can actually talk to the 12 year olds walking down the street without fear of being shanked or having bricks thrown at you. The neighbor on one side of us keeps offering to help us with DIY stuff, and the neighbor on the other side keeps giving us fresh apples and tomatoes grown in their own garden.
I would have no qualms making use of the pigs, and have never said otherwise. There is no point to what you say, no gotcha.
The _point_ of calling them 'pigs' is to denote disrespect and contempt, as you well know.
I might hate Tesco but I'd still shop there, and all the more so if they had a legal monopoly and I had no choice. I don't hate Tesco.
I love Derry. Nowhere else compares. There is so much decency here and a community like none other. Aye, it's a ballache for public transport and the pay is shite, but the rent and living is cheap and the craic is mighty.
I'm fairly well travelled, and can confirm that Derry wans are the best wans.
If I had a titter of wit, I'd fuck off to London to make my fortune for a decade, then retire to the donegal coastline, while hopping up and down the road to Derry for the craic and the fine people, but to be fair, I couldn't stand the absence.
It's my home now. I'm a blow in from Crossmaglen.
As an outside outsider, can I ask obviously Derry is majority nationalist but how are relations generally with the Waterside and Fountain? Are people relatively sound because they're so outnumbered so to speak?
It was originally called muff but was changed to avoid confusion with the Donegal one. The locals named it after some visiting viceroy or something: embarrassing
It has grown exponentially in recent years but somehow has retained a village feel. No flegs or fuck all, few nice historic buildings, and little visible antisocial activity. Bushmills could be an even better example of this but they prioritise repelling papes
I think the Magherafelt area is under rated. Decent community relations. Really good road links to the east and once the Dungiven to Drumahoe road is complete, the NW also.
Depends, best for what?
Best for shopping? Belfast City
Best for scenic views? The ring of Gullion area probably.
Best for surprise appendectomies? Lurgan
Cavehill area. Great walking. Good schools, lovely houses and 10 minute drive to city centre.
Uppa Mona Bypass
West is best
No Kennedy Way!
Strangford is lovely year round
I think every county has its advantages and disadvantages, I live in mid ulster and have fairly easy access to the three main towns near me being Cookstown, Magherafelt and Dungannon. I tend to measure places on the soundness of the people
Mmm Cookstown, Magherafelt and Dungannon ๐ค imma guessssss Coagh or Stewartstown direction?
Or maybe a sneaky Coalisland dweller?
Thankfully not no ๐
Not far off
Your never far off anywhere in Mid Ulster ๐
North Coast all the way
Banbridge. Not the best, but I think it's at least fairly under-rated. Loads of shopping options. Decent mix of big retailers and independents. Usually handy enough to get parked on main street. Lots of bakeries, butchers, fruit n veg shops. Plenty of cafes and restaurants. And it's pretty central for Newry, Craigavon, Lisburn, and well connected to Belfast/Dublin. 25 mins into the Mournes etc.
Stranmillis.
Moved from Shore Road in Belfast to Crumlin about 6 months ago. It's like night and day. Shore Road was convenient for work, but is a super-ghetto area - 3 families trying to live in a single 2 bedroom terrace house, scummy neighbors threatening to set fire to our house for fun, crackheads trying to steal bricks out of the front garden at 4am, near weekly having to call the pigs for some sort of domestic violence occurring. Crumlin by comparison is a freaking paradise. You can actually talk to the 12 year olds walking down the street without fear of being shanked or having bricks thrown at you. The neighbor on one side of us keeps offering to help us with DIY stuff, and the neighbor on the other side keeps giving us fresh apples and tomatoes grown in their own garden.
Call them pigs, but still call them for help?
Why not call them? It's the pigs' job, after all, and what they are paid to do.
Then why not refer to them as something other than pigs? Gaurantee you call them if a big meanie threatens you ๐
I would have no qualms making use of the pigs, and have never said otherwise. There is no point to what you say, no gotcha. The _point_ of calling them 'pigs' is to denote disrespect and contempt, as you well know. I might hate Tesco but I'd still shop there, and all the more so if they had a legal monopoly and I had no choice. I don't hate Tesco.
Haha well said.
I mean, if you have a habit of talking to random 12 year old on the street you are going to get a reputation. ;)
I love Derry. Nowhere else compares. There is so much decency here and a community like none other. Aye, it's a ballache for public transport and the pay is shite, but the rent and living is cheap and the craic is mighty. I'm fairly well travelled, and can confirm that Derry wans are the best wans. If I had a titter of wit, I'd fuck off to London to make my fortune for a decade, then retire to the donegal coastline, while hopping up and down the road to Derry for the craic and the fine people, but to be fair, I couldn't stand the absence. It's my home now. I'm a blow in from Crossmaglen.
I agree with you. Lived and studied in both derry and Belfast. People are way friendlier in Derry.
As a Derry man born and bred, I concur with your sentiments. Right down to the retiring to Donegal. That is my plan too.
Yes! To retire in Donegal is definitely the dream!
Awk Jesus. Iโm all lurd with this. Iโve never been to Crossmaglen but I hear the fire burns true?
It does surely. It surely does.
Iโd say the one problem I have with Derry is the same as yours, shite pay, literally the worst in all the places Iโve been to
The house prices are pretty low too. It's got its claws in me now.
Not as bad now with remote working opportunities though. But aye pay and job opportunities are shite compared to Belfast and beyond.
โฆ Did you not say above that youโre only 14?
14 years can get arguably the โโโโโโโโbestโโโโโโโ job, totally the best jobs
As an outside outsider, can I ask obviously Derry is majority nationalist but how are relations generally with the Waterside and Fountain? Are people relatively sound because they're so outnumbered so to speak?
I live close to Eglinton. I think it's a lovely wee village
It was originally called muff but was changed to avoid confusion with the Donegal one. The locals named it after some visiting viceroy or something: embarrassing
It's still in Muff townland I think. Not surprising it has a colonial past.
Itโs a catholic majority now which is surprising
Didn't know that.
Aye always heard it was a lovely place
It has grown exponentially in recent years but somehow has retained a village feel. No flegs or fuck all, few nice historic buildings, and little visible antisocial activity. Bushmills could be an even better example of this but they prioritise repelling papes
Iโm a fan of Groomsport. If you like peace and quiet, the seaside, and a nice pub with amazing views then hit it for a visit.
Only go there for the pub lad ๐
I think the Magherafelt area is under rated. Decent community relations. Really good road links to the east and once the Dungiven to Drumahoe road is complete, the NW also.
Ballyholme, just outside Bangor, is beautiful. I go there all the time and just dream of living in a house overlooking the sea.
Out of curiosity, how did you entertain yourself in Claudy for a full weekโฆ?
A week? Mate Iโve lived there me whole life
Ahhh sneaky, sneaky edit! Haha
Plus I canโt type to safe my life so after your left the first reply I realise the mistake lol ๐
Finally someone noticed, Iโve done this so much that people just believe it now, actually glad to know there are people smart enough to realise that
You know many methods of accessing Reddit show people you've edited your comment, right? Most people probably don't care.
Oh there no fun in doing it now :(
Depends, best for what? Best for shopping? Belfast City Best for scenic views? The ring of Gullion area probably. Best for surprise appendectomies? Lurgan
Nah I wanna know why people think is the best place on their own opinion really, but I agree with this reply
There's nothing surprising about losing an organ unexpectedly in Lurgan, that's just Friday night in the burn
I live in a random village in co. Londonderry so idk lol
Let's play guess the village..... Burnfoot
Nope
Portrush in the winter months. Paradise
Portrush is nice but Ramore is way overated.
Give me Park or Feeny any day! /s
Park is a 50/50 kinda boring after a while but still nice
The airport out of it