What do you dislike most about Brighton?

[Herr Tubthumper]

The North Lanes . I just can't find them.

You cannot find them.....I know where I will hang out from now on then.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Lack of exciting and challenging architecture.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's filthy.

This is part of the attraction isnt it?

 

[BrianWade4]

Litter and generally grime

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I know it is a bit NIMBY, and tourism/retail seem to be our only industries, but it gets my goat when in the summer, Madeira Drive is closed a majority of weekends, and stag/hen do's turn the town centre into a total toilet. The traffic totally nauses it up also, and us locals have trouble getting about Where are all these people in the winter

The traffic is a pain in the butt for sure. Tourism and retail is not an issue if a) they were paid better and b) house prices were reflective of the average local salary. I find it depressing that young people are being forced out due to finances.

I do not want to be too negative though as at times and in places Brighton is a magical city. I have met many many people across Europe who all know and who all talk very positively about the city. You/we are very lucky.

 

[Triggaaar]

it has no economy

1,500 new business start ups in the last 2 years, the highest London

Yep, because there are no jobs, people have to start their own businesses.

Indeed. They tend to be people who've never lived anywhere else. Brighton is cool, it's basically a decent town, one of the best in the area. But a lot of its residents seem to think it's some kind of bustling melting pot of a multi-cultural metropolis. It isn't. And parts of it are awful, although it's better than it used to be.

Nowhere is perfect. Where is better?

 

[worthingseagull123]

The fact that people think it is cool, is part of the problem.

Too many hooray henry's, alternatives, crusties, communists, environmentalists etc all make brighton a worse place.

The tolerance of travellers by the council despite the damage done to land is another problem. There is not this problem with illegal trespassing in other towns, to the same extent.

 

[algie]

Yep, because there are no jobs, people have to start their own businesses.

Nowhere is perfect. Where is better?

Where is better? York for a start. It's a stunning city

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I really like Brighton. I work there and I've lived there. But ... sitting as I am, at this moment, in the middle of the fine city of Bristol, I'm reminded that there are other great British cities that can deliver a quality of life that is just as good as anything that Brighton has to offer.

Fair point. I like Bristol. In some respects it's a bit more 'Brighton' than Brighton itself.

 

[desprateseagull]

very few sport facilities, apart from swimming? and for a TOWN the size of Brighton & Hove, 2 pools don't really cut it.

Oh, and price of beer. Hard pressed to even get two pints for less than a fiver, in Chaverspoons nowadays..

 

[7:18]

We don't have a curling rink :-(

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Fair point. I like Bristol. In some respects it's a bit more 'Brighton' than Brighton itself.

It ain't bad the main problem it will always have is the central parts are split up by a huge three lane roundabout (like the Old Steine to some extent but unlike the OS in completely the wrong place)

 

[Triggaaar]

Where is better? York for a start. It's a stunning city

Bit boring for my tastes. Bit cold and wet too. Is it very cosmopolitan?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Where is better? York for a start. It's a stunning city

I can think of a number of places which are really desirable and compete with Brighton but I must admit York does not feature. What do you like about it? What makes it stunning?

 

[algie]

I can think of a number of places which are really desirable and compete with Brighton but I must admit York does not feature. What do you like about it? What makes it stunning?

The stone wall around the city. Cobbled streets, the river that runs through the city. The architecture and history of the place. Oh and the people. Sorry but York is a nicer looking city than Brighton.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The stone wall around the city. Cobbled streets, the river that runs through the city. The architecture and history of the place. Oh and the people. Sorry but York is a nicer looking city than Brighton.

No need to apologize. I was just curious.

 

[Nibble]

After spending over a year in the wilderness that is Surrey I am very much looking forward to moving back to Brighton in the next few months. Spend a few months in crappy nothing towns like Molesey, Kingston, Cobham etc and you too will be pining for Sussex by the sea again, I assure you. There is just nowhere quite like it.

For example, I've just been out strolling trying to find somewhere open to get a paper. There is one place open at the end of town that was sold out. Hardly anybody on the streets, a few Mums and families in a restaurant. Dull as all hell. There'll be a few middle class twits in Hunters walking their Labradors by the river but they'll all be ugly as ****. Dead.

Sundays in Brighton are great and more often than not there'll be some marra's in a pub somewhere on a Sunday evening. Being self employed and living in Surrey is a mistake I won't be repeating.

 

[Nibble]

The general dirtiness of the streets. Embarrassing.

Really? Go to any other city in England and look at their streets, Brighton's sparkle in comparison.

 

[Working class pride]

The way the football club can get bigger gates than Leeds but nobody has any expectations of success

 

[hybrid_x]

spent many really enjoyable years around hove and 7-dials.....but looking back i can now clearly see it is a dirty, smelly, sh1thole, with really poor facilties......and to top it off.....uber cool rich types thinking it's amazing....probably after a line of coke and glass of wine, after a barbie on hove lawns.