Fair enough, can't argue with some of those points. Imo it's still a brilliant place to be, tourists and outsiders seem to love it here for the most part (the other week I was chatting to a group of sheff utd fans after the game who'd been down since Friday lunch and were really impressed with...
I'm not that young, but I know that all cities fluctuate somewhat- central brighton needs a bit of a scub up in certain areas at the moment and needs schemes such as the op in this thread to move the city forward, but it's still got bloody loads going for it as a city and loads of lovely areas...