{"id":102088,"date":"2018-12-07T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T16:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-bangor-county-down-cheery-charm-and-belfasts-smart-set\/"},"modified":"2018-12-08T00:03:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:03:39","slug":"lets-move-to-bangor-county-down-cheery-charm-and-belfasts-smart-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-bangor-county-down-cheery-charm-and-belfasts-smart-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Bangor, County Down: cheery charm and Belfast\u2019s smart set"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIf you want a marina of yachts or kiss-me-quick seaside, this is the place for youWhat\u2019s going for it? Bangor is quite the surprise. I\u2019m not sure what I was expecting but I think it involved grey pebbledash. The town is full of cheer. Victorian townhouses painted the colour of sweeties. Freshly paved streets with perky new trees, as if civic dignitaries were expecting the Queen on Tuesday. Being a seaside town in the British Isles, it has that inevitable double edge of joy and sorrow, but here joy gets the upper hand. Partly that\u2019s down to wealth. This area has long been nicknamed the Gold Coast, pulling in Belfast\u2019s rich for more than a century. While we\u2019re not quite talking Malibu rich, the town has its share of hefty piles and la-di-da. You\u2019ll have to travel a few minutes out of town for decent beaches. Bangor\u2019s petite bay cuddles a marina of yachts straight out of Howards\u2019 Way (extremely woke contemporary cultural reference there). Much of the town, though, is more your bucket-and-spade-kiss-me-quick seaside, and all the better for it. Pickie Puffer, the miniature steam train that chuffs through Pickie Fun Park, is a particular high spot. Who says I don\u2019t know how to have fun?The case against Quite pricey, by local standards. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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