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points by jen20 2 days ago | 0 comments
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.
[–] ahartmetz 1 day ago
...and Brighton is supposed to be a posh beach resort town, no?
[–] jen20 23 hours ago
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.

[–] ahartmetz 18 hours ago
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?
[–] jen20 9 hours ago
Ah by then it was likely on the way to being gentrified - I'm thinking of 2003-4 kind of time.