Sarsfield Park Lucan

MandaC said:
D'ont really agree about being a snob not wanting to live in an area saturated with rentals.
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the irony is huge here. As council estates were originally set up for people who didnt/couldnt own their own homes. but yet you are holding them up as somehow different to "rentals"
 
Rigoletto said:
the irony is huge here. As council estates were originally set up for people who didnt/couldnt own their own homes. but yet you are holding them up as somehow different to "rentals"
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I come from a council estate. I lived there for 25 years. My mam still lives there. Out of 70 houses where I grew up, over 60 are still the original residents who moved in 35 years ago and purchased under the tenant purchase scheme. There was a street party this June(2008) to celebrate 35 years and everyone getting their deeds, along with a mass for deceased residents. You dont get that kind of community nowadays. Sarsfield Park still has that kind of community.

"Rentals" , where I lived in Lucan were vastly different because (a) the population becomes transient and the sense of community vastly became non existant (b) the majority (of the ones who lived where I bought in Lucan) had no pride in the area, which quickly started to look very run down and was vastly unfair on those who did want to live with a community based focus.

When you are picking a "home" to set up base in (and pay for the rest of your working life), you have to be realistic and pick somewhere you want to live. I would take a (current) or ex council estate with a sense of pride and community over a private estate saturated by rentals any day of the week.

Theres nothing ironic about that.
 
 
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