Ever felt like a Zebra?
Posted: Tuesday, 13 April 2004 |
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Know the feeling well. Being from England originally but having travelled the world my family and I have settled here, I sometimes feel that I have to justify the decision by adding that my father originated from the west coast. Unfortunately we may well have to go back south as not all English people have 'loads' of money to throw at property and if of working age like us are still affected by the local problem of low wages and the need to earn enough to keep our family. As long as the zebra has the same colour stripes as the local zebra and doesn't try to say that red looks better than black I think most people will accept you.
steph from mull
I've only encountered hostility to my being an in-comer twice since being on Mull - both times from the same drunk who has a reputation about town for being a waste of space.
I think the main cause of rising prices on Mull (and other areas) is the explosion of the holiday cottage market, where houses are being taken out of the local housing pool and being lived in for only a few weeks of the year.
That and the 'coffin dodgers', of course. No offense intended to any third-agers reading.
Councils seem keen to promote starter homes for local kids but what do they do when the kids get married and start a family? There are very few affordable 2/3 bedroom houses and so all they're doing is pushing them off-island, albeit a few years later than before.
Gotta break off now and Steph is calling me to breakfast!
Cheers
Gary
Gary from Tob'
Cheers folks, I know it's a very small minority that think this way. I just find it strange that some of those are the ones that have sold land or houses that their family has owned for generations to the highest bidder,then complain that prices seem to be "out of control".
Bavscot from Mull
Moans and groans involving health and what passes for roads on Mull. Oh, and the odd pot-shot at "visiting" drivers.
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