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Where would you move to in sussex?
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Steve_PPP
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Crawley (but then i work there). Some parts are nice enough....
Live by the sea
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- Oct 21, 2016
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Crawley : Hastings have surely got to be two of the least desirable places to live in Sussex. For me if you like village life, boring for me but some people like it, I would say Ditchling, if you want a lot more going on but without the noise and chavyness of Brighton then it has to be Hove, the area around Church Road up to Grand Ave.
Putting it like that, Crawley.
Begrudgingly Crawley. I've been to Hastings/Bexhill a few times in recent years - other than the De La Warr Pavilion, it's very run down. Hundreds of ex-guesthouses and ex-hotels on the seafront are in an awful state after 50 years of tourist decline, which is also reflected too in huge areas off of the seafront. Big problems with crime, drugs and poverty. Also a pig of a place from/to travel by road, as after Lewes the A27 is crap.
Crawley has a couple of nice suburbs and is easy to get to/from. I'd miss the sea though.
Crawley has a couple of nice suburbs and is easy to get to/from. I'd miss the sea though.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Some really lovely Victorian and Edwardian properties in Hastings, a much underrated seaside town that has a bit of an art and creative scene, some really nice parts to wander around, and had a fair amount of regeneration around the old town where the new art galleries are.
Crawley. Because it has decent road and rail links meaning you can get out of it quickly.
Hastings has the feel of Brighton in the early 80s. Rotting, ambivalent, cut off. It stringly appeals to me because of that. But I couldn't live there. And Crawley? None of the benefits of a larger town (culture, breadth of experience etc) with all the downsides.
Not sure why no one has asked the obvious question: why the question ans why just these two options?
Not sure why no one has asked the obvious question: why the question ans why just these two options?
Perry Milkins
Just a quiet guy.
Does that include Croydon?
It'd have to be somewhere that is near the sea or a river. Landlocked towns do my swede in.
I have made my vote sure in the knowledge that I would be in the minority. Crawley IS dull, and at times chavvy, and is as not Sussex as can be, but bitv still gets my vote. Why? It has work, and we all need that for the majority of our lives.
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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"Hastings, a drug town with a fishing problem." Can't remember who came up with that.
Hastings for me (not for the drugs). It's by the sea.
Some cracking pubs, excellent fish and chips, great community.
If I wasn't nice and comfy in Hove I'd move there, or back to Eastbourne/ Pevensey Bay or Bexhill.
Hastings for me (not for the drugs). It's by the sea.
Some cracking pubs, excellent fish and chips, great community.
If I wasn't nice and comfy in Hove I'd move there, or back to Eastbourne/ Pevensey Bay or Bexhill.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Crawley
If I move away in time it won't be anywhere near the southeast....just to overpriced and the roads are to clogged.
Apologies for taking about eighteen months to reply to this post, but I know you are still around . . . Isn't Crawley in the southeast then?
nicko31
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Crawley if you are working. Hastings if retired
Crawley being Worth or Pound, not Langley Green or Bewbush
Crawley being Worth or Pound, not Langley Green or Bewbush
AlastairWatts
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That's a choice? I don't like High Wycombe but neither would fill me with anticipation...
Hastings gull
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- Nov 23, 2013
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Anywhere between Eastbourne and Hastings would do admirably. Just got back from a long walk with the dog on the East Hill above the Hastings Old Town -stunning views. The Old Town is a must to see and the pubs in George Street are super. There is also much going on here -not the least the very popular half marathon on Sunday.