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To say that people in Sussex are awful?

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iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:23

Can't quite put my finger on what it is, but generally in Sussex when working or travelling there, whether in towns, coast or countryside, people do seem to have this awful, cold and arrogant demeanour about them that they are somehow something they aren't?

Just seem to look down their noses at anyone else and must say I don't think you see that as much even in London!

Must add as well, there do seem to be a rather large proportion of quite aggressive elderly ex-Londoners who almost come across as ex football hooligans?

AIBU or is there something I'm missing? anyone know anywhere else like this?🤔

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AllGrownUp1465 · 19/09/2024 15:50

poppyzbrite4 · 19/09/2024 15:45

Is that you OP?

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Erm no… are you living in East Sussex and can’t take criticism… seems about right (from experience)

DejaTu · 19/09/2024 15:50

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:23

Can't quite put my finger on what it is, but generally in Sussex when working or travelling there, whether in towns, coast or countryside, people do seem to have this awful, cold and arrogant demeanour about them that they are somehow something they aren't?

Just seem to look down their noses at anyone else and must say I don't think you see that as much even in London!

Must add as well, there do seem to be a rather large proportion of quite aggressive elderly ex-Londoners who almost come across as ex football hooligans?

AIBU or is there something I'm missing? anyone know anywhere else like this?🤔

Harsh.

A massive generalisation.

poppymango · 19/09/2024 15:49

Gelasring · 19/09/2024 15:28

Are you a Mancunian getting your revenge for the other thread?!

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OneTC · 19/09/2024 15:49

I used to live in Sussex but was exiled to Croydon as part of a cultural exchange programme. It was because I wasn't sufficiently awful.

SocksAndTheCity · 19/09/2024 15:48

I've no interest in Sussex, but kudos to the OP for managing to get a couple of cheap shots in at London and Londoners on a thread which is nothing to do with either. You have learned Mumsnet well.

Shodan · 19/09/2024 15:46

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:40

Where I'm from doesn't matter! Not from there, and although there is an unfriendly 'snooty south' stereotype in the UK, a lot of people there seem very unfriendly or have a very 'fake friendly' demeanour

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Could I please just make it known that we put an awful lot of effort into being the 'snooty south' and no-one ever gives us the credit for that effort. It's almost as if you think everyone is just naturally like that.

It's very disheartening.

Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 19/09/2024 15:46

I am not in Sussex and I am quite awful . I must be lost ! .

forclean · 19/09/2024 15:45

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poppyzbrite4 · 19/09/2024 15:45

AllGrownUp1465 · 19/09/2024 15:44

I was born and grew up in East Sussex, and have lived all over the country

Sadly I agree, it’s very snooty and rude!

Is that you OP?

pilates · 19/09/2024 15:45

So what towns have you visited op?

AllGrownUp1465 · 19/09/2024 15:44

I was born and grew up in East Sussex, and have lived all over the country

Sadly I agree, it’s very snooty and rude!

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 15:44

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:40

Where I'm from doesn't matter! Not from there, and although there is an unfriendly 'snooty south' stereotype in the UK, a lot of people there seem very unfriendly or have a very 'fake friendly' demeanour

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Is it just Sussex (still haven’t made it clear WHICH Sussex or where) that you look down upon? I live in Swansea, have at us too if you like? Seem to need to get some stuff off your chest…

ExquisiteEmelda · 19/09/2024 15:44

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:40

Where I'm from doesn't matter! Not from there, and although there is an unfriendly 'snooty south' stereotype in the UK, a lot of people there seem very unfriendly or have a very 'fake friendly' demeanour

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Ha ha, so the ones who are being friendly are being fake 🤣😆🤣

RisingSunn · 19/09/2024 15:41

The only area that I’ve heard negative stories about is St Leonard’s on Sea. Mainly racism - in schools/shops etc.

But the town is obviously a small part of Sussex. (East?)

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iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 15:40

HornyHornersPinkyWinky · 19/09/2024 15:38

Are you from Manchester OP? Are you pissed off because of the other thread....

Where I'm from doesn't matter! Not from there, and although there is an unfriendly 'snooty south' stereotype in the UK, a lot of people there seem very unfriendly or have a very 'fake friendly' demeanour

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Shodan · 19/09/2024 15:39

SilenceInside · 19/09/2024 15:31

West or East? Or both. It's really quite a large part of southern England. What is it that changes when Sussex becomes Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, Greater London...?

I'm imagining this is a wind up as PP have said.

I can't speak for all of them, but we patrol the borders of Surrey with pitchforks and water cannons, demanding excellent manners from all incomers, especially those from rough counties like 'Sussex'.

HornyHornersPinkyWinky · 19/09/2024 15:38

Are you from Manchester OP? Are you pissed off because of the other thread....

Peonies12 · 19/09/2024 15:35

Given there's one of you, and many many people in Sussex, surely you must realise it's you that's the problem.

SecondFavouriteDinosaur · 19/09/2024 15:32

Absolutely agree OP. We went to Camber Sands once and it was absolutely heaving with octogenarians chanting football songs down the High Street. Couldn’t move for them.

SilenceInside · 19/09/2024 15:31

West or East? Or both. It's really quite a large part of southern England. What is it that changes when Sussex becomes Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, Greater London...?

I'm imagining this is a wind up as PP have said.

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 19/09/2024 15:31

I expect they've singled you out for this treatment OP.
Do you mean both East and West Sussex? And does this behaviour stop at the county border ie do you find people are different in say the Weald of Kent?

WinterFrog · 19/09/2024 15:30

GiveMeSpanakopita · 19/09/2024 15:29

There's an old saying of my dad's that I think may be pertinent here:

"If you met one arsehole today, very well, you met an arsehole. If you meet arseholes all day every day....then you need to consider the possibility that you, in fact, are the arsehole."

Definitely!

LlynTegid · 19/09/2024 15:29

There are one or two communities in Sussex that have gone downhill over recent years, but I have not been to them and my experience of Sussex is very positive.

Had a holiday there last year and a weekend there this.

WinterFrog · 19/09/2024 15:29

Runningupthecurtains · 19/09/2024 15:26

Well I'm in Sussex and I'm awful! So you could be right.
My Sussex town is very friendly - my northern mother, from a famously friendly chatty part of the country, always comments on how nice people are here.

Tbf I'm pretty horrible as well

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 15:29

Shodan · 19/09/2024 15:28

That's so strange, because I was just thinking the same thing about people where you live, OP.

What are the odds eh?

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