[Sussex] Which is the chaviest area of Sussex...

[Psychobilly freakout]

Near Brighton, MI; which itself is right next door to Detroit, which is unquestionably the worst city in the US - even worse than LA, and that’s saying something.

Funnily enough the wife’s cousins live in Brighton Michigan, and they are special, i was told the petrol station has a bar, not sure how true that is.

 

[moggy]

Hastings.
All the youths wear that everlast gear

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Really should be an alphabetical poll order, but I can see why you put Crawley first.

I should say though as Worthing born and bred I recoil on the odd occasion I go in to Worthing town centre now. It's definitely pretty awful these days.

To be fair, every town centre I have been to in the past decade or so has been awful. I wouldn’t judge anywhere on its centre more than I would judge Brighton on Churchill Square or West St

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Hopefully this is research to find which communities need proper public investment. Newhaven was a lovely earthy port town for donkey's years. The ring road delivered a painfully slow demise to the town centre, not helped by out of area landlords who refused to offer shop rents that would make businesses viable. Its had housing piled upon it by developers who should have been made to make investment in accompanying facilities and every idea to regenerate it seems to come from some fly by night lunatic with crazy ideas about things like giant waterparks. The MP for Lewes opened a constiuency office in the town and put it, not in the town centre where it would be easily accessible, but next to the marina on a privately owned road that charges people for on street parking.

There is now some investment going in to redevelop the town centre. Presumably because the aforementioned MP is holding a very small majority. Hopefully it will be carefully planned to meet the needs of an aging population as well as all of the 'chavs.' (a disgusting term that sneers at people for their lack of wealth, education and opportunity).

I know that this was posted in jest, but classism seems to be one of the few discriminations that still seems to be socially acceptable. Successive governments have done very little to change anything for the poorest people. (I'll give Brown & Blair Surestart and EMA, both since starved/dismantled). I likened Brexit to a group of people on a cruise ship who were being called at for help by some others who were in the sea. We all continued to enjoy the liner's facilities whilst promising that we'd eventually get around to fishing them out. They came to understand that they were never getting the help and the lies of Brexit campaigners gave them the opportunity to make a hole in the side of the ship and ensure that everybody else ended up in the drink too.

Don’t forget the incinerator!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Hastings.
All the youths wear that everlast gear

The poor man’s Lonsdale or is it the other way round?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I think Crawley is worse than littlehampton but there again Peacehaven probably should be in the mix along with Woodingdean & Hangelton.

At least those of us that live in "Hangelton" know how to spell it !

 

[BNthree]

The streets are a sea of Dry-Robe clad coffee shop Zombies pouting into their smartphones for their latest upload to the ‘gram.

Whilst there is plenty to dislike about that scenario it definitely isn’t chavvy. Unless we’ve got very different definitions of chavvy.

 

[Springal]

Surprised Uckfield is missing. Very odd place, lots of chavs

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

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At least those of us that live in "Hangelton" know how to spell it !

Silent H?

 

[BNthree]

Would Durrington count as Worthing for the purpose of the poll? As Durrington certainly seems quite chavvy.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Perhaps we need a ‘which area is snobbiest’ thread. There are a few on this thread making a good case for their town

I don’t think Newhaven will be making the list for this.

 

[beorhthelm]

Perhaps we need a ‘which area is snobbiest’ thread. There are a few on this thread making a good case for their town

it'll be Hove, actually.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Do teenage skinheads still harass young Asian mothers in the town square in Crawley like they did when I lived there?

Edit: No. I see there is a massive Iceland in the town square now.

Hove is filled with undesirables, loading up baskets of food in CO-OP and walking out.

Its focal point, George Street, is a cultural waste land.

The streets are a sea of Dry-Robe clad coffee shop Zombies pouting into their smartphones for their latest upload to the ‘gram.

Hove.

My granny worked in a coffee shop on George street in the 1960s. Last time I was there Blues Jim was chatting to someone on the corner of New Church Road. Busking perhaps. I was on the way to the Goldstone with the middle brother. The match was abandoned after a pitch invasion. A poignant street for me...Sad if it is the epicenter of chavingtonia now.

 

[Luke93]

Shame I can only pick 2. Several areas can be particularly chavvy on a given day!

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

A restaurant has been nominated in Hove as Chav Central according to trip adviser

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[Psychobilly freakout]

Shame I can only pick 2. Several areas can be particularly chavvy on a given day!

Your wish is my command, I have now updated the Poll, you can now vote for a maximum of 5 ! Yes 5 areas

 

[zefarelly]

Do teenage skinheads still harass young Asian mothers in the town square in Crawley like they did when I lived there?

Edit: No. I see there is a massive Iceland in the town square now.

My granny worked in a coffee shop on George street in the 1960s. Last time I was there Blues Jim was chatting to someone on the corner of New Church Road. Busking perhaps. I was on the way to the Goldstone with the middle brother. The match was abandoned after a pitch invasion. A poignant street for me...Sad if it is the epicenter of chavingtonia now.

They're all middle aged semi geriatric benefit spongers, well, the few I know of are

 

[5Ways Gull]

I grew up on the border of Bevendean and Moulsecoomb. I remember in the late 80s, when I was living up north (Buckinghamshire), the Independent on Sunday did a big survey of the 80 worst "No Go" areas in the UK. All the usual suspects were there Toxteth, Brixton, Moss Side etc. Moulsecoomb was included but Whitehawk wasn't. I was scandalised.

 

[ChickenBaltiPie]

I would suggest that Brighton(proper) most likely has the highest number of chavs by far, although perhaps not by average I suppose. They’re just more dispersed. Numbers innit, you can spin them however you wish.