... including the Joy becoming a hotel
"it isn't exactly Ranelagh".
You're missing my point. Why should Phibsboro aim to become like Ranelagh or why should Ranelagh be held up as some sort of archetype for other areas to aspire to? Why not retain and build upon its own character? What's supposed to be so great about Ranelagh? Any time I've been out there it seemed just like any other Dublin "village" relatively proximate to the city centre.
I suppose I should be thankful that she didn't balance this with discussion of the area's bad points.
I was being sarcastic. Forget it.sorry by discussion of the areas bad points do you mean Ranelagh or Phibsboro?
She was interviewing Christy Burke (SF) about proposed plans for the area including the Joy becoming a hotel and the redevelopment of Dalyer etc. and three (3) times she snidely commented that while Phibsboro was quite a busy and popular place "it isn't exactly Ranelagh".
"it isn't exactly Ranelagh".
I suppose I should be thankful that she didn't balance this with discussion of the area's bad points.
You're missing my point. Why should Phibsboro aim to become like Ranelagh or why should Ranelagh be held up as some sort of archetype for other areas to aspire to? Why not retain and build upon its own character? What's supposed to be so great about Ranelagh anyway? Any time I've been out there it seemed just like any other Dublin "village" relatively proximate to the city centre.
We'll forgive but forgetting may take some time.I was being sarcastic. Forget it.
Why?We'll forgive but forgetting may take some time.
"it isn't exactly Ranelagh"
I guess her "point" is just an expression of arbitrary snobbery really.
Whatever the relative merits of Ranelagh, it seems to me that the impression certainly exists among many that it is a desirable suburb to live in. If this impression is wrong then I suppose it speaks volumes about both her social attitude and her level of journalistic research.
Obviously an A student in Geography!She was interviewing Christy Burke (SF) about proposed plans for the area including the Joy becoming a hotel and the redevelopment of Dalyer etc. and three (3) times she snidely commented that while Phibsboro was quite a busy and popular place "it isn't exactly Ranelagh". I suppose I should be thankful that she didn't balance this with discussion of the area's bad points.
Point taken. Phibs should have its own identity. Dublin would be a very boring place if everywhere was like Ranelagh.
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