{"id":39061,"date":"2012-09-14T22:58:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T15:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-maidstone-kent\/"},"modified":"2016-12-27T12:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T05:28:29","slug":"lets-move-to-maidstone-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-maidstone-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's move to Maidstone, Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt’s a town of two halves, of historic nooks overshadowed by office blocks, retail parks and roundaboutsWhat’s going for it? Maidstone should be nicer than it is. Not a ringing endorsement, I know, but don’t turn the page just yet. If they’d left well alone, it would be a lovely historic county town, all coaching inns, cobbled alleys and yeomen. But they didn’t: from the 1960s on, the council embarked on improvements that are anything but, so now it’s a town of two halves. The historic nooks are there, but they’re overshadowed by fag-packet office blocks, retail parks and roundabouts. It’s prosperous, mind, and good value compared with Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks; well connected; fab schools. But people pass through it from the office or station, en route to\u00a0its lovely burbs, pretty spots on the outskirts like Aylesham, the countryside of the High Weald or the\u00a0seaside half an hour away.The case against The above. The town suffers from ringroaditis and mediocrity. Lacks a focus: someone build it a cathedral or something. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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