The Worst Things in Brixham, Devon*

The entirely missable and worth mentioning because of it

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• The traffic system in Brixham, not too bad in Winter but an abortion in Summer.
• 1) Parking a) Parking "Hitlers" who become apoplectic if you park outside their house, but are happy to park outside everyone elses. b) Smartarses who will jam their 6ft 4x4 into a 5ft parking space; OK, clever if you can do it, except it usually ends up boxing everyone else in. c) Likewise, idiots who seem able to make a couple of Mini Metros fill an entire street. d) People who try to avoid double yellow lines by parking on the footpath. 2) The seagulls, and the idiot tourists who insist on feeding them. 3) suicidal tourists who wander aimlessly across the road in front of oncoming traffic. 4) Rip off water rates
• All the pretty houses round the harbour are empty most of the year, as they're all second homes, leaving the locals priced out. Absoleutly, honestly, nothing to do in winter. The local council is stuck in a 50's time warp and will allow nothing interesting to happen here ever. Unless you're an oap, and then you can have whatever you like. Bowling greens? Two of 'em. Skate parks? By the time it's happened, your future kids might be able to use it. Crap wages. Everyone leaves. If you can spell Brixham, you leave, giving the place an average age of 60 at least. Give it another 20 years they'll be nothing left but second home owners.
• LOCAL PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! these women are fat, stupid and DDDAAAMMMNN!!!!!! they is ugly! and they are all jelous of me.....need i say more?
• Saxty`s Bistro at the harbour side. Looks Tempting, nice menu. However, the food consists of Aunt bessie`s frozen veg and Potatoes, and even that can`t be cooked properly. And If you complain to the owner, she offers the same item you complained about back, bite`s your head off, and insists you pay full price despite risking life and limb and food poisoning.
• Rich (relatively) people from upcountry who 'fall in love with the place' and push house prices up so high that us who were born and grew up here can't afford to stay. They'll probably bugger off again when it's 'not the same anymore'. Idiots. Pretty closely related is the crap rates of pay for working here. Apparrently if you have a 'quality of life' then you don't need so much money to live on.
• The locals with the biggest chips on shoulder attitude i've ever seen
• Also Brixham and torbay are very 'clicky' (prone to fights).
• Ugly women and drunken fisherman. Noisy seagulls
• The New Surgery with no parking - Very patient focussed practice manager to make this decision on behalf of the patients - I think not....!
• Pissed fishermen. Smell of fish. Gets boring, no clubs, pubs all shut at 11. Usual small town problems. Ignorant tourists.

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Last updated: 2008-11-16