Good to see there are plenty of people who don't agree with Bladders. And give reasons why they don't agree rather than just generalising and voicing an opinion. I got the impression Hastings was certainly on the up from where it used to be, I was certainly pleasantly surpised when I was there...
So come on, why do you say it's a run down shithole?
It's easy to say that in the same way it's easy to say such-and-such a player is crap.
Why?
And if it is, why do lots of people live there?
I'm interested in your opinion, or, to be more precise, why you have that opinion?
When the kids were young we used to go to Hastings and I remember it as fairly seedy. But i spent a few days there a couple of months back and I thought it had improved a lot. The old town was good, there seems to be a fair amount going on in the community, beer festivals, markets, that sort of...