Ali_rrr
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I only visit once or twice a year now but every time I've brought people over they've loved it. Most want to come back again or could even see themselves living in Brighton.
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[Brighton] Is Brighton & Hove as a city getting better, or getting worse?
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pocketseagull
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- Dec 29, 2014
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I absolutely loved seeing the ZULU graffiti on Anston House as the train arrived in Brighton.
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Ali_rrr
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It's class mate. Highly recommend it!
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- May 8, 2018
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That’s it, sadly predictable that it’s new apartments but I guess what else would it be based on locationAnston House has been demolished, and new apartments are being constructed. Here's a reminder of what was there:
An urban legend, the skeleton of Anston House: ‘the building been cursed ever since’
From the Brighton Argus, May 10th 2021, A forensic team is digging at the site of “Brighton’s ugliest building” to investigate a claim that a human skeleton was at the site. Police say a person has…jamesmulraine.com
Thanks for the link
I agree with a vast part of your post EXCEPT VG3 - nothing but a very expensive vanity project at a high price to the local taxpayer that will cause traffic chaos. It's attempting to solve a problem that isn't real.
Taybha
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The place went to pot when the blue and white 49 & 49a stopped running,the last straw for me was the demolition of the danger box in Queensway,nobody ever found me there whilst playing 44 save all.
Thanks for this. I do not have an issue with this per se. My main issue is that these new builds usually look cheap and shite. That curved glass fronted building on Grand Parade is an example. The artists impressions looked amazing....reality is a dirty cheap looking apartment block.Places such as these selling a lifestyle as opposed to a place to live
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Brighton is becoming super expensive though, and I do not know the answer. An area becomes attractive and the prices increase. and people get priced out..this is just life unless the government intervene. Something good which comes out of this though, is those priced out are usually younger and move on and breath new life into other places. This has happended with Worthing for example. There are plenty of other places in the UK, and the world for that matter (Brooklyn, Liepzig), where this has also happened. I have conflicting views, part of me thinks move on and create some fun elsewhere, part thinks it's shit.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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You've obviously never been to Palmer's Green, north London, now that is a ghetto shithole on a massive scale, even on a sunny day it looks like a depressed, run-down version of (insert Beirut, Mogadishu, Portslade etc. )
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Never been to and not even heard of itYou've obviously never been to Palmer's Green, north London, now that is a ghetto shithole on a massive scale, even on a sunny day it looks like a depressed, run-down version of (insert Beirut, Mogadishu, Portslade etc. )
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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I think most people take away fond memories of Brighton. Quite a number of times when I've been checking into hotels abroad, the receptionist has got quite animated when they've seen 'Brighton' on my registration form. Invariably they've done a language course or an exchange visit here. Certainly helps break the ice!
Coldeanseagull
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It's called vandalism.
As you get older, your perspective changes. Now in my sixties, I avoid the town centre like the plague, it's full of kids(thirties and below) who listen to shit music and dress like they're going to go skip diving. They're loud, foul mouthed, drugged up and annoy me.
I understand why old people are always grumpy now
Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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Wait what was the result of your Asian poll?Over the last 10-15 years - has Brighton & Hove got better, or worse?
pocketseagull
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- Dec 29, 2014
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How can this be vandalism? (of course I realise it's your subjective opinion!)
Hometownglory
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- Jan 12, 2014
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To me it just feels neglected. I always find it sad seeing the dilapidated arches, rusty seafront railings, broken seafront shelters, the iconic seafront lights left in a state of disrepair. The graffiti tagging everywhere has gotten worse over the past 10 years. The city just feels so unloved, yet the price to live here is beyond extentionate. I still love it though, the city centre and seafront just needs some TLC. Recouping some of the unpaid debts from I360 could help with this...maybe!
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London Irish
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Is this poster’s ritual engagement threads getting better or getting worse
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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I'm 50, how long do I have before I turn into a miserable old bastard?It's called vandalism.
As you get older, your perspective changes. Now in my sixties, I avoid the town centre like the plague, it's full of kids(thirties and below) who listen to shit music and dress like they're going to go skip diving. They're loud, foul mouthed, drugged up and annoy me.
I understand why old people are always grumpy now
For me
tagging = vandalism
Street art = art
And for the record this attitude hasn't really changed since its inception.
Not Andy Naylor
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The answer is that it's getting better in some ways and worse in others.
Worse: the vandalism, the tagging, the expense of housing, the influx of Londoners, the crumbling Arches, the empty shops, the ridiculous i360, the crime, the potholes, La Cappanina has closed, still bugger all happening at Black Rock, too many student properties, the Manhattanisation of Lewes Road.
Better: the North Laine, the explosion of decent places to eat and drink, especially at beach level along the seafront, Albion shirts everywhere, the sheer vibrancy of streets such as London Road and Lewes Road that were once drab and down-at-heel, the new hospital building, the Amex, Albion in the Premier League.
It could be better, but it's still one of the best places to live in the UK.
Worse: the vandalism, the tagging, the expense of housing, the influx of Londoners, the crumbling Arches, the empty shops, the ridiculous i360, the crime, the potholes, La Cappanina has closed, still bugger all happening at Black Rock, too many student properties, the Manhattanisation of Lewes Road.
Better: the North Laine, the explosion of decent places to eat and drink, especially at beach level along the seafront, Albion shirts everywhere, the sheer vibrancy of streets such as London Road and Lewes Road that were once drab and down-at-heel, the new hospital building, the Amex, Albion in the Premier League.
It could be better, but it's still one of the best places to live in the UK.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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