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I'd love to hear more about what you like about living there.

• rbanffy 1y ago
  The most interesting aspect for me is the deep history. In Ireland, in particular, it's not rare to wander around and bump into a neolithic structure. When we were looking for a house to buy, one of the candidates had one such structure on a little nicely preserved square at the end of the street. The continent is a short flight away. Being in an island, I haven't used the excellent train network of the continent as much as my friends in the continent. One selling point of this society is the low inequality. I get my hair and beard done in the same place my barista goes - this would be almost unthinkable in Brazil, which is where I come from. Low inequality creates a more cohesive society where class divisions are less relevant. It also reduces crime, because the financial gain is not favorable compared to the risks. Because of that, my police doesn't need firearms and, if someone discharges a gun somewhere, it ends up on the newspapers. Irish politics are remarkably sane (if boring). I assume it's because of list-based voting, that punishes rejection very severely. We wouldn't have a Trump here in Ireland. Other aspects are free high quality schooling, almost free university education, and an almost free healthcare system. This last is the low point - when you have a two-tier system, you have resources diverted from who needs care to who can pay for it, increasing wait times for those who can't pay for health insurance or private care. Most of these points stand for the rest of the European Union as well. There are some variations, but not that much. Final selling point of Ireland is that English is an official language. AFAIK, it's the only country in the EU with English as an official language, at least until the UK decides to rejoin.