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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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Arlanymor · 19/09/2024 16:48

TheGander · 19/09/2024 16:44

Yes I love a good bonfire night and Sussex ones are the best.

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I have friends in East Sussex who are members of the countywide bonfire society! They are fab events.

MysteriousUsername · 19/09/2024 16:47

I've lived in Sussex all my life and I'm horrid. Stay away from me, everyone. Keep out!

ifonly4 · 19/09/2024 16:47

I live in what many would consider a 'posh' town. Not sure how anyone from Sussex would view me, but I really don't have that view of them.

JudgeJ · 19/09/2024 16:46

Blackhorse32 · 19/09/2024 15:25

Of course you are being unreasonable - not everyone in Sussex is the same!

From a quick scan of the title I thought we were back to Harry and his Mrs!

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.

LardoBurrows · 19/09/2024 16:45

I know what you mean Op. I live in Kent and I dread having to cross the border into East Sussex where everyone I meet looks askance at me or ignores me with a haughty look designed to keep me in my place.

I am always so glad to get back to Kent, where, the minute my car is over the border everyone is out lining the streets with bunting and smiling and cheering to welcome me back from that awful other place.

TheGander · 19/09/2024 16:44

Runningupthecurtains · 19/09/2024 16:09

But we always have such a warm welcome for Catholics. 🔥🎆

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Yes I love a good bonfire night and Sussex ones are the best.

MrsWinkly · 19/09/2024 16:44

Warmest greetings 🤗

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Muffit · 19/09/2024 16:41

I love going to East Sussex.
I love all the winding lane, now with lots of pot holes.
I wish I lived there.There are grumpy rude peoole everywhere.
So you're not being reasonable.

Runningupthecurtains · 19/09/2024 16:39

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/09/2024 16:22

My auntie lives in St Mary’s Bay and moved there from London with her Scottish DH years ago. DB’s close friend from school moved there too a few years ago. I do know a man who’s from Sussex - going towards Canterbury, perfectly nice. Maybe a very slight “I’m better than you” sort of man but Sussex is very big.

We did always find it a bit strange as Rye is very twee and chocolate box looking and seemed to have antiques shops manned by elderly ladies.

In Dymchurch etc you’ll get the far right Tommy Robinson types, some are quieter than others but then in Hythe I came across a boutique owned by a mixed race women. So it’s cheek by jowl really.

St Mary's Bay, Dymchurch, Hythe and Canterbury are all in Kent so probably aren't full of truly awful people.

Starlight1979 · 19/09/2024 16:38

What's going on today?! Why is everyone hurling abuse at places?! 😂

Starlight1979 · 19/09/2024 16:37

Gelasring · 19/09/2024 15:28

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

😂

MarkWithaC · 19/09/2024 16:36

You lost me at 'even in London'; I live in London and really don't encounter arrogance or coldness or people looking down their noses very often.

MSLRT · 19/09/2024 16:35

iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 16:20

Btw I'm from Cambridgeshire not Manc for those asking.😊

I moved to Cambridgeshire a few years ago and found some people very unfriendly. And don't get me started on the arrogant drivers and entitled bikers.

Witchyandtwitchy · 19/09/2024 16:34

I’m from Sussex and I am indeed an arsehole.
There’s far too many bloody people in this part of the country so I suggest you don’t visit again.
Thank you

MrsWinkly · 19/09/2024 16:31

Oh no.
Born in Brighton and my family too, all the way back to the start of the records in the 1500's.
I'm Superbad 😈

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/09/2024 16:28

A lot of people in Sussex where eg hop picking took place hated the east end Londoners who picked the hops. Probably inbred farmer types. Doesn’t help when all your ancestors are from a little village and never move and rarely travel.

friendlycat · 19/09/2024 16:27

I tend to think that anyone who refers to the "snooty south" has a massive chip on their shoulder.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/09/2024 16:25

Deathraystare · 19/09/2024 16:17

Well a lot of people in Sussex, particularly East came down from London!

I loved in St Leonards for a few years. Did not like it but not down to the people.

My stepdad had a seaside holiday flat in St Leonards for a few years, perfectly pleasant but would get people being sent to Hastings who were homeless/unemployed on some scheme so that didn’t help things.

Comtesse · 19/09/2024 16:25

But all the best people live in Surrey! Honestly OP don’t you know anything? [Sighs insincerely, twirls hair]

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iambeyonddone · 19/09/2024 16:24

Findmebythesea1 · 19/09/2024 16:23

Im from East Sussex & like most places I imagine there’s a good mix of rude/stuck up/snooty (lots of areas here are money) but then there’s loads of really nice friendly people and plenty of council estates. It’s a good mix. I think maybe you’ve encountered a few of the former and are generalising op. You can’t really believe an entire county of people are all dicks 🤣

People in the county do seem to swear a lot though I must say! Is it something influenced by Brighton? It's all c+++ this and dick that, never seen so many people throwing C bombs around!😯

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Findmebythesea1 · 19/09/2024 16:23

Im from East Sussex & like most places I imagine there’s a good mix of rude/stuck up/snooty (lots of areas here are money) but then there’s loads of really nice friendly people and plenty of council estates. It’s a good mix. I think maybe you’ve encountered a few of the former and are generalising op. You can’t really believe an entire county of people are all dicks 🤣

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/09/2024 16:22

My auntie lives in St Mary’s Bay and moved there from London with her Scottish DH years ago. DB’s close friend from school moved there too a few years ago. I do know a man who’s from Sussex - going towards Canterbury, perfectly nice. Maybe a very slight “I’m better than you” sort of man but Sussex is very big.

We did always find it a bit strange as Rye is very twee and chocolate box looking and seemed to have antiques shops manned by elderly ladies.

In Dymchurch etc you’ll get the far right Tommy Robinson types, some are quieter than others but then in Hythe I came across a boutique owned by a mixed race women. So it’s cheek by jowl really.

JessyCarr · 19/09/2024 16:22

Too right OP! I was born in Haughty Hove, adjacent to Bitchy Brighton, and was therefore a snooty Sussex southerner from birth. Confusingly, however, half my DNA is from Yorkshire, and so I am as warm and salt-of-the-earth as a fresh Hovis loaf in equal measure.

Just4thisthreadtoday · 19/09/2024 16:21

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.

@OneTC

well, it shouldn't take you too long to get sufficiently awful to be allowed back!!

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