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 How
lucky we are to live in the lovely Sussex village of North Lancing.
North Lancing has a tremendous "number of things" going for it, the
scenery, the wildlife, the locals, the buildings .... the list is a long
one!This page is for the members to add their
thoughts about North Lancing. Perhaps you might like to tell us why you
chose to live here. What keeps you here. What you like most about it.
Maybe you have a humorous story to tell us.
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Sue adds ...I was born and bred in Brighton. When
I moved to Lancing I was amazed at how much slower the pace
of life was, how friendly people were and what a wonderful
village it was to live in. I have lived here now for 27
years and will never leave it. I don't go into Brighton
unless I am absolutely forced to, I much prefer and value
the village life of North Lancing.
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M starts us off .......
You ask why people like living in this area.
Well in the past it wasn't because of any sense of
community. I previously lived in a poorer part of Worthing
where neighbours were nearer and walked to their local
shops, so meeting more often. The atmosphere was
communicative and friendly - whereas, on moving to north
lancing I was surprised and disappointed at how little I saw
of my neighbours, mainly because they only left their
properties when enclosed within the cocoon of their motor
vehicles, and a courteous but non-committal nod of the head
was the only acknowledgement of each other (guilty of this
myself). My wife did meet some of the locals whilst walking
her dogs, but only a select few of similar ilk (and they
never recognise me). The recent discussions and disputes
regarding property development have at least got some of us
talking (if not agreeing) and the regular contact through
the community association is finally fostering an air of
togetherness which I hope will not only continue, but grow
into fuller friendships.
So why do people want to live here? - (apart
from the proximity of the downs and the spectacular sea
views). Well, despite the fact that we all moan about the
costs of our properties, it was probably the fact that this
area was a little more expensive than some other parts of
Lancing that attracted us in the first place. The
underlying rational being that, if the neighbourhood was
more expensive we were likely to find better (i.e. well
behaved & respectable) neighbours and, apart from a very
little amount of local yobbery, I believe this has in fact
proved to be the case for most of us - it's just that we
didn't know this until we started talking to each other.
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