What do you dislike most about Brighton?

[KNC]

The councils indifference to the deterioration of the Victorian seafront infrastructure. Once it's gone, it's gone. Needs £70m spending on it. No money available except for the iTurd.

VERY much this

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Nothing like as good a city as it thinks it is


Apart from that it's pretty cool.

This. Brighton residents who bang on about it like it's San Francisco or something. Don't get me wrong. It's a decent place. But it's not nearly as desirable as some of the local bores like to think it is.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

House prices.
Climate (I'm comparing it to the Med, here).
I'd like a mountain range to be nearby.

And that's it. I love Brighton.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

The pedestrian speed at which pedestrian only areas are being introduced. There really is no need for cars to enter the 'old' town (inside east, west & north st)

 

[Goldstone1976]

It's currently 120 miles away from me. BUT, I've decided I'm going to move back! Just about to start the decision process about which area in Brighton.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

The councils indifference to the deterioration of the Victorian seafront infrastructure. Once it's gone, it's gone. Needs £70m spending on it. No money available except for the iTurd.

The Council have spent millions on the seafront widening pathways & encouraging millions of pounds if private investment in bars, restaurants, shops & art galleries. 20 years ago you had a point with abandoned arches, not now

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I LOVE the prices of houses

Very much not this

The pedestrian speed at which pedestrian only areas are being introduced. There really is no need for cars to enter the 'old' town (inside east, west & north st)

Very much this.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

It's currently 120 miles away from me. BUT, I've decided I'm going to move back! Just about to start the decision process about which area in Brighton.

Try the Hove area

 

[Commander]

This. Brighton residents who bang on about it like it's San Francisco or something. Don't get me wrong. It's a decent place. But it's not nearly as desirable as some of the local bores like to think it is.

Indeed. They tend to be people who've never lived anywhere else. Brighton is cool, it's basically a decent town, one of the best in the area. But a lot of its residents seem to think it's some kind of bustling melting pot of a multi-cultural metropolis. It isn't. And parts of it are awful, although it's better than it used to be.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Property and rent prices.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

The Council have spent millions on the seafront widening pathways & encouraging millions of pounds if private investment in bars, restaurants, shops & art galleries. 20 years ago you had a point with abandoned arches, not now

Large areas will soon be declared unsafe and closed off. I have no political agenda here just making reference to rotting ironwork and cliff retaining structures.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Parking
20 mph zones

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

The Hospital, wrong location, very poor parking and completely outdated. One of the worst in the South of England in this respect. New build urgently required.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

The pretentious middle class.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Try the Hove area

Definitely on the list! Quite liked the houses bordering Queens Park too.

 

[User removed 4]

DFLs

Why ,what's so bad about them?

 

[smeariestbat]

All the far left students that seem to migrate to brighton

 

[Napier's Knee]

The pretentious middle class.

This. But there is a worse middle class - Lewes

Brighton is great

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Definitely on the list! Quite liked the houses bordering Queens Park too.

Yes...

Tongdean Lane's quite nice.

 

[Machiavelli]

Can't be a*sed to think of anything, so from page 1 of this thread:
London prices, Brighton wages
the seagulls