Is Brighton Britain's Hippest City

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

The bloke who wrote that article sits next to me at work. He eats a lot of bananas.

Are they trend setting organic mini apple fairtrade ethically sourced Carbon reduced pagan blessed bananas

 

[sydney]

pagan....??

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

pagan....??

Frater Perdurabo best blessed fairtrade Brightons favourite

 

[seagull_special]

Lentil co-operative anyone? I moved out of Brighton two and a half years ago and moved to Lewes mainly for the luxury of having a three bedroom house with a garden as opposed to a pokey 2 bed maisonette with a concrete patio and it was the best thing for us. Brighton is 15 minutes away, the traffic is nowhere near as bad, no drunks, lots of great pubs and cafes, no beggars, no intimidation when you walk the streets. I see Brighton's quality but is is really irritating to see all these Londoners who come to Britains 'hippest city' and erode what made it hip - the individuality, the quirkiness and the tolerance. I hate Fanshawe and his yearning to be the mayor of Coolville. Brighton doesn't need to talk itself up and boast about how great it is.

Lewes is a funny little place very insular - everybody knows everybody but it has loads of character and a family feel about it. the pace of life is not so frenetic and there are loads of yummy mummies, yoga teachers and right wing lefties (eat tofu and hate foreigners)

every place has its good and bad and I still have a great affection for Brighton, it does stand out and if I won the lottery I would probably buy the house of my dreams in Brighton but until then i am pretty happy where i am

 

[Notters]

the traffic is nowhere near as bad, no drunks, lots of great pubs and cafes, no beggars, no intimidation when you walk the streets.

I never understand people complaining about the traffic in Brighton. There's never any problem if you know where you're going. I can't say I've ever felt intimidated either - I often feel that is much more the mark of a small town where chavs run free.

 

[alan partridge]

Thought it was quite a good article that.

 

[User removed 4]

Same old recycled crap thats been written a thousand times before .

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I never understand people complaining about the traffic in Brighton. There's never any problem if you know where you're going.

My issue is the hundreds of cars that litter the streets, sitting stationary, pumping out fumes all over the place. The seafront, the Old Steine, Preston Park and so on.

 

[beorhthelm]

the answer to the title is YES. its a bloody marvellous city.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

My issue is the hundreds of cars that litter the streets, sitting stationary, pumping out fumes all over the place. The seafront, the Old Steine, Preston Park and so on.

i have no idea why anyone would BOTHER driving in central brighton

 

[Return of the Rev]

Paper talk

If the guardian are asking then probaly no! Mind you hove?

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

You threw the trendy term around too...

Got a bit owned there didn't you hb&b?

 

[Wilko]

I thought it was a good article but nothing ground breaking. As others have said, we should all be incredibly proud of our city. Whether you agree with the green vote, random nutters walking about, a vegetarian shoe shop, crustys that refuse to accept it is 2010 and odd student types or not, one thing is for sure: Brighton is unique.

The number of cities that are 'identi-kit' are staggering, a night out in most towns or cities is exactly the same, same shops, same pubs, same chrome and carpet clubs and Trevs and Sharons that all look the same. That can certainly not be said of Brigton (West st apart) It has CHARACTER and I love it.

 

[xenophon]

It's full of too many dickheads who look like this...

 

[xenophon]

 

[xenophon]

...ok, enough

 

[BLOCK F]

It's a pleasant town, by the sea and down the road from London. Parts of the place has become a little snobby and tiresome.

Nicely put....I would have said some of it is in danger of disappearing up its own arsehole....or slightly more politely,believing its own bullshit!

 

[The Large One]

Nicely put....I would have said some of it is in danger of disappearing up its own arsehole....or slightly more politely,believing its own bullshit!

You haven't really been paying attention, have you?

 

[BLOCK F]

You haven't really been paying attention, have you?

I have only just logged on...what do you mean?

 

[BLOCK F]

i have no idea why anyone would BOTHER driving in central brighton

If you visit Brighton from the Chichester area for the theatre or any other evening activity,you have to drive 'cos the last trains back are so ruddy early!Unfortunately!: