I ran a small bar/club in Bournemouth (small seaside town in the south) a few years back. As a town it isn't too dismilar to any medium sized UK town as described by CBW/Lizard king, cliquey locals, small gene pool, suspicious of outsiders etc. But due to having some kind of "value" pulling and banging was a piece of cake. So IMHO comes down to the fact whether you have the attributes to display value within the set time-frame of your visit.
Agree about Colchester though, nasty town full of squaddies looking for a ruck.
Agree about Colchester though, nasty town full of squaddies looking for a ruck.