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I saw a train advertisement on the way home. It said, "Chichester: The Next Copenhagen". Other than "don't take your holidays abroad when you could take them in the country you're already in", what does it mean?

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It means that some advertising person somewhere is a waste of oxygen and space.

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- the next Kierkegaard will be born there
- it will be shelled from sea by Zombie Admiral Nelson
- the Chichester Interpretation of quantum mechanics

Or maybe there's a climate-change summit scheduled there? I think the mind boggles at that almost as much.

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I've no idea, because that is not the comparison that springs to mind, Chichester being a landlocked cathedral town and all.

Maybe they're going to set up a huge amusement park and pleasure garden?

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I saw one of those earlier: Brighton is the new Barcelona.

Silly!

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But that one I can make some appealing sense of. Both are good food towns/cities. Both are major modern cultural centers, particularly with some appeal to those who like clubbing, and some appeal to those who like art/architecture. Both are worth going out of one's way to be a tourist in.

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But then, Brighton already has a very strong image of its own. I very much doubt that Barcelona will be advertising itself as "the new Brighton" any time soon, despite all these similarities!

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Two places less like each other are hard to imagine.

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The next Hans Christian Anderson is currently growing up in Chichester and will be penning some marvelous fairy tales soon. Stay tuned!

I don't know. You've got me.

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Get your yacht the hell out of here before Nelson sinks it? Remember Portsmouth is but a short sail away.

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Both begin with the letter "C".

And there's a little-known mermaid Chichester is famous for? Ah, no. That would be the Arundel Tomb.

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I expect "Chichester -the town for people who find Worthing dangerously exciting" would not find favour with the tourist trade

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From my experience of (suburban) Copenhagen, it means that Chichester will soon be covered in 80's style graffiti, with derelict buildings and a strong smell of Eau De Hobo pervading.

Has this advertising person BEEN to Copenhagen? Of all European cities he could have made a comparison with, I really wouldn't have chosen that one.

That said, I've never been to Chichester. Perhaps he was being refreshingly honest. And "Chichester: The new Copenhagen!" does sound better than: "Chichester: As grim as Scunthorpe"

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"Chichester: As grim as Scunthorpe"

No, no, no, no, no! Grim = Grimsby. Scunthorpe = ****

*g*

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Chi is lovely. Its even got a haunted McDonalds!

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