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Brighton was not like that at all though to be honest, felt more continental, affluent and modern

there's a chance that London money flows down there though, like Nice and the Riviera for France, I don't know

Perhaps it's improved in the last few years, but Brighton is the only place I've personally seen someone sitting on a street shooting heroin in the early afternoon.

...and Brighton is supposed to be a posh beach resort town, no?

That depends of the era you learned of its reputation I suspect. I'm not sure I've ever heard that idea despite growing up in the neighbouring county.

Expensive != posh -- the proximity and relatively easy trains to London probably help make it expensive.

It was when I looked up what's behind Fatboy Slim's "You're not from Brighton". That was well after its release date (1998). Let's say 2010-2015?

Ah by then it was likely on the way to being gentrified - I'm thinking of 2003-4 kind of time.

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