I must agree with the comment from Melanie Nowocin (Letters, February 14).

I have lived in Hove for more than 30 years and have watched as Brighton and Hove gradually goes downhill.

How on earth we got city status is beyond belief.

I have just returned from Blackpool. That is what you would call a city. That is why I am selling up to move to Lancashire.

Farewell, Hove, and good riddance.

-B Cartwright, Cowper Street, Hove