To say that people in Sussex are awful?

[iambeyonddone]

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?🤔

Kent people are definitely not racist

Are they?! Well Rye is in Sussex.

It is a shame it's died with that generation - the guy I knew came from a small village not far inland from Hastings and had moved to brighton in later life - so like you say more of a traditional rural sussex accent

Kent = Ukipland in my estimation

LardoBurrows
You are excellent at sustained sarcasm! Are you a fellow teacher by any chance.

I know (East Sussex actually) that why I didn't list it as being in Kent.

Mmm...

Some of them definitely are.

I live in Sussex and moved here 25 years ago from Bucks and yes I would agree that on the whole they are a weird bunch in Sussex. Heavily religious, sanctimonious and there is definitely a Brexit voting type of male pensioner. Entitled, sexist and rude.
Not really sure why I stayed to be honest

That's lovely! My Nana was the same.
Brighton fishing families, all married into each other over the generations.
My Nana used to help her Dad and Uncles selling fresh fish from the Arches on the seafront. The fish market had been there for centuries.
She told some amazing stories about her life!

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).

It's a large county the coast (excluding Brighton) has the best people 😎

This is so strange. Manchester is one of my favourite places in the world. Went to Uni there & DS lives there. And now I live in Sussex. I'm going to start a place bashing thread.

Which town is this if you don’t mind saying? I am looking for friendly places.

Do t know where you have heard this from. I am from a stereotypically friendly area of the country and lived here for over 10 years and found it to be friendly.

Some of this thread is nuts - racist people are everywhere, in every town and village across the UK (sadly), as are miserable people, misanthropic people, unkind people, unfriendly people. It’s not tied to a place, it’s within the person. I’ve lived in a fair few places in my life and have always managed to seek out the good and not the bad folk. No one place is bad or good, the people too.

Means sectarian imo

My son lives in Sussex and I’ve always found people there welcoming and friendly. Speaking as a northerner who comes from a very friendly and chatty county myself.

I've just moved from Kent to Dorking. I literally hate it, the atmosphere is thick. I imagine I'll come home one night and find the neighbours sacrificing Barry from no. 54 on the lawn. Its like a Hot Fuzz/Midwitch Cuckoos type thing.

Sussex is a big place though, it can't all be like this?

Ahh you moved to the religious part of Sussex.

I've been warned about it. 😁

You can have shitty neighbours anywhere you live.

Also people in the same family can treat you very differently.

Brighton had the highest % of remain votes in the UK ?68% but has a completely different demographic profile to the rest of sussex and probably the UK as whole - with fewer older people and more young people

But brightonian elders can be super-brexity - see the comment section of the argus where they fulminate en masse

Isn’t Dorking in Surrey?

Dorking isn't in Sussex - it's in Surrey. We are so awful we are being accused for stealing towns from Kent and Surrey. Typical of us lot really!

Not all of them but there are plenty of racists in Kent. Just like not all of the people in East and West Sussex are awful. I'm an absolute fucking nightmare but most of the people in my lovely seaside town are total darlings.

Well, I live in Brighton (East Sussex) and people here are lovely and accepting.

I'm very proud of my city and the way they outnumbered the far right protests recently by thousands. In fact, the few far right people had to be escorted out of town in a police van 😂