Who lives in or near the Costwoolds?

[LadyAgripina]

I am not British and spending a week-end in this nice little town and wonder about the demographics? People working around? Weekenders? Pensioners? Ultra posh people? Farm owners? Thank you 😊

Nearish I guess. My mother has just moved away. She lived in the very south end, where there were a lot of London commuters and ex-London yoga teachers.

Which town are you going to?
There are quite a lot of differences. The cotswolds covers a large area.

As has been said its a big area, it depends what part really and what you enjoy doing.

Where abouts?

Do you mean the Cotswolds? If so it covers several towns.

My parents in law moved there, late 1980s, when FiL’s job moved to Swindon.

DH was a teen, so did the bulk of his secondary education in the Cotswolds. 30 years later, PiL are still there. They are pretty normal people I think. MiL is a software engineer (now retired), she got a new job easily.

DH went to school with ordinary people. His best friend is the son of a builder, from Stowe on Wold. There are ordinary lives going on behind the chocolate box, thatched roof, sparking stream exterior.

I always wonder how realistic 'This Country' is? 😆

I am in snowshill, it is so beautiful. Yes, I mean the Cotswolds @CattyMcNips
I've been to Broadway today.

I was just thinking what type of people own this lovely restored old cottages and what do they do for a living. Thank you for all the replies

@muffinffaces

I always wonder how realistic 'This Country' is? 😆

Pretty realistic according to DH. The “naice” parts of Chetenham, Cirencester etc are only parts of them! Well curated by the tourist industry!

@BikeRunSki 😁

My answer would be - the pretty cottages are likely to be owned by people with a lot of money - possibly who sold a house in London to move there - or because they inherited the property, or inherited a lot of money. Possibly people who are so rich they can retire early? Though some may just have reasonably well-paid work!

The other (less picturesque) houses will have a more normal mix of people, but those without well-paid jobs will often be struggling with problems like long journeys to work, seasonal / unreliable work, very scanty public transport so they will need to cover costs of car ownership, very high housing costs, high bills (not much mains gas), and teenagers likely to be bored! (I live rurally not far from the cotswolds and I certainly found This Country very realistic )

I need to watch This Country!