These are wise words that those on the unrealistic right would do well to contemplate and heed.

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The problems come when those who live in a certain area are told by those who don't that their opinion is wrong. Rural people are quick to point out that "city folk" don't understand country ways but think they have all the answers when it comes to urban life.

"A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink." [Orwell]

Of course they don’t think they have all the answers. I certainly don’t know all the problems that people face. All I know is that I don’t enjoy city life. For many reasons, none of which match the general expressions of discontent expressed here. What others feel is their business.

My comments are mostly directed to those who seem to think I cannot hold any opinion on multi-culturalism, or any aspect of modern life, just because I choose to live in Cornwall. They seem to think your brain ceases to function as soon as you cross the Tamar bridge. I also get tired of those who constantly complain but fail to do anything to alleviate their discomfort. If it’s so important then move. Life’s too short to live like that. The world has changed, not just London. Complaining about it won’t make the slightest difference so either get used to it, or do something that’s actually possibly. Change what you have the power to change.

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If it was as straightforward as just moving then estates would be pretty empty. Family and/or work and financial commitments have an impact. It's also not easy for many to just up sticks and move, at least until they reach retirement age.

This obsession with something that happened quite locally when, together with my wife, I was exploring a remote headland looking for a fishing spot, is really quite strange. I am sure we won’t have been the only people to have experienced this. Now we know who use the area we give it a very wide berth but have a clear recollection of where it is, if that’s important to anyone.

As it seems it is. Very odd.

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