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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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Reugny · 19/09/2024 18:05

Sinisterdexter · 19/09/2024 18:01

I was exiled to Yorkshire for 20 years.
Sussex would have been utopia. 😂

Isn't Yorkshire - "God's own country"?

anxioussister · 19/09/2024 18:04

Just adding my own Sussex-dwelling voice to the choir - I, too, am dreadful.

It is oft remarked that I have an unusually haughty demeanour for a former football hooligan (I prefer ‘dormant’ to ‘former’ - I may yet rise to hool again, haven’t ruled it out)

How can someone with so many union-jack tattoos look down their nose so aggressively? It’s a craft I will never cease refining. My Magnum opus.

Happy to answer any further questions you might have on behalf of every single resident of both East and West Sussex.

bringincrazyback · 19/09/2024 18:03

Sinisterdexter · 19/09/2024 18:01

I was exiled to Yorkshire for 20 years.
Sussex would have been utopia. 😂

Why's that, then?

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 18:03

Goldenbear · 19/09/2024 17:56

As the OP described it pages back as being literally next to Horsham. Horsham is very middle England and very Conservative but also attractive. I know that Lewes is East Sussex and? Hardly weird.

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No they didn’t - I just checked - unless deleted?

I know Horsham I went to school there. Yes it is rampant blue. Semi attractive, it’s hardly a national park.

You seemed to lump in Lewes with West Sussex and then barely finished your post… so, yeah, weird.

Sinisterdexter · 19/09/2024 18:01

I was exiled to Yorkshire for 20 years.
Sussex would have been utopia. 😂

MrsWinkly · 19/09/2024 17:59

Efacsen · 19/09/2024 17:22

What wonderful family history you have - there's some lovely prints and engravings of the fishing community from that era in the map room at the jubilee library

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Thank you! I'll have to take a look.
We don't have much in the way of photographic family records, but a strong storytelling tradition. I think the older generations were generally gifted at it. I could listen to them for hours.

Goldenbear · 19/09/2024 17:56

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 17:48

What made you think they were referring to Crawley? And the idea that Horsham is snooty - have you been to Roffey? That’s Horsham. And Lewes is in East Sussex, unlike Crawley and Horsham. Weird post.

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As the OP described it pages back as being literally next to Horsham. Horsham is very middle England and very Conservative but also attractive. I know that Lewes is East Sussex and? Hardly weird.

LuluBlakey1 · 19/09/2024 17:55

Reugny · 19/09/2024 17:54

I think she's in the car now on her way....

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😧😧😧

Reugny · 19/09/2024 17:54

LuluBlakey1 · 19/09/2024 17:52

Northumberland is much worse. Please avoid it at all costs OP. Never come here.

I think she's in the car now on her way....

LuluBlakey1 · 19/09/2024 17:52

Northumberland is much worse. Please avoid it at all costs OP. Never come here.

Samcro · 19/09/2024 17:50

What a goady pile of shit.
does the op not realise how big “Sussex “ is

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 17:48

Goldenbear · 19/09/2024 17:46

Are you referring to Crawley - snooty, really? I though you may be describing Horsham oraube Lewes but I've never heard anyone describe Crawley as anything other than

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What made you think they were referring to Crawley? And the idea that Horsham is snooty - have you been to Roffey? That’s Horsham. And Lewes is in East Sussex, unlike Crawley and Horsham. Weird post.

Purplebunnie · 19/09/2024 17:48

Waitingfordoggo · 19/09/2024 17:06

I wonder which bit you’re in @whatistheworld. There are definitely a few Brexity pensioners about but I assume they exist everywhere since Brexit voters were in the majority! I know hardly any religious people here though (and those I do know are elderly, which- again- is probably the pattern nationally).

I thought we burnt religious people or am I not supposed to say that

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/09/2024 17:47

The Sussex burr accent was still there in 80s because when as kids we holidayed in a cottage near Bodiam Castle owned by a farming family who ended up producing Hoads Farm Eggs.

Goldenbear · 19/09/2024 17:46

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 16:03

People need to have spend a good amount of time there to understand it - Rude, snooty, stuck-up, are all very good ways to describe the majority. They almost come across socially awkward because of it!😂

'unjustified arrogance' for a lot of reasons is how I could describe them

Are you referring to Crawley - snooty, really? I though you may be describing Horsham oraube Lewes but I've never heard anyone describe Crawley as anything other than

Reugny · 19/09/2024 17:46

1Strawberrycat · 19/09/2024 17:45

I would imagine the snooty people of Sussex (of which I am one) easily saw you coming. We don't suffer fools gladly.

Is it because you don't like certain Northern accents?

1Strawberrycat · 19/09/2024 17:45

I would imagine the snooty people of Sussex (of which I am one) easily saw you coming. We don't suffer fools gladly.

Killingoffmyflowersonebyone · 19/09/2024 17:43

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?

So ageist and anti working class.

You charmer, OP. Please don’t come back to Sussex - we don’t need your judgmental type here

JustforAlice · 19/09/2024 17:42

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 16:55

Kent people are definitely not racist

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Are you having a laugh?!?!?! We bought a house in Kent last year and were horrified when our neighbours introduced themselves saying how happy they are we are white as so many other colours had viewed it. Not racist my arse.
Stop stereotyping. You sound like a cunt 😁

Runningupthecurtains · 19/09/2024 17:42

Am I the only one who pictures the OP with a large, prominent 'I hate fireworks' tattoo?

OneTC · 19/09/2024 17:40

GoingDownLikeBHS · 19/09/2024 17:37

@OneTC sorry you didn’t see the funny side of my Surrey/Sussex cock up - are you from Dorking by any chance?!

No I'm from Croydon via Sussex, maybe I'm finally awful enough to be allowed back

Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 17:38

OneTC · 19/09/2024 17:25

the atmosphere is thick

And contagious

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Here we are now…

GoingDownLikeBHS · 19/09/2024 17:37

@OneTC sorry you didn’t see the funny side of my Surrey/Sussex cock up - are you from Dorking by any chance?!

GoingDownLikeBHS · 19/09/2024 17:35

i didn’t clock on till about 5 minutes after posting that this discussion is about Sussex not Surrey but I think I’ll let it stand for comedy value and because I have no shame.

Purplebunnie · 19/09/2024 17:33

CatkinToadflax · 19/09/2024 16:45

I’m truly horrific. I was lovely when I lived in Buckinghamshire though. I had a personality transplant when we were following the removals lorry round the M25.

I moved down here via Buckinghamshire. I found people in the area of Bucks I lived to be very cold, (I come from the warm, friendly Midlands)

Moved down to Sussex and found my warm friendly people again

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