fair to say

Pretty pink fairy

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Brighton and Hove isn't really up to much and some parts are a disgrace , seen some sights and I think the place is tarted up big time, take of the Glossy exterior off and it reveals a whole host of issues IMHO
regards
DR

 

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003

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I first came to Brighton in 1975 and it was seedy as hell, so what's changed?

Waterloo Street stands out as almost slum like back then

Isn't the seediness half the attraction?

 

Diego Napier

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Always has been, always will; just like a little London by the sea with all the good bits and bad bits.

It's taken you a long time to fall in.

 

Taybha

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Ha! you should visit Lewes you can't walk the streets after dark without some oddball offering to sell you their organs for nectar points .

 

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Machiavelli

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The city also has a strong historical association with fascism (alongside anti-fascism).

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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Icy Gull said:

I first came to Brighton in 1975 and it was seedy as hell, so what's changed?

Waterloo Street stands out as almost slum like back then

Isn't the seediness half the attraction?

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This. I've been here since 1980 and it was ALWAYS seedy. The North Laine was positively DICKENSIAN. Housing was so affordable that nobody even thought to think of it as a thing.

It only changed when HRH made us into a millenium city and the DFLs started regarding B&H as a sort of commutable Ealing-By-Sea with 50% off the property prices.

Most of B&H is still pretty tatty, and none the worse for it. Wouldn't live anywhere else in the UK.

 

Stat Brother

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All 'end of the train line' destinations are seedy, always have been.

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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Taybha said:

Ha! you should visit Lewes you can't walk the streets after dark without some oddball offering to sell you their organs for nectar points .

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Lewes is like the scene from Airplane where he's walking through the airport at the beginning fighting off Hare Krishnas etc. If you can escape the chuggers, the addicts lurking outside the train station and in the passageways will get you. I guess no tolerance policing elsewhere has driven them further afield, oh how the chattering classes and ladies that lunch in Bills must love it, you don't pay Brighton prices for a house and expect to have to put up with 'Brighton' on your doorstep.

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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Stat Brother said:

All 'end of the train line' destinations are seedy, always have been.

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And then there's Seaford.

 

studio150

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Cheeky Monkey said:

And then there's Seaford.

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Is that not currently the end of the bus route

 

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Cheeky Monkey

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studio150 said:

Is that not currently the end of the bus route

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Ha . Touché!

 

FamilyGuy

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Stat Brother said:

All 'end of the train line' destinations are seedy, always have been.

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I have recently had cause to visit both Bournemouth and Poole - on separate occasions - and for "domestic reasons".
The missus and I took the opportunity to visit both towns and seafronts in anticipation of a bit of shopping and eating, and I have to say ......

.... they truly are both cr*p!!

Brighton is a paradise in comparison - but perhaps that goes without saying.

 

Dougie

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And you have the gall to criticise Croydon !

 

Notters

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Icy Gull said:

I first came to Brighton in 1975 and it was seedy as hell, so what's changed?

Waterloo Street stands out as almost slum like back then

Isn't the seediness half the attraction?

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House prices



It's still a damned site nicer than most places in this country. In most countries in Western Europe you could go to any bang average town and it would look beautiful compared to places in this country. I'm talking about YOU Reading and Leicester.

 

Thunder Bolt

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If you think Brighton, or anywhere in Sussex, for that matter, is a disgrace and seedy, then you haven't travelled much, imo. There are far worse places in Britain.



House prices have always been higher than the majority of Britain too. That's why I lived away when I got married.

 

looney

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FamilyGuy said:

I have recently had cause to visit both Bournemouth and Poole - on separate occasions - and for "domestic reasons".
The missus and I took the opportunity to visit both towns and seafronts in anticipation of a bit of shopping and eating, and I have to say ......

.... they truly are both cr*p!!

Brighton is a paradise in comparison - but perhaps that goes without saying.

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I was down in Bournemouth for a few days last year, looked OK. Plus went to one of the best fish n chip shops in UK, Chez Fred, There are far worse holes in the UK than a few south coast towns.

 

Triggaaar

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Pretty pink fairy said:

Brighton and Hove isn't really up to much

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Where would you recommend that is up to much?

 

Icy Gull

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Dougie said:

And you have the gall to criticise Croydon !

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You are coming on here mentioning Croydon on a thread about Brighton? Brighton may be a bit seedy, Croydon is a cesspit, but you already knew that so you can jog on now.

 

Steve in Japan

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Cheeky Monkey said:

how the chattering classes and ladies that lunch in Bills must love it, you don't pay Brighton prices for a house and expect to have to put up with 'Brighton' on your doorstep.

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Lewes house prices are ridiculous I've always thought (a propos nothing to the thread but anyway it needs to be said)

 

BHAFC_Pandapops

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My ma and da came up north a year ago to see Blackpool illuminations. Obviously all the romance and stuff surrounding it for those who haven't been etc. I kind of had an inkling that it wasn't all that, off season etc. But parents were both blissfully unaware until GF and I went to meet them from Manchester. When we got there it was apparent that apart from 2P pusher machines it was run down and very disappointing really. We ended up having a meal in Weathy's and spending about 3 hours there. Brighton is a goldmine compared to that and I'm thankful I ever grew up there.

Perhaps I should have taken them to Conwy, Llandudno, Barmouth etc. Those places are beautiful. There's nothing there at all, but that's the point. No cars, no industry, just quiet harbours with a few chippies and plenty of scenery.