We stayed the night in Eastbourne late 2009, I hope it has improved since as then it had become very tacky, empty shops, run down hotels, pondlife on the streets etc - it looked like it was trying to compete with Hastings. I always remember it as being a bit more upmarket along the lines of Worthing although that seems to have taken a turn for the worse with tattooed scrotes parading their trophy dogs along the High Street
