• gian
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    215 hours ago

    The whole country outside of four urban centres is an absolute nightmare if you don’t drive, and just not conductive to establishing a family anywhere.

    To be honest I don’t think this is a specific problem of Ireland, outside the urban centers the only option to move is to drive. There is not a critical mass for a public transportation system, expecially if you need to connect many small (< 20k people) urban centers.

    • @Saleh@feddit.org
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      415 hours ago

      A town with 1k-20k people is perfectly viable for a train stop and having an hourly train connect these smaller places with the next larger city.

      • gian
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        114 hours ago

        I agree. But the problem is not to connect a small town with the larger one, is to connect the small town with the next small one where maybe there is the mall, or the other one where there is the school (higher level) or other services you need.

        The point is that normally you have a relatively good connection to the big city of the area, but the connections between the small towns around it are patchy, that is what make you drive to the next small town instead of using the train or bus.