Just moved to the country? Here’s what your neighbours really think
The exodus from the cities shows no signs of slowing – but what about the rural residents who are being priced out of the property market?
9 March 2021 • 5:00am
TV shows like Sarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country may help popularise the idea of embarking on the rural life
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Inge Hunter grew up in the “pretty little village” of Dullingham in East Cambridgeshire. A historic settlement within wooded countryside, it’s easy to see the appeal. Add to its aesthetic charm its location, a handy distance from Cambridge and London, and you may start to wonder why you haven’t moved there.
The biggest beneficiaries of this pandemic have been Amazon, Netflix, supermarket chains . . . and estate agents in the Cotswolds. The flight to the prettiest parts of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire