Is Brighton Britain's Hippest City

[Barrel of Fun]

Fair enough, I might pay a visit to the suburbs one day to see what goes on and what people look like.

Do you not watch Brighton playing at home?

 

[The Large One]

I live in the suburbs. I used to live in the centre. I'm not a chav, and I'm not particularly hip.

I hate Timmy's disgusting assertions about people from the various estates, as it's evident he doesn't know what he's on about, and especially as he hasn't really studied himself before making them.

I wish Timmy would live on the Moon.

 

[Questions]

I live in the suburbs. I used to live in the centre. I'm not a chav, and I'm not particularly hip.

I hate Timmy's disgusting assertions about people from the various estates, as it's evident he doesn't know what he's on about, and especially as he hasn't really studied himself before making them.

I wish Timmy would live on the Moon.

I bet you`d follow him there for an arguement though.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

"hippest" is a bit of a wanky phrase anyway isn't it?


i'd even describe it as very "brighton"

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I bet you`d follow him there for an arguement though.

Cause he would then he'd wax lyrical about all my supposed shortcomings. The bloke's obsessed with me

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I live in the suburbs. I used to live in the centre. I'm not a chav, and I'm not particularly hip.

I hate Timmy's disgusting assertions about people from the various estates, as it's evident he doesn't know what he's on about, and especially as he hasn't really studied himself before making them.

I wish Timmy would live on the Moon.

I said they were Brightonians who won't think Brighton is particularly hip and trendy.

I can think of far more disgusting things

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

The bloke's obsessed with me

That makes two of you.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Do you not watch Brighton playing at home?

straight in and straight out when I go to the footy. I dont hang around to study the locals. But Withdean isnt representative of the burbs in general is it? I mean, I've never seen anyone riding around with their top off on a mini-bike.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

straight in and straight out when I go to the footy. I dont hang around to study the locals. But Withdean isnt representative of the burbs in general is it? I mean, I've never seen anyone riding around with their top off on a mini-bike.

There was an elderly lady that lived in my parents' road partial to that sort of behaviour, I think she has since died though.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

straight in and straight out when I go to the footy. I dont hang around to study the locals. But Withdean isnt representative of the burbs in general is it? I mean, I've never seen anyone riding around with their top off on a mini-bike.

Apparently that is now my 'burb' I was chatting with Ken Norman at a drinks party last night and he told of some boundary changes I wasn't aware off.

 

[Mendoza]

Brighton would be so much better if the planning department had the balls to modernise the city centre, so much stuff gets rejected. Normally things that would indeed help Brighton be the hippest part of Britain

 

[fataddick]

The reason that pubs keep changing their name is that Brighton is reportedly the city with highest number of pubs per capita in England if not the UK. As a result we have far more local pub chains than other provincial towns and cities, eg the evil empire (Brighton Inn Co, formerly Zel), Pleisure, Golden Lion, whatever that Irish bloke's chain is called, etc; in the latest list of the top 100 independent pub chains in the UK, nine were solely Brighton-based. So pubs change hands between these chains - and independent owners - a lot. And quite often the new owners change thei pub's name to reflect their own identity, or to try to disassociate from its past (eg if it had acquired a reputation as a shithole), or quite often to return it to an original/earlier name.*

If pubs changing their names a lot is the worst thing you can find about a city, the place must be OK, huh?

*Case in point: The Eddy, up near the station. Originally this was the Edwardian (or Edwardian Hotel). Then it was bought and rebranded as part of a national chain of pubs all called the Tap & Spile. Then it was acquired, I believe, by the evil empire. It was briefly called The Lunchbox (no-one but me remembers this) before becoming the Game of Life. Then when the evil empire realised they couldn't make enough money off it and boohooed away, a bloke who operates seven or eight pubs locally took it over and called it the Eddy. Because that at least harks back to its original name, whilst having a more youthful/'hip' twist. It's up for sale at the moment, so God knows what it will be called next. Four name changes in around ten years seems a lot, but who can you really single out to blame for them? It's just business, innit.

 

[The Large One]

I only remember the Eddy as 'The Edinburgh'.

Still, if anyone wants to complain about the changing of pubs' names, they can always write to their MP. You probably won't get any change out of one of them though - as one of the biggest protagonists of this act was a company called Webb-Kirby, which later changed its name to C-Side.

One of its founders, Simon Kirby, is now the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I only remember the Eddy as 'The Edinburgh'.

Still, if anyone wants to complain about the changing of pubs' names, they can always write to their MP. You probably won't get any change out of one of them though - as one of the biggest protagonists of this act was a company called Webb-Kirby, which later changed its name to C-Side.

One of its founders, Simon Kirby, is now the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown.

If I wrote to my MP, it would be utterly pointless as she is basically in the house of commons being pointed to and laughed at. Anything she has to say will be some ridiculous Green Party issue, she has no interest in the constituency she represents. She has basically squatted in pavilion and the weak minded and politically inept have fallen for it.

 

[MattBackHome]

If I wrote to my MP, it would be utterly pointless as she is basically in the house of commons being pointed to and laughed at. Anything she has to say will be some ridiculous Green Party issue, she has no interest in the constituency she represents. She has basically squatted in pavilion and the weak minded and politically inept have fallen for it.

Tosh. And indeed, Pish.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Where is he? He's taking advice I reckon!

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

If I wrote to my MP, it would be utterly pointless as she is basically in the house of commons being pointed to and laughed at. Anything she has to say will be some ridiculous Green Party issue, she has no interest in the constituency she represents. She has basically squatted in pavilion and the weak minded and politically inept have fallen for it.

I am neither weak minded or politically inept, so f***ing do one you idiot.

 

[mona]

If pubs changing their names a lot is the worst thing you can find about a city, the place must be OK, huh?

*Case in point: The Eddy, up near the station. Originally this was the Edwardian (or Edwardian Hotel). Then it was bought and rebranded as part of a national chain of pubs all called the Tap & Spile. Then it was acquired, I believe, by the evil empire. It was briefly called The Lunchbox (no-one but me remembers this) before becoming the Game of Life. Then when the evil empire realised they couldn't make enough money off it and boohooed away, a bloke who operates seven or eight pubs locally took it over and called it the Eddy. Because that at least harks back to its original name, whilst having a more youthful/'hip' twist. It's up for sale at the moment, so God knows what it will be called next. Four name changes in around ten years seems a lot, but who can you really single out to blame for them? It's just business, innit.

1 The point about pub-name-changing arose as it indicates a shifting local identity. Slightly naff also.
2 It's the Edinburgh but not worth worrying about as there are better pubs near there.

Brighton was hip in the 60s. Surely it's now "chilled".

 

[The Spanish]

"seared Tuna"
"British middle class"
"rocket salad"
"sipping expressos"
"organic ale"


But it's all quite tolerable, because he's opted out of a life living among Brightonians and commuting to a cosy office job in central London, surrounded by middle class commuters and all their trappings like pret a mangers and wine bars.

Oh wait, he he hasn't.

 

[The Spanish]

Why don't people just ignore hb&b? He's clearly a total simpleton.

Brighton itself is a likeable city but has it's fair share of problems, and I'm not just talking about it's seedy underbelly. There appears to be a lack of vision, both in new architecture and in solving its practical problems. Personally, it does grate with me how people in Brighton will sneer at proper working Sussex towns like Haywards Heath or Crawley, while berate the fact that you need to work out of town in order to afford property in Brighton.

Have you ever, in your life, lived in Brighton? Simple yes or no.