'Mass exodus'

[Lightspeed]

(12 August 2013, 09:22)bigpaul Wrote:

(11 August 2013, 21:00)Lightspeed Wrote:

(10 August 2013, 09:59)bigpaul Wrote: my area (and most of Devon) has a high cost of housing but low wages, most employment is minimum wage and lots of part time jobs, shops-supermarkets that sort of thing, a lot of people commute to Exeter-30 miles away, or Plymouth 40 miles away, there IS a bus service here, regular but several hours between each bus....most villages around here have NO bus service or maybe ONE bus per week on market day, so most people HAVE to run a car even if its an old banger! nearest supermarket is 8 miles away..there are actually 3 but they are all small ones, nearest big Tescos is at Crediton a 50 mile round trip!

Yes Its a bad situation BP and the prices are driven by affluent people looking to move into the area...its been like this for more than a decade in Devon, hasn't it?

probably since the 80s I guess, early 80s you could have bought a rural property for £50,000 now you need to put a 2 or a 3 in front.

You're right BP, I remember looking at buying an old farmouse near to your location in the late 80s and that wes about the price.... Great location but it was a falling down past repair cob built hovle and would have cost morr than £100k to put right even in those days.

I still wish I'd bought it though. Hi hum!