I have to agree with the comments made by Dan Kieran about our so-called lovely city-by-the-sea (The Argus, April 24.)

Having lived here for five years, I can say I find it seedy and dirty, a city of garbage helped along by Brighton and Hove City Council.

It also has bred a very pretentious sort of individual that rarely displays any real sense of decency.

-J A Ashby, Brighton