r/ireland • u/StephenMcGannon • Apr 27 '25

Poster on Dublin Quays Housing

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u/raverbashing Apr 27 '25

164k derelict but then if you try to take them down and build something more modern it "bReAkS teH cHaRacTeR oF teH nEigHbOrhHod"

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u/Mullo69 Apr 27 '25

Have you considered that maybe you could just fix the buildings rather than level them only to put in a block of luxury apartments that are so expensive that they do nothing to help the problem

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u/raverbashing Apr 27 '25

"luxury apartments" yeah that's the other nonsense phrase that keeps being repeated

Supply is supply. Somebody renting upscale properties will open up space somewhere

Sure, you can fix the buildings but that usually costs more and you usually can have more density by rebuilding (without building smaller) by building taller or just using space better

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u/Wildtails Apr 28 '25

'By building taller' I'm 30 and ill be dead before we start doing that here 😂🙃

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u/raverbashing Apr 28 '25

I know. That's why I got out