Publius Ovidius
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Blackpool has been names by Which as the favourite seaside resort
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Brighton is now second!
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Mr Everyone
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Bugger Brighton, what about Scarborough
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Forster's Armband
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Yet more proof that most of the people in this country are complete idiots.
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...or scottish
Mr Everyone
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Have you been to Blackpool?
Cheeky Monkey
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Blackpool's just a day out for Mancunians, no one with any class would go there. Once we get the Jap's eye erected we'll be the sexiest seaside prospect and people will be coming from all over, spunking their hard-earned green to rise up that long, thick shaft.
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Blackpool is a complete and utter DUMP. The place hasn't seen a lick of paint since 1973.
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Not gonna happen.
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Cheeky Monkey
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It's built and sitting on barges in Holland. Cycled past yesterday and the West Pier frontage had lots of 'advertising' hoardings about 'The Eye,' although I didn't stop to read them. Finance might be an issue but it will get backing I believe.
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I have.
Without reading that report, I guess this is about managing expectations and knowing that you're going to a certain place for a certain sort of entertainment. Don't go to Blackpool if you want a Brighton-type experience, and vice-versa.
The only real things that Brighton has in common with Blackpool is that both are next to the sea, and so the two get lumped in that basket almost every time, even though the two are miles apart socially.
I think it's more appropriate to compare (or at least try and compare) Brighton with, say, Bristol or Norwich.
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I went to Blackpool for a long weekend 4 or 5 years ago. It was like stepping into a Life on Mars-sytle timewarp, the whole town just looks tired and grubby. The kids enjoyed it for the Pleasure Beach obviously, but trying to find somewhere even semi- decent to go out and have a meal in the evening was a right old mission. Unless all you wanted was burger and chips.
That's all it takes in Brighton isn't it? They will probably have to have a public inquiry now which will take at least 3 years
We should all be happy with second spot, it will keep the Mancs/Scouse/Jocks going to Blackpool!
Seriously the major downfall to our jewel-by-the-sea is the cost of parking.
Seriously the major downfall to our jewel-by-the-sea is the cost of parking.
Mr Everyone
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I have.
Without reading that report, I guess this is about managing expectations and knowing that you're going to a certain place for a certain sort of entertainment. Don't go to Blackpool if you want a Brighton-type experience, and vice-versa.
The only real things that Brighton has in common with Blackpool is that both are next to the sea, and so the two get lumped in that basket almost every time, even though the two are miles apart socially.
I think it's more appropriate to compare (or at least try and compare) Brighton with, say, Bristol or Norwich.
I'd go with most of that. Culturally, Brighton and Blackpool are poles apart. Having been to Skegness recently, I was surprised at how limited the resort was. All it seemed to offer was the kiss-me-quick-squeeze-me-slowly fare which, in Brighton thankfully, is confined to the pier.
Though Brighton has it's problems, it is far more 3D than most of it's seaside rivals.
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What a load of old twaddle that Brighton & Hove News article is.