Thanks for the feedback Graham - here`s your email you sent to me:
`Have you been to any other cities in the UK? I think you will find that they all have racists, chavs, thugs, council estates etc. If you don't like Portsmouth, why don't you move? Maybe you secretly enjoy the beatiful seafront, breakfast in one of Marmion Road's cafes, lunch at Gunwharf and dinner in Truffles or some other quality independent restaurant. Perhaps you haven't been to our small Edwardian theatre and seen the beautiful architecture inside. Perhaps the fine real ales served in Albert Road pubs aren't too your taste. There's some quality wines in Vines.Open your eyes. `
My response: I have been to other cities in the UK: all of them have chav problems to varying degrees; if the government didn`t dish out benefits like confetti then fewer chavs would blight the land, I`m sure.
I must also concede that you are 100% correct about the beautiful seafront (it has improved a great deal since they got rid of the nightclubs and moved them to Portsmouth city centre). It would be meaningful to make a distinction here: Southsea is in Portsmouth, but is much closer to Brighton in terms of facilities, the `feel` of the place and so on. Southsea is an oasis in an urban desert - it`s a shame that it couldn`t be moved along the coast towards Brighton, leaving the rest of Portsmouth to stew in its own cauldron. I`m going to put up a map here to mark up the Portsmouth`hot spots` to be avoided!
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