pastafarian
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Portslade and the 'chav towns' of Sussex
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Thunder Bolt
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mikeyjh
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I think it's a bit too simple to equate house prices with 'a great place to live', and I'm making no slight on Portslade before anyone takes offence but there are some less attractive areas down here that I'm sure command higher prices than similar houses in decent areas of my home town. Not sure what that says about the property market but....
More broadly, some of the comments here and on the linked site are outrageous. Apparently you can criticise Portsmouth for 'the poverty'!! How dare those people of Portmouth be poor.....
Yup, twice the price of newhaven but I've not yet figured out why!
StonehamPark
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Direct trains to London perhaps?
Durrington seems to have gotten a lot nicer in the last 10 years or so, before they redeveloped Tesco they had a pub on it (forget the name) which was renowned as being a place full of ‘character’. I was also told that the deliveries to the Tesco at the time used to get attacked by the local kids.
Durrington High’s been revamped (as has the Tesco there) and the area seems more placid, I've heard a couple of instances relating to the Lamb in recent years but unsure if that points to anything.
Durrington High’s been revamped (as has the Tesco there) and the area seems more placid, I've heard a couple of instances relating to the Lamb in recent years but unsure if that points to anything.
Thunder Bolt
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So does Newhaven, in the morning and evening.
AmexRuislip
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Sidley, nr Bexhill
Bold Seagull
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Portslade suffers a bad press but is mostly okay. There is only the occasional chavalanche on Boundary Road these days...
Garry Nelson's teacher
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I probably shouldn't have looked at this thread but feel that it reflects more on some of the contributors than on the residents of so-called 'chav' areas. Personally can't stand this sort of inane stuff. I'll get my coat..................
I grew up in Crawley. It sucks massive balls. I hate the very mention of the place.
I can barely be bothered these days TBH.
I moved back to Portslade thanks to the marvels of the property market and fully expected to hate it. TBF I did for the first couple of years but that's because I'd been living in Sydney, then upmarket districts of Tokyo and Taipei and then a flat in the centre of Hove. Several years later I love it. The community spirit is fantastic, we've made some really good friends, kids' school is fine and I'd argue there are THREE good pubs (not been in The Stanley for a while though so not sure what's going on with it). You can get a seat on a rush hour train, it's a nice quick trip to the Amex and we're almost equidistant between our friends who have three tousle haired children, a piano and a BMW and our nearest discount jazz mag and White Lightning emporium. What's not to like?
St Leonards and Crawley however......
studio150
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Portslade suffers a bad press but is mostly okay. There is only the occasional chavalanche on Boundary Road these days...
Boundary Road is in Hove
Pretty pink fairy
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plenty of CCTV in the area, seems to be an influx of foreigners in the area
also the CHURCH IN whitehawk HANDS OUT FOOD PARCELSregards
DR
Pretty pink fairy
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Bold Seagull
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Minor post coding details, Boundary Road is West of Portslade Station! (just)....
Pretty pink fairy
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Jam The Man
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Can only think you are describing about 2 or 3 roads in South (lower) Portslade. The rest of the area is relatively pleasant!
full of ethnics
regards
DR
Not remotely what I meant. Wash your mouth out.