(*Just a point, I don't have a problem with people that move down, but when new homes are advertised like I've said, it doesn't give local young people a chance to get on the housing ladder,)
Well, in my case I don't have any intention/ability of buying a house unless I win the lottery, and apparently I am more likely to be hit by falling space rock than win that, so I hope I am not displacing any locals by taking up housing than none of them really want anyway. Nobody would be comfortable where I live, not long term, it is too small even for one person, especially if they have furniture. It is true the government needs to build more houses and refuses to because it wants to keep the house prices inflated because after all, it gets nice big fat stamp duty every time someone buys a house.
Cornwall does need more houses, but for its own people, not outsiders to buy up and leave empty. I say that myself as someone who moved here, but is in the position of the locals in the sense I don't have money and affording to live is difficult. At the same time, lots of people here who have come down from outside are NIMBYs... they don't want any more houses built that will spoil their half a million pound view. And then there is the fact that huge housing estates seem unattractive to people who are looking for picturesque idyllic retreats, but real life is not idyllic for most of us. . .
Yeah, the prices range pretty dramatically house to house, and rent to rent as well. Like, I pay £450 for my tiny apartment... but last week I saw a whole house with a garden and parking to rent for just £50 more. I know I'm being ripped off but right now I cannot afford to move...
The last bit, at one point, people would deny that kind of thing happening just to make Cornwall sound perfect.
I think they would. This isn't the first time either, last year my next door but one neighbour's boyfriend went apeshit and trashed their house, then ran out into the street screaming. When the landlord who owned that place came out from the pub (also pretty much next door) this boyfriend threatened to kill the guy at the top of his voice. I was born in Liverpool for crying out loud, and I've never had people screaming blue murder or actually stabbing people nearly
on my door step, not even where I grew up in
Toxteth. When I mentioned in passing to my landlord I didn't exactly feel 'safe' here anymore, she just acted like she didn't hear me.
