To remind those living in tourist areas not to assume people aren't local!

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, but spent my whole adult life living in Scotland.

I'm now back in my hometown, armed with a mild Scottish accent I accidentally picked up after 18 years living there . Went for a walk in a popular tourist area today, a 10 minute drive from my home, with my DC. I heard two sets of people grumble about people travelling to come to the Dales after they heard me chatting to the DC. There were also a few posts on local Facebook groups about our-of-towners - I may be paranoid but one said "One family came from as far as Scotland!" - so possibly referring to me!

I've also seen it on another thread too someone saying that people from the Midlands were in Devon this week. No mention of how they knew where they came from

Unless you actually ask them and they confirm they aren't locals, please don't assume. Some people do move to new places! And while I'm at it I don't actually think local areas "belong" to local people any more than they belong anyone else and I'm a bit when locals grumble about tourists.

Also I managed to snap a picture of a couple who grumbled at me. Bastards

A local place for local people.. but no YANBU!

Agreed!

Totally agree. I hate how possessive some people get of their area and assuming local people must all fit one dynamic.

I wonder if all these places will be complaining again in couple of months when they have no visitors and are feeling the impact of the "X county is shut, thanks" messages.

But are you local?

Agreed that a lack of a local accent doesn't mean you're not local, but as for the rest, have a read of the Whitby thread.

That's in AIBU. Also, the People Living In Tourist Spots Should Probably Be Concerned Right Now thread in Coronavius.

Completely agree. I won’t set foot in Cornwall because of their attitude to tourists.

It's just no thinking, isn't it! ... Unless that person sounds exactly the same as us, they MUSThave travelled....

It's the same mentality I suspect of folk who stand watching people using blue badge spaces, pursing their lips! .... Unless someone is in a huge powered wheelchair they can't POSSIBLY be disabled.

Not a Corona thing, but try being non-white in some areas! DH has had 'YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?' asked loudly and slowly to him more than once when we've been on UK holidays.

@PaulinePetrovaPosey yes!
We live in a little hamlet and sometimes venture out by foot to the next village and we get stared at a lot!

CV has brought out the tut-tuttedness in lots of people. Who make assumptions and then love to post online.

We had a post on our local FB page about two teenage lads kicking a ball around at the nearby public field who had obviously met up and were NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING not 20 minutes ago!! I posted back that they were my sons and we were with them and we were on the last leg of our once a day family walk.

Oh people
just ignore the moaners
do the right thing

On the one hand I agree in principle.

On the other hand, if I drove ten minutes I'd be absolutely miles away! In the next city, nearly. So... you did drive to another community for you walk, no doubt about it

My sister has lived in a tourist village in the lake District for years, she was stopped and questioned by other residents about wether she was local.

This is why I love London.

Now, now - we’ll have no trouble here!

I’ve lived in the same village for 50+ years. I wasn’t born here so I’ll never be ‘local’ according to some locals!

In some places, you are not local unless you were born in the village.
An elderly neighbour told my Dad he was not a local because of this.
My Dad has lived in his village for over 50 years!

Agree completely! I’ve got a generic London accent from where I grew up that’s also mixed with another part of the UK from living there for 10 years. I now live in Wales. I’d be pissed off if I was confronted for not being a local- although I do understand the frustration over it. So far no one has had a go at me but then I don’t live in an area people have second homes thankfully.

I live in the Lakes and the locals aren’t happy!... I’m not fussed. But one of my friends is doing my head in she keeps going on about how she doesn’t recognise people when she’s out on a walk. She might have lived there her whole life but she doesn’t know everyone!!

I live in a small village and whenever we see someone we don't recognise we scream "Stranger Danger!!!" at them and immediately post a warning on the village website

Just kidding. People are allowed to go for walks. They're usually pretty respectful of social distancing, leaping into hedgerows and the like.

I live in a village near a big holiday seaside town and we always go there for the larger supermarkets etc as our local shops are very limited. We have a local chat page and the other day the seaside town posted a 'keep away, think of the locals etc etc ' directly to our local chat page. We are less than three miles away and most people l know have always gone to this town to do main shopping etc. All this territorialism is getting ridiculous now.

People are bonkers right now.

A friend of mine walked a mile and a half on public footpaths over the field to the next village. A man came out the house and chased her down the road demanding to know if she was from that village. When she said the next one he told her to leave!

On the other hand, if I drove ten minutes I'd be absolutely miles away! In the next city, nearly. So... you did drive to another community for you walk, no doubt about it

How fast do you drive? Even assuming OP was going 60mph the whole way which is unlikely, that's only 6 miles . You can drive as far as you want anyway now.