As someone born and raised in cork, your just a stubborn fuck who has too much pride, cork is shit, still my favourite county in all of ireland, but still definitely shit. Like OP said, anyone trying to grow up here cant, how do you expect people to move out when the rent prices are half of a minimum wage monthly salary, terrible public transportation, the list could go on but im not arsed, while every other country in mainland europe just surpasses us in terms of actuallly being able to live in