Cast_Iron wrote...
"MrBitsy" wrote:
Conor wrote:
says...
The world is full of people who would rather live in a/the house
they can't afford to buy.
This applies to people living and working in a rural community. People
like agricultural workers.
How about moving somewhere where they can afford to buy - the rest of us
have to do it.
I write software but can't afford to buy a new house in the town I live.
Do I have a reasonable gripe against someone that moved out of London
or should I just move where I can afford a property?
Who are 'agricultural workers' to get special treatment?
The people who grow the food that you and the rest of us eat and who would
have difficulty doing that job in the middle of a large conurbation, for
example.
There was a lot to be said for the concept of the tied cottage, of course (a
bit like armed forces' married quarters, or even like nos. 10 & 11 Downing
Street).
But the chatterati were dead against tied cottages...