{"id":97456,"date":"2018-09-07T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-southwold-suffolk-a-pretty-face-showing-signs-of-stress\/"},"modified":"2018-09-07T23:05:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T16:05:30","slug":"lets-move-to-southwold-suffolk-a-pretty-face-showing-signs-of-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-southwold-suffolk-a-pretty-face-showing-signs-of-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Southwold, Suffolk: a pretty face showing signs of stress"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhat it\u2019s experiencing now is the logical end to gentrificationWhat\u2019s going for it? If civil war ever breaks out between baby boomers and millennials, there\u2019s a fair chance it\u2019ll begin on Southwold Pier. The pier has already witnessed \u201cSandwichgate\u201d, when a family munching homemade sarnies and an elderly couple nibbling cake out of a Tupperware were reprimanded by staff who insisted they eat at the pier\u2019s (somewhat pricey) cafes. The latest skirmish is about property. Prices and the proportion of second or holiday homes have risen so much that some think it\u2019s reached a tipping point, with distant property speculators buying up the town and long-time locals priced out permanently. Southwold, along with Whitstable in Kent, was one of the first seaside towns to gentrify, in the 1990s. No wonder. It\u2019s an utterly beautiful spot, long lauded by artists and writers from Turner to WG Sebald. Idyllic pubs. Dreamy streets. Astonishing history. And don\u2019t get me going on the angels in St Edmund\u2019s church. But what it\u2019s experiencing now is the logical end to gentrification. So if you do move there, at least try living there, too.The case against Chronically unaffordable. The delicate balance between protectionism and nimbyism often wobbles. A little vain. One can have enough of the 50s theme-park feel… Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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