{"id":109772,"date":"2019-08-09T22:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-chichester-west-sussex-it-punches-well-above-its-weight\/"},"modified":"2019-08-09T23:04:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:04:54","slug":"lets-move-to-chichester-west-sussex-it-punches-well-above-its-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-chichester-west-sussex-it-punches-well-above-its-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Chichester, West Sussex: it punches well above its weight"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis place has no dark side, unless it\u2019s hidden deep, deep in its repressed pastWhat\u2019s going for it? Chichester is so generally lovely, it\u2019s impossible to be rude about it. For a city of its relatively small size, it\u2019s well-rounded, nicely brought up. Every base is covered. It has ancient history \u2013 buttercrosses, green men, bell towers, Roman baths, the works \u2013 and fine contemporary architecture, including a surprisingly super selection of postwar homes. It has the best seaside, up the road in the dreamy dunes of West Wittering, and the beautiful hills of the South Downs (including \u2013 top trivia \u2013 Britain\u2019s only yew forest). It also punches well above its weight culturally, with a Chagall stained-glass window in the cathedral, film festivals and poetry slams, and the Festival theatre and Pallant House art gallery\u2019s Hepworths and Hamiltons. Traffic on the A27 and house prices aside \u2013 a mighty big aside \u2013 this place has no dark side, unless it\u2019s hidden deep in its repressed past. It is sunshine in bricks and mortar, which, for some, might be the most annoying thing in the universe.The case against\u2026 Those looking for even a bit of edge should probably go to Portsmouth. There could be a touch fewer chains in town. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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