Larne, what happened?

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Drifting

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266 posts

245 months

Friday 13th July 2007
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Hi,

Spent last weekend in N.I, used to live in Larne from when I was 9 to 15 years old. At the time I was there it was a up and coming town but now 35 years later I got a very big shock, it was cr@p, what has happened?. My wife and I stayed at Carrickfergus which is a very nice town that is obviously on the up and everywhere in N.I that we went it was the same including Belfast.
However when we got to Larne I was ashamed to tell my wife that this was where I spent part of my childhood, with the catchment area of Larne I would have expected it to be a thriving and prosperous but it looked like the bad parts of Glasgow used to be a few years back.
Has Larne had bad management for the last 35 years and if it has, how the hell has this happened because when I lived there it had such a bright future.

Drifting

JuniorD

8,819 posts

230 months

Friday 13th July 2007
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Larne is a pretty grim place all right. Shame 'cos it's along an otherwise very pretty coastline. I guess the most redeeming feature is the road heading north and the boats heading east away from it.

Jay Ayegees

773 posts

211 months

Friday 13th July 2007
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It's a town in transition - from ferry port that prospered during the Troubles to dog-eared cess-pit - BUT - gateway to the North Antrim coast - there are large private housing developments starting to happen - the beautification will follow - what potential - great place to invest your nestegg - come back in ten years time and see the difference.

Jay

Drifting

Original Poster:

266 posts

245 months

Friday 13th July 2007
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Jay Ayegees said:
It's a town in transition - from ferry port that prospered during the Troubles to dog-eared cess-pit - BUT - gateway to the North Antrim coast - there are large private housing developments starting to happen - the beautification will follow - what potential - great place to invest your nestegg - come back in ten years time and see the difference.

Jay
I was there during the troubles, it just seems amazing that it has gone down hill so badly.
I hope your right that it will turn round as it used to be such a nice place !

Edited by Drifting on Saturday 14th July 00:11