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Prescriptions are free, we have no water bills either. The crime rates aren't really that high, the violence stuff basically only happens if you get involved. This may seem a weird thing to say but paramilitaries are generally not as bad as smaller gangs in some parts of the world, and they're easily avoidable if you don't mess with them (Although if you're English you are better living in a Unionist area, Irish people would be better in the Nationalist areas). It's actually not a bad place to live!
There are still active paramilitary groups in NI?
Varying levels of ‘active’. Planting roadside bombs and shooting at police is very rare nowadays and makes big headlines.
Low level violence (generally aimed between groups, not at the public) is semi-common, increasingly around religious holidays and marching season.
It’s dramatically better than the 80s and 90s, but taken a few steps back after Brexit & sovereignty issues compared to the 2000s/2010s
They're basically drug gangs and/or like to police their own communities nowadays