Is Brighton Britain's Hippest City

[Cheshire Cat]

Guardian today...

Is Brighton Britain's hippest city? | Life and style | The Guardian

 

[Deleted User X18H]

No its just a place to live really. I note this Guardian journo didn't venture to Whitehawk Moulsecoomb Coldean etc. That is real Brighton, not the plastic commercial Brighton that appears to have evolved between the Piers.

And what is Fanshawe banging on about now. I do wish he'd sod off back to Devizes.

 

[Common as Mook]

Stopwatch on for when the Spanish pipes up and dribbles all over his keyboard again....

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

i'm REALLY growing to hate the term "it's VERY brighton" or "that's SO brighton"


fucks sake, what does it even MEAN?!

 

[Mellotron]

Stopwatch on for when the Spanish pipes up and dribbles all over his keyboard again....

I was LITERALLY coming on here just to say:

*awaits The Spanish*

 

[Deleted User X18H]

i'm REALLY growing to hate the term "it's VERY brighton" or "that's SO brighton"


fucks sake, what does it even MEAN?!

It means a few people have turned up in our town and consider it quite libralist and unique not to mention quirky. They then float bout banging on about BrighTON this and BrighTON that.

However if they ventured thier opinion that its 'so BrighTON or very BrighTON in area of town where real Brightonians still live they'd soon realise its just like anywhere else in the country really.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Brighton is a great place to live, I've no idea why people want to talk it down so much.

 

[The Large One]

No its just a place to live really. I note this Guardian journo didn't venture to Whitehawk Moulsecoomb Coldean etc. That is real Brighton, not the plastic commercial Brighton that appears to have evolved between the Piers.

Principally because he was talking about the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, and more specifically central Brighton, not the small-town, suburban, reactionary universe you inhabit and like to proselytise.

Thankfully, not everyone is as narrow-minded as you.

 

[Scampi]

I just read that article and was going to post it on here myself, mainly for the entetainment of "certain" posters foaming at the mouth. And look , one of the usual suspects has already turned up.

 

[Mr Everyone]

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.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I just read that article and was going to post it on here myself, mainly for the entetainment of "certain" posters foaming at the mouth. And look , one of the usual suspects has already turned up.

So says he from Denton! Is that the one in Newhaven or Manchester?

 

[Acker79]

The greens only got in because we're full of trendy types apparently, so we must be hip.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Principally because he was talking about the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, and more specifically central Brighton, not the small-town, suburban, reactionary universe you inhabit and like to proselytise.

Thankfully, not everyone is as narrow-minded as you.

So are you broad minded? I suppose you must be

 

[Hotchilidog]

It means a few people have turned up in our town and consider it quite libralist and unique not to mention quirky. They then float bout banging on about BrighTON this and BrighTON that.

However if they ventured thier opinion that its 'so BrighTON or very BrighTON in area of town where real Brightonians still live they'd soon realise its just like anywhere else in the country really.

It's a little sad that you cannot appreciate all the good things that this town has to offer. No town or city is a utopia, but Brighton fares better than most in offering a good living experience. I sometimes wonder why you still live here as you quite obviously loathe the place.

 

[SpidersLegs]

No its just a place to live really. I note this Guardian journo didn't venture to Whitehawk Moulsecoomb Coldean etc. That is real Brighton, not the plastic commercial Brighton that appears to have evolved between the Piers.

And what is Fanshawe banging on about now. I do wish he'd sod off back to Devizes.

What are you trying to say about Coldean? Have you lived there? Nothing like the other 2 at all

 

[Acker79]

I don't believe I've ever heard anyone say "it's so Brighton" about anything.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It is a great place. And it has always been basically a liberal-minded town - which stands it out from a lot of places.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I thought it was a good article, sums up a lot of the town quite well.

 

[Scampi]

So says he from Denton! Is that the one in Newhaven or Manchester?

I just knew you wouldn't be able to keep away from this thread.

 

[The Large One]

The greens only got in because we're full of trendy types apparently, so we must be hip.

You see, that raises another question.

I've always assumed that 'trendy' implies someone who either inspires or influences a trend, maybe follows a trend, usually in fashion, culture, literature or art.

I voted Green this time, but I don't think anyone could accuse me of having those values listed there, nor could anyone call me 'hip'. And I certainly can't stand tofu or soya-lattes. I understand that people are using the phrase in a perjorative sense, but what, in this instance, do people mean when they refer to 'trendy types'?