Its virtually the same price as london but you dont get any of the cool art galleries or the luxury of getting more student loan for living in such a gentrified area. However, Sussex uni is so good for academic subjects like computing, engineering, biology etc - can't speak for brighton uni. Dislike the main clubs and bars (pryzm, revenge, yates, etc) but patterns is sick, so is Sticky Mike's but its closing down/has closed down :( The beach is also terrible cause the pier closes at 8(why????) and its a pebble beach so sitting/lying/walking/running on the beach is a hecking hassle 0/10 for the 'beach'. Overall I can't wait to leave but most people I talk to love brighton so maybe I'm mental?