To suggest Londoners stay in London

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You voted differently to where I live - by a huge margin. In your newspapers that you write (in London) you have said over the years how much you contribute to our local economy through your second homes and buy to let investments. But you refuse to live here permanently. I don't have to ask you why - you already know.

The last fishing boat in my town only left 3 weeks ago - hopefully they can come back and when they do, we will be enjoying the 'catch of the day', not you, so you can go back to London and wax lyrical or make some money describing it.

Damn us pesky Londoners

Dacre very true! I thought I only rented the one place but apparently I own two properties, what an exciting day!

The only chip I have, will go with my very nice fish, caught by local fisherman, fishing in UK waters. Locally-sourced I believe is the terminology used by the 'gotta write about my lunch bunch'.

Then of course, the local beef, beautiful stuff, mostly that we haven't been allowed to eat it thanks to the BSE-nonevent, etc, etc, etc.

But you so obviously think so differently to us - why would you come here? So you can go back to Londinium to your real lives? Are we a sideshow in your canvas of reality? Or are you just 'stick-people' in ours?

Ditto OddSocks

I live in London and always have - in my area there are lots of people from other parts of the country rather than just locals so it's pretty crowded, driving up rents and house prices. As in most big cities. But hey, the more the merrier! London's pretty great that way.

However, maybe specify where you live so all us rich, second home owning Londoners can stay clear.

Dacre very true! I thought I only rented the one place but apparently I own two properties, what an exciting day!

Don't get overexcited and sell the spare this week. The markets are a bit volatile

OP I have family from all over the country, from Dorset to Yorkshire to Hampshire and Cornwall. I know feelings are running high but you can't judge people on their postcode.

Arf, Basil, nice one.

Whose giving out the second homes? Where do I queue? I'm bloody lucky to have one home and I'm bloody sure that my kid don't be able to afford one.

I don't have my own newspaper either.

I don't even have any fish...

OP, you're just sounding a bit confused now. What's your actual complaint? Some uber rich people who have bought up previously affordable property? Most Londoners will sympathise massively, they did it here first.

Is it regulations to stop you getting CJD by feeding pig brains to your cows? If so I don't know why you think Londoners are to blame...

More in common, and all that. Ten days is a very long time, isn't it?

Well Geordies can stay in Newcastle. We showed some common sense voted to stay too!

Where on earth do you live that you aren't allowed to eat the local beef? Is there some sort of beef crisis that I've missed in the news?

I do hope that when I get the keys to my second home the neighbours are nice

Is the fish poisoned with mercury?

What is happening?

I think most Londoners will happily stay here thanks OP. We even have folks from other parts of the country living here too!

I'm questioning your argument about the BSE non event too. I vaguely know of someone whose daughter was the first person to die from CJD

Why would we come where float? I'm not aware that I have left London! If every Londoner descended on any place in sure you'd know about it - there's a fucking lot of us! We tend to mainly stay where we are with our inadequate fish and beef.

I won't Dacre I need to find out where my properties are before I can sell them

Do let us know what town you're from OP. So that I can stay well away from it when I choose to go on a weekend break. In fact, I'll probably jet off to Europe to stay in my chalet in the French Alps- the cost of the visa and the tax for overseas investors is worth not having to spend money in towns full of people like you.

It's a confusing post and it's probably because it's been made made this weekend. Rereading, I don't think it's a referendum post (gold dust, I know!)

It looks like a general rant about second homes in popular holiday areas meaning the local area suffers for most of the year. Which I can sympathise with, tbh.

I don't really understand though - might have interpreted that completely wrong.

If it is a post based purely on the ethics of second homes then ok, that is something I would be interested in and sympathetic towards, but not slating an entire group

Yes but Geordies have fishies on little dishies when the boat comes in, RestlessTraveller.

OP's dishies may be massive ones.

As someone who has always lived in popular seaside type places, I do know the stereotype the OP speaks of, it would be disingenuous to pretend it doesn't exist. I grew up in Whitstable and now live in Cowes...the hipster and second home markets here are alive and well. There is no way I could afford to live in Whitstable now.

But c'est la vie, obviously it isn't all Londoners.

OH MY GOD I HAVE A SECOND HOME?! This is so exciting!! Where do I pick up the keys?! I'll need to find time between my salon blow dries and my shopping for foie gras, but I'm sure we can work something out. I'll have my servants call your servants, yes?

Shhhh choc I'm trying to pretend I'm an actual Londoner here rather than somebody who moved here!

You need to get your local councillors to sign up to an agreement to tax the hell out of second homes.

If you can't find one who will, don't blame the Londoners, blame the local councillors who aren't willing to represent your area.

And vote and act accordingly.