Comments by "Reese Bell" (@ReeseJamPiece.) on "RocaNews" channel.

I live in Dundee, which is not quite a seaside town but a port city in the northeast of Scotland. A lot of the points made in this video about Blackpool I relate with a lot. All the council investment being placed on the waterfront mile areas with high number of tourist and student populations while the rest of the city feels derelict and forgotten about. In our case, it's the V&A Dundee which costed an absurd amount but serves no purpose or benefit to any of the locals. Anywhere beyond that is a concrete jungle of stitched together housing estates with unbelievably high rates of poverty, drug deaths and crime. I met Chris Higgit yesterday while in Blackpool, the £1 burger was great. Also saw two Native American guys outside a Poundland next to the Tower. A very surreal place, a genuine authentic piece of Britain. It's a shame because you can see the remnants of an otherwise once beautiful little town, once one of the most affluent and rich places in the world. With a bit of strategic investment (under a competent government) and a lick of paint, the town could revive itself. 20 million tourists a year and nothing to reflect that is madness.
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@rob5197 The '60s was the peak of Blackpool and it's cultural height. Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe to name a few visited it. It very much was the Vegas of Britain. Nowadays, that's a whole other story. The suburban areas near Marton Mere and Stanley Park are gorgeously well-kept compared other areas.
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Brighton is still very much middle-class, it's the San Francisco of the UK. Bournemouth is a close-second but still draws in better crowds imo. Blackpool is by far the worst affected of all the 3B's.
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