{"id":105805,"date":"2019-04-05T22:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-whitstable-kent-pockets-of-peace-on-the-gentrified-seaside\/"},"modified":"2019-04-05T23:05:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:05:27","slug":"lets-move-to-whitstable-kent-pockets-of-peace-on-the-gentrified-seaside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-whitstable-kent-pockets-of-peace-on-the-gentrified-seaside\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Whitstable, Kent: pockets of peace on the gentrified seaside"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe town still manages to balance quite-posh delis with men\u2019s outfitters from the age of Perry ComoWhat\u2019s going for it? I\u2019m an old hand at Whitstable. Not as old as some of the seadogs nursing pints in the Neptune. But I\u2019ve been coming here since the days when, if fortune smiled, you might spy the elderly Peter Cushing \u2013 then the town\u2019s starriest resident \u2013 pottering along the high street. What a difference 30 years makes. My latest trip confirms that Whitstable has reached stage four of gentrification. We\u2019ve had the Shabby Artists stage, the Cute Vintage Shop stage, the Actually Quite Posh Delis Have Opened stage. Now some serious money has arrived: The Building Of Fancy New Houses That Look As If Their Owners Have Watched Too Many Episodes Of Grand Designs stage. This lot aren\u2019t content with discreet renovations of weatherboarded fishermen\u2019s cottages. They want swagger. They want bling. I hope it\u2019s not the town\u2019s downfall. The place still, just, manages to balance quite-posh delis with men\u2019s outfitters from the age of Perry Como, and its community is still as strong as they come. Its working harbour, graced by a gravel processing plant, is still wonderfully unpretty. Long may it continue.The case against\u2026 On the threshold of change. Already too cutesy for some. Holiday and weekend homes have brought hefty cultural change. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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