Post #2098500
2026-03-22 23:29 UTC
@bthalpin
The East coast is driven by folks wanting somewhere close to Dublin that has access to beaches and the like but is also outside the main commuter belt.
There’s another issue in a lot of coastal areas even far from Dublin/Cork/Galway but it’s along coastal strips so not as clear as this map. Much of the southeastern and southern coastline is effectively suburban apart from sections dominated by long runs of cliffs.
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@bthalpin@mastodon.social 2026-03-22 23:54
@helvick I'm very impressed by the Wexford/Gorey block, and I suspected the M11 explained a good deal of that. Because the Small Areas are very small, they should pick up coastal-strip effect. However, the age of the housing stock is a bit of a blunt tool (I use it because it gives an insight into change, in a single data set, and merging SAPS over time is hard). And Galway seems to think it's Los Angeles!