Half Time Pies
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How do I explain Eastbourne? Eastbourne is lovely. I live here. Fantastic situation, close to Brighton, which I love, cheaper, wonderful seafront and downs, what's not to like? One of the lowest crime rates for a large town in England and certainly quieter than the 6 or so places I lived in previously when I was exiled in Liverpool. Town centre needs an upgrade which is happening, although I couldn't really care less about that personally as the internet is for shopping.
As someone who grew up in Eastbourne and owns a business there I feel like I am well placed to add a bit of perspective which is somewhere between the original post and your reply. Whilst there are areas of Eastbourne that are lovely my opinion is that much of the town has gone downhill and my perception is that some of the areas have become incredibly dodgy and much worse than when I was growing up.
The main problem is that Eastbourne and Hailsham has seen a huge increase in house building and population but has not seen the improvements needed in local services to accommodate this increase. The road network is terrible, parking is a nightmare, the local NHS services have been decimated and the Eastbourne DGH is a complete joke. There are also a lack of large businesses operating out of Eastbourne and therefore diversity of jobs, when I got to 18 I had to leave the town as the only available jobs were in Hospitality, Catering or Care. I don't see that this has changed much although hopefully the improvements to the A27 if approved will help matters along with the building of more business parks and enterprise centres such as Chaucer in Polegate and the one at the Sovereign Harbour.