[Brighton] Is Brighton & Hove as a city getting better, or getting worse?

[Ali_rrr]

I only visit once or twice a year now but every time I've brought people over they've loved it. Most want to come back again or could even see themselves living in Brighton.

 

[pocketseagull]

I absolutely loved seeing the ZULU graffiti on Anston House as the train arrived in Brighton.

 

[essbee1]

if europe is so good .....move to their

there.

 

[Ali_rrr]

if europe is so good .....move to their

It's class mate. Highly recommend it!


Now if only there was a way other people could easily move to Europe...

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Anston House has been demolished, and new apartments are being constructed. Here's a reminder of what was there:

An urban legend, the skeleton of Anston House: ‘the building been cursed ever since’

From the Brighton Argus, May 10th 2021, A forensic team is digging at the site of “Brighton’s ugliest building” to investigate a claim that a human skeleton was at the site. Police say a person has…

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That’s it, sadly predictable that it’s new apartments but I guess what else would it be based on location

Thanks for the link

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Agree, and there's quite a lot going that'll be great for the city - Valley Gardens phase 3, Black Rock, and Kingsway to the Sea will be superb addition to the city, for a start.

Any sizeable city has less desirable parts. Brighton and Hove has a whole host of brilliant areas to explore, both city centre, residential (the varied and architecturally interesting residential areas around the outside of the city are fantastic to stroll around, especially since they all without exception include great pubs) and along the coastal strip. Amazing array of restaurants and pubs, always events and festivals going on, diverse population.

I get it's all down to opinions, its not perfect (no city is), but folk moaning about some aspects of the city always makes me chuckle.

During the bleaker months the city still has a lot to offer imo too imo!

I agree with a vast part of your post EXCEPT VG3 - nothing but a very expensive vanity project at a high price to the local taxpayer that will cause traffic chaos. It's attempting to solve a problem that isn't real.

 

[Taybha]

The place went to pot when the blue and white 49 & 49a stopped running,the last straw for me was the demolition of the danger box in Queensway,nobody ever found me there whilst playing 44 save all.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Places such as these selling a lifestyle as opposed to a place to live

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Perks

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Thanks for this. I do not have an issue with this per se. My main issue is that these new builds usually look cheap and shite. That curved glass fronted building on Grand Parade is an example. The artists impressions looked amazing....reality is a dirty cheap looking apartment block.

Brighton is becoming super expensive though, and I do not know the answer. An area becomes attractive and the prices increase. and people get priced out..this is just life unless the government intervene. Something good which comes out of this though, is those priced out are usually younger and move on and breath new life into other places. This has happended with Worthing for example. There are plenty of other places in the UK, and the world for that matter (Brooklyn, Liepzig), where this has also happened. I have conflicting views, part of me thinks move on and create some fun elsewhere, part thinks it's shit.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I think Brighton has been remarkably insulated from the general town centre decay you see when you travel much north of London

You've obviously never been to Palmer's Green, north London, now that is a ghetto shithole on a massive scale, even on a sunny day it looks like a depressed, run-down version of (insert Beirut, Mogadishu, Portslade etc. )

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

You've obviously never been to Palmer's Green, north London, now that is a ghetto shithole on a massive scale, even on a sunny day it looks like a depressed, run-down version of (insert Beirut, Mogadishu, Portslade etc. )

Never been to and not even heard of it

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I only visit once or twice a year now but every time I've brought people over they've loved it. Most want to come back again or could even see themselves living in Brighton.

I think most people take away fond memories of Brighton. Quite a number of times when I've been checking into hotels abroad, the receptionist has got quite animated when they've seen 'Brighton' on my registration form. Invariably they've done a language course or an exchange visit here. Certainly helps break the ice!

 

[Coldeanseagull]

It's definitely become more gentrified and the proliferation of luxury apartments feels antithetical to what I like about the city. There was also a period where Aroe / Gary and other locals were producing an unreal amount of world class graffiti in prime spots and that era is sadly over.

It's called vandalism.

As you get older, your perspective changes. Now in my sixties, I avoid the town centre like the plague, it's full of kids(thirties and below) who listen to shit music and dress like they're going to go skip diving. They're loud, foul mouthed, drugged up and annoy me.
I understand why old people are always grumpy now

 

[Doc Lynam]

Over the last 10-15 years - has Brighton & Hove got better, or worse?

Wait what was the result of your Asian poll?

 

[pocketseagull]

How can this be vandalism? (of course I realise it's your subjective opinion!)

 

[Doc Lynam]

Brighton Station has a lot more colour these days.

 

[Hometownglory]

To me it just feels neglected. I always find it sad seeing the dilapidated arches, rusty seafront railings, broken seafront shelters, the iconic seafront lights left in a state of disrepair. The graffiti tagging everywhere has gotten worse over the past 10 years. The city just feels so unloved, yet the price to live here is beyond extentionate. I still love it though, the city centre and seafront just needs some TLC. Recouping some of the unpaid debts from I360 could help with this...maybe!

 

[London Irish]

Is this poster’s ritual engagement threads getting better or getting worse

 

[BadFish]

It's called vandalism.

As you get older, your perspective changes. Now in my sixties, I avoid the town centre like the plague, it's full of kids(thirties and below) who listen to shit music and dress like they're going to go skip diving. They're loud, foul mouthed, drugged up and annoy me.
I understand why old people are always grumpy now

I'm 50, how long do I have before I turn into a miserable old bastard?

For me

tagging = vandalism
Street art = art

And for the record this attitude hasn't really changed since its inception.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

The answer is that it's getting better in some ways and worse in others.

Worse: the vandalism, the tagging, the expense of housing, the influx of Londoners, the crumbling Arches, the empty shops, the ridiculous i360, the crime, the potholes, La Cappanina has closed, still bugger all happening at Black Rock, too many student properties, the Manhattanisation of Lewes Road.

Better: the North Laine, the explosion of decent places to eat and drink, especially at beach level along the seafront, Albion shirts everywhere, the sheer vibrancy of streets such as London Road and Lewes Road that were once drab and down-at-heel, the new hospital building, the Amex, Albion in the Premier League.

It could be better, but it's still one of the best places to live in the UK.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

tagging = vandalism
Street art = art

And for the record this attitude hasn't really changed since its inception.

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