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    I was just idly browsing and came across this site with comments about Eastbourne, the place I live when not at uni.

    One thing summed up much of the way the town works really well -

    "The people (are) dragging the town back. The demographics are shifting and Eastbourne's getting younger, but there is a tension between the historical 'forces of conservatism'. The Lib Dem/Tory council doesn't know its arse from its elbow on most matters and nothing progressive ever gets done. This suits the cosy middle class pensioners that are the only politically active group of any substance. However, this doesn't represent the youth (meaning those under 35) or the disadvantaged, or a whole load of other people. The local papers add to the problem, by paying peanuts for reporters and getting monkeys. Problems of support and services for addicts, homeless, refugees, small businesses, poor young families and students need addressing. The town planning could do with a re-think too. However, everything will change, as the growth in young families (Stone Cross, Langney) and commercial development (start-up businesses, stable commerce and specific projects, like the Crumbles) combine to prompt a shift in attitudes. The old people aren't a problem, but their over-representation is. Cheers - I was born here and nobody ever listens, all the good people get disillusioned and leave. "

    In regards to the newspapers - we had some journalists come in to talk to a few of us when I was in college and they said they only use the local papers as a stepping stone, having to make dreary stories appear more problematic and to appeal to the middle-right over 50 population.

    An odd thing about this town, which I haven't seen as being anywhere near as bad as in other places, is the whole grunger/townie divide. Every younger person in this town who isn't a student (which is most as there's no real university here) is one of the other and they seem to really hate each other.

    Another problem with the fact that everyone who's my age is usually in a full time job means prices on everything for my age group, from clothes to drinks, are through the roof.

    Ah, well I can always escape when I've left uni. So what's the worst about your town?

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    Our parish council is run by a bunch of cheesemakers and farmers who aren't at all representative of the people and who give out planning applications based not upon merit or upon ecological concerns but upon how much they like the people who put the application in.

    Add that to the size of the place - 25 houses, 1 pub, 1 church - and it's not Hell, just a tiny replica of it.
    "Love the earth and sun and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown . . . reexamine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency" - Walt Whitman

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    • #3
      The Mormons.
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      • #4
        San Francisco? I would have to say the worse problem is the high cost for real estate / rent ... Other than that, it's fabulous.
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        • #5
          Yeah, San Francisco seems great, just expensive (I was there last summer).

          As for Austin, the problems include traffic, people who want to ride bikes on the highway, bums who hang out and ask me for money while smoking cigarettes (sorry, pet peeve), and large peace demonstrations that block traffic. Probably more problems, too.
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          • #6
            Ulen, Minnesota. Population 532.

            The mayor is a old, Republican jack@ss who doesn't want to raise taxes to provide services that would get people to move here. A measure to build a build a new school almost didn't pass because people complained the taxes would go up. People here are either pinko commies or right-wing nutheads.

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            • #7
              Cupar. Pretty town. Has the soul of a Spice Girls song. One nightclub. Very few bars and a strong religious community.

              So, very twee, but nothing going for it. There isn't much of a yob problem, except that they, like me, are bored sh*tless

              Edit: Why did the s-word appear in my post? I didn't do my usual trick.
              Last edited by Evil Knevil; July 13, 2003, 16:50.
              Res ipsa loquitur

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              • #8
                People don't seem to bother with Eastbourne too much due to its proximity to Brighton - which has a massive straight and gay scene and a very vibrant culture.

                The Conservatives in Eastbourne seem content on killing the small businesses on the seafront (our b&b being one of them) by not allowing government funded asylum seekers and refugees to stay in seafront hotels anymore. Surely it's our choice, not theirs? We don't exactly get many tourists in the winter.

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                • #9
                  About the town I was raised in, then moved away from, four years ago.

                  First, the name of my hometown is Holy Cross.

                  Second, there's only 300 people living in there between the hills, surrounded by cornfields. Can you picture the exciting night life?

                  Third, it's predominantly of devoted Catholics.


                  I have been able to breathe much easier in the four years since I moved away.

                  A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                  • #10
                    My village is notable only for it's proximity to Hibaldstow, the place where that lad fell out of the sky a few days ago when his parachute was tampered with.
                    "Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.

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                    • #11
                      Stockholm, Beauty on Water, the Island City, Record Shop Browsing Capital of the World.
                      Världsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
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                      • #12
                        Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, home of Harry Potter, birthplace of Tony Blair, bursting with history and fine architecture. It's got a ridiculous number of parks, and a magnificent skyline. Pubs and clubs are clustered in the Old Town, nestling under bridges in ancient cellars.

                        It's not all good, of course. The Scottish Parliament, the most overpriced building in history, can be found here. I'm not joking when I say that it should be converted into a casino until we make our money back. Outside the centre, there are grim council estates and featureless shopping centres a-plenty. And it's the birthplace of Tony Blair.

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                        • #13
                          Tony Blair is a Scottie!!! I thought we wasta Eglishman.

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                          • #14
                            The worst thing about my town? The mayor and the city council don't know jack **** about nothing, or they're sadists and they're doing it on purpose. Aside from that it's not THAT bad...the standard of living is nice, it's not overly religious or political or anything...sounds like there's a lot worse hellholes I could be living in apparently.
                            meet the new boss, same as the old boss

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                            • #15
                              You wouldn't know it, would you? His parents were English, I believe, but he grew up here.

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