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Crawley .... like being in a third world country
- Thread starter goldstone
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Sussex Nomad
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Says the man in Sheffield
Red Side Of Sussex
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- Jul 25, 2009
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Crawley and Horsham are worlds apart .They have absolutely nothing in common at all.I've lived in Crawley 50 years and this is the first time I've heard someone say Crawley is like Horsham.
The people are different,the landscape is different,attitudes are different,accents are different,I bet the water tastes diffrent too.
The people are different,the landscape is different,attitudes are different,accents are different,I bet the water tastes diffrent too.
wigman
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Have you been to Bognor recently ?
looney
Banned
- Jul 7, 2003
- 15,652
Different number of chromosones as wellI'd guess.
Crawleyreminds me of Norwich in a way in that it can be discribed as about a dozen villages stuck together. Yes some parts are quite reasonablebut towns image is based on its centre, what impression it leaves. And Crawley is about as Turgid as it gets.
If its not semi derelict its an over supply of kebab shops that nobody uses or the over priced shopping centre barring Primark, a magnet for the less articulate members of Crawley. I have found the Asians to be generally rude and stuck up and wont give them the time of day. In fact the nicest people appear to be the homeless, and I'm not joking here.
Went to the Toby Carvery last week and had a fantastic meal, but then thats Manor Royal I beleive. Crawley is somewhere I would describe as a right off.
The silly whatsits are just because I thought the comparison with Horsham was a bit mad. If you had said something like 'I like living where I am as much as I did when in Horsham' (obviously you may not have lived in Horsham, it's an example) I'd have understood, as places have pros and cons, and a lot of people will dislike the style of a town like Horsham (just as some people would dislike the type of place that Brighton is), but it sounded like you were saying it was similar to Horsham, which it isn't (IMO). Horsham is what it is partly because of it's town centre, so it's part of any comparison IMO. Otherwise and estate of the edge of Horsham could be like an estate on the edge of anywhere.
Of course. As a new town, Crawley has always had a bad reputation, and for whatever reason it's still got it. Maybe Crawley's not as bad as many of us think, but on a Brighton footy forum you're on a hiding to nothing.
My mate was a bouncer in the clubs in Brighton and also Crawley..... Brighton clubs were far less trouble than the ones in Crawley.
I worked in and around Crawley, had not had much dealings with Horsham until i visited the town centre a couple of months ago.....i was quite impressed and very little comparison with Crawley.
I used to take the kids to Tilgate Park, nice park.
chucky1973
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I said that tongue in cheek. Tilgate really is a beautiful part of the county. I can walk for hours around those woods to lease pottage and not see a soul. I can spend hours up there either on foot with the dog or riding the mountain bike.
chucky1973
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Horsham town centre is very poor. It has one nice part where there is some lovely restaurants and bars but apart from that it is not great. I went on a stag do recently and we met at a wetherspoons pub by Sainsburys at 10am. There were 30 or 40 people already in there drinking shorts and beer. They looked a horrible group of people. My point being all towns nice and not so nice have bad areas and good areas. Look at some of the outskirts of Brighton. I wouldn't walk there in the dark through fear of attack
chucky1973
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I walk up there every morning and every evening including winter with my spaniel Dexter. Generally round the golf course as I can take a club and play golf throughout the summer and not see a person. Love it.
Having lived in Horsham for 18 years prior to moving, try harder
Always fun to play up the stereotype, in reality Crawley has its smooth and rough edges same as any other town.
Juan Albion
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Having lived in Horsham for 18 years prior to moving, try harder
smooth and rough edges same as any other town.
Burslem.
See there I disagree, as a doorman for approx 20 years and having worked in both Brighton and Crawley for long periods of time. Brighton is far far far worse than Crawley. There is more violence and more drugs in Brighton as you'd expect in city compared to a town.working the door in Crawley is a doddle compared to Brighton.
Why is that ?
I've lived here for most of my life and always felt very much part of Sussex.
I hate Surrey too.
daveybgtt
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To get to Tilgate park you seem to drive through a pretty poor looking area with raggedy England flags on poles and shoddy off road parking solutions that reminds me of the Quadrant in Durrington, yuck.
looney
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Lack of Demand. Combination of factors, home shopping, county Mall and the lack of choice all add up to make the place look a bit desolate and tragic imo.
ferring seagull
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- Dec 30, 2010
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I worked in Crawley and lived in Worth on the outskirts which was wonderful as within a few minutes walk one could be watching the deer watching you.
That was almost 25 years ago so I am sorry to hear of it's demise though it does not surprise me due to the proximity to Gatwick Airport with the inevitable associated problems.
That was almost 25 years ago so I am sorry to hear of it's demise though it does not surprise me due to the proximity to Gatwick Airport with the inevitable associated problems.
Raleigh Chopper
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How can you hate a county?
If you came into a lot of money (maybe you are already rich) and had the opportunity to live in, lets say, Sunningdale or even The Wentworth Estate, the snobbery in us all would come out and you would very seriously consider it, or would you say, no chance, I am not going to live in Surrey.