{"id":101918,"date":"2018-11-30T23:30:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-chester-is-that-a-tiny-bit-of-mojo-hiding-among-the-history\/"},"modified":"2018-12-01T00:04:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:04:26","slug":"lets-move-to-chester-is-that-a-tiny-bit-of-mojo-hiding-among-the-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-chester-is-that-a-tiny-bit-of-mojo-hiding-among-the-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Chester: is that a tiny bit of mojo hiding among the history?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s beautiful, occasionally suffocating, but a little bit wokeWhat\u2019s going for it? There\u2019s so much past in Chester. It piles up on the streets. It accumulates. Roman amphitheatre, medieval cathedral, Ruskinian town hall, all those Tudor black-and-white, half-timbered buildings straight off a Quality Street tin, all those Victorian black-and-white, half-timbered buildings pretending to be Tudor black-and-white, half-timbered buildings straight off a Quality Street tin, cobbles, ye olde gatehouses, etc. Beautiful. Occasionally suffocating. (I speak as one raised on cathedral cities.) That\u2019s not to say Chester isn\u2019t with it. It\u2019s long had a reputation for middlebrow poshness, all wine bars and pearls. Who knows what they\u2019ve put in the water recently, though, as there\u2019s a tiny bit of mojo in the place. Decent coffee has turned up. The lovely new Storyhouse arts complex has brought contemporary architecture and cutting-edge culture. It\u2019s even a little bit woke: last year Chester was crowned the most accessible city in Europe for disabled people. In Europe! With those cobbles! Onwards and upwards, Chester.The case against It\u2019s pricey, from the property to the cost of living. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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It\u2019s beautiful, occasionally suffocating, but a little bit wokeWhat\u2019s going for it? 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