REDLAND
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Brighton seems to labour under the misapprehension that it is Barcelona, a collective illusion reinforced by the constant crowing from the council about being a "beautiful city by the sea".
Half of it is dirty, noisy and packed to the gunnels with self-important superficial nasty young fashion victims with walkie-talkies with "ironic" ringtones. These are the students, "new media" and itinerant soi-disant shitneck pseudo-intellectuals.
The other half is an ordinary grimy south east town with council estates and young mums with lovebites and screaming kids and cod-eyed young men drenched in aftershave and cheap gold. Roaming up and down the seafront on a Friday night, looking for someone from the other half to smack in the mouth.
James
The students fill the pebbled beaches and bars, the elderly shuffle along like gassed soldiers back from the trenches and diddycoys surge back and forth on the pier.
I have no idea why the pier is so famous, it stinks of deep fried donuts, stale lager and the Great Unwashed. It's rammed full of brats on one hand, who shriek and fight and get clouted by their enormously fat mums, or middle class types who seem to be enjoying the working class treats of the pier in an 'ironic' and 'knowing' manner, which frankly makes any right thinking person grind their teeth with rage and wonder if it would be a sin to drown the little studenty, yellow sunglasses wearing, Green Flash trainered bastards. And why do they all carry record bags anyway? Fools.
Go to Brighton, have a laugh by all means. But it isn't the Mecca of English cool. OK?
Finlay Coutts-Britton
BRIGHTON DEFENDED!
Firstly: "gunnel" is spelt "gunwhale", they are called mobile phones, not "walkie-talkies", and I can't even imagine what an "ironic ring tone" would be. Look up irony in the dictionary for god's sake. Also "soi-disant" means "self named", not "so called". Who would refer to themself as a "shitneck pseudo intellectual" other than someone who has managed to cram so many idiocies in one sentence, while thinking they are being literate?
Furthermore the pier is so famous precisely because "it stinks of deep fried donuts (sic), stale lager and the Great Unwashed (sic)", and the reason that the "middle class types" (types??) appear to be inexplicably enjoying "the working class treats", is that they are not stuck up, or insecure about their social status and are actually enjoying themselves. Again, look up irony in the dictionary, then get your head out of your arse.
I will say one of the best things about Brighton is the distinct lack of double-barrelled "right thinking people", and if the tackiness of some aspects of the place serves to keep you away, that's just perfect, thank you very much.
You just keep on thinking it's crap. Everyone who lives there loves it, and I won't even start to tell you why, just so we can keep it to ourselves.
Jim
TWICE!
Clearly your critics have only spent a few passing days here and probably spent most of it on the seafront or in 'The Lanes'. Here you are able to see people who fit into the horrible stereotypes of your first correspondent's piece nicely. Yes Brighton has poor people. It also has students. And kids. And up-their-arse trendy types. Yes it has pseudo-avant-garde areas ... and yes, there are even council houses here.
Sounds a bit like London to me ...
What we also have in this fantastic city is SEASIDE. No matter
what you say about the naff pier and the crap doughnuts, nothing beats heading down to the sea on a sunny afternoon and quaffing a cold beer whilst contemplating the horizon. And on a wild winter's day you can watch the waves that have travelled thousands of miles across the ocean come crashing up on the shore. You can't beat it.
Add to that: people who are friendly - smile at you for no reason, are happy to chat and pass the time of day; cosy, welcoming, reasonably-priced pubs on the corner of almost every block; Fatboy Slim doing a monthly residency on your doorstep and some of the best club nights in the country; a football team that has been promoted twice in the last 2 years; shops that aren't just part of some huge multi-national corporate machine but are run by real people who care about what they are selling you; and did I mention the sea?
Brighton rocks - and anyone who thinks it's crap is just suffering from a bad, sad dose of cynicism.
Tamsin
BRIGHTON ROCKS!
It rocks and is defo the best city in UK not the worst...
If you don't like a young vibrant place with lots to do in terms of pubs, clubs, art, sailing, with rock climbing near by... Don't go, everyone I've ever met who lives there loves it...
Brighton seems to labour under the misapprehension that it is Barcelona, a collective illusion reinforced by the constant crowing from the council about being a "beautiful city by the sea".
Half of it is dirty, noisy and packed to the gunnels with self-important superficial nasty young fashion victims with walkie-talkies with "ironic" ringtones. These are the students, "new media" and itinerant soi-disant shitneck pseudo-intellectuals.
The other half is an ordinary grimy south east town with council estates and young mums with lovebites and screaming kids and cod-eyed young men drenched in aftershave and cheap gold. Roaming up and down the seafront on a Friday night, looking for someone from the other half to smack in the mouth.
James
The students fill the pebbled beaches and bars, the elderly shuffle along like gassed soldiers back from the trenches and diddycoys surge back and forth on the pier.
I have no idea why the pier is so famous, it stinks of deep fried donuts, stale lager and the Great Unwashed. It's rammed full of brats on one hand, who shriek and fight and get clouted by their enormously fat mums, or middle class types who seem to be enjoying the working class treats of the pier in an 'ironic' and 'knowing' manner, which frankly makes any right thinking person grind their teeth with rage and wonder if it would be a sin to drown the little studenty, yellow sunglasses wearing, Green Flash trainered bastards. And why do they all carry record bags anyway? Fools.
Go to Brighton, have a laugh by all means. But it isn't the Mecca of English cool. OK?
Finlay Coutts-Britton
BRIGHTON DEFENDED!
Firstly: "gunnel" is spelt "gunwhale", they are called mobile phones, not "walkie-talkies", and I can't even imagine what an "ironic ring tone" would be. Look up irony in the dictionary for god's sake. Also "soi-disant" means "self named", not "so called". Who would refer to themself as a "shitneck pseudo intellectual" other than someone who has managed to cram so many idiocies in one sentence, while thinking they are being literate?
Furthermore the pier is so famous precisely because "it stinks of deep fried donuts (sic), stale lager and the Great Unwashed (sic)", and the reason that the "middle class types" (types??) appear to be inexplicably enjoying "the working class treats", is that they are not stuck up, or insecure about their social status and are actually enjoying themselves. Again, look up irony in the dictionary, then get your head out of your arse.
I will say one of the best things about Brighton is the distinct lack of double-barrelled "right thinking people", and if the tackiness of some aspects of the place serves to keep you away, that's just perfect, thank you very much.
You just keep on thinking it's crap. Everyone who lives there loves it, and I won't even start to tell you why, just so we can keep it to ourselves.
Jim
TWICE!
Clearly your critics have only spent a few passing days here and probably spent most of it on the seafront or in 'The Lanes'. Here you are able to see people who fit into the horrible stereotypes of your first correspondent's piece nicely. Yes Brighton has poor people. It also has students. And kids. And up-their-arse trendy types. Yes it has pseudo-avant-garde areas ... and yes, there are even council houses here.
Sounds a bit like London to me ...
What we also have in this fantastic city is SEASIDE. No matter
what you say about the naff pier and the crap doughnuts, nothing beats heading down to the sea on a sunny afternoon and quaffing a cold beer whilst contemplating the horizon. And on a wild winter's day you can watch the waves that have travelled thousands of miles across the ocean come crashing up on the shore. You can't beat it.
Add to that: people who are friendly - smile at you for no reason, are happy to chat and pass the time of day; cosy, welcoming, reasonably-priced pubs on the corner of almost every block; Fatboy Slim doing a monthly residency on your doorstep and some of the best club nights in the country; a football team that has been promoted twice in the last 2 years; shops that aren't just part of some huge multi-national corporate machine but are run by real people who care about what they are selling you; and did I mention the sea?
Brighton rocks - and anyone who thinks it's crap is just suffering from a bad, sad dose of cynicism.
Tamsin
BRIGHTON ROCKS!
It rocks and is defo the best city in UK not the worst...
If you don't like a young vibrant place with lots to do in terms of pubs, clubs, art, sailing, with rock climbing near by... Don't go, everyone I've ever met who lives there loves it...
