Property News · April 4, 2017

Cambridge homes covered with Latin graffiti in protest at rising prices


Vandalism of houses on market for £1.25m each points to discontent in area where average home costs 12 times average salaryA newly built luxury development in Cambridge was found vandalised with graffiti this morning. In a surprising move the culprits decided to use Latin, painting the words “loci populum!” and “locus in domos” in large letters across the front and sides of the houses in Water Street, Chesterton.Mary Beard, professor of classics at Cambridge University, told the BBC: “This is a bit hard to translate, but I think what they’re trying to say is that a lovely place has been turned into houses.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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