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In the summer, you have visitors every weekend.
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Which means you have to drop everything, put people up, and act as a tour guide.
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And when your visitors arrive, they're always disappointed that you live in Hove, rather than on the actual beach.
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Which, incidentally, consists of approximately two grains of sand and many bum-shredding pebbles.
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We may have a million fish and chip shops, but 99% are terrible.
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There’s the constant fear that Nick Cave is going to jump from the shadows and drink your blood.
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Or that Chris Eubank will want to be your best friend.
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Out-of-towners always take the mickey out of Disco Pete.
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So you have to teach them that he’s part of what makes Brighton special.
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Deciding which "room odouriser" you need for the night can be a real pain.
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Vegans, fruitarians, and gluten-free are unavoidable.
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"Keen-wa” or “Kweenoa” – who the hell knows?
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All Brighton kids are named daft things like Neon, Barbarella, and Moontooth.
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Our seagulls don’t just poo on your head. They attack.
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Despite paying London prices, you get Brighton wages.
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And the price of a Brighton pint regularly makes you weep bitter tears.
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Even a bedsit deep in Whitehawk is way out of your price range.
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You’re getting too old to shop at Cyber Dog.
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And nowadays scaling Museli Mountain is a bit too much effort.
But deep down you know that Brighton is just too beautiful to leave.
