On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:25pm Sunshine wrote:
Zzzzz
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:26pm Many homes wrote:
I'm flogging my semi.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:30pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
Interesting article.
I liked the very exact figure of 740 people moving to Lewes from London in the past year. I wonder what that is as a percentage of the whole population of Lewes? Even if it's only 2%, if the DFL figures remain at that rate, in 50 years, there'd be no true Lewesians left.
Still, I can't really grumble, being a Down From Surrey and all.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:30pm monkey wrote:
Fine by me... Don't like it, bugger off Burgess Hil or Newhaven... Bye...
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:34pm endoftheouse wrote:
It's called "White Flight"
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:41pm @endoftheouse wrote:
Only by racist idiots.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:42pm @Many homes wrote:
You do know that's a very silly way to keep it hard don't you?
On 29 Dec 2017 at 7:59pm Many homes wrote:
It works well actually. You could lend a hand
On 29 Dec 2017 at 9:34pm Donald wrote:
The way London is going, in 50 years Lewes will be a melting pot of ethnic colour and culture, because the DFL will be non white, and there will be no longer a need for Diversity Lewes, and all the Refugees welcome banners can be recycled. Mind you, Kim and I may of blown all this sh.t up by then.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 9:44pm Archie wrote:
Zzzz. This theme still going?? Born and bred in Lewes = "Never left the nest and moved on". Go see the world and visit the parents at Christmas.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 10:06pm Donald wrote:
@Archie, no one believes this crap on here, like you people take time and write crap, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 11:47pm Observer wrote:
The 740 figure will be for lewes district, so including Seaford,newhaven and the villages.
Some of course may be natives returning after a stint at university or working in the smoke.
On 29 Dec 2017 at 11:51pm Observer wrote:
Or an elderly couple from bromley retiring to a bungalow in Seaford, for that matter.
On 30 Dec 2017 at 7:48am @Archie wrote:
Totally agree with your comment. Lewes is full of inbred hillbillys with webbed feet and 6 fingers on each hand.
There's a big wide world out there which is worth seeing.
On 30 Dec 2017 at 9:53am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out, Observer. I should have taken the time to check the source material. Across the whole district, 740 is negligible.
Tbh Donald, I think I'd prefer the diverse "melting pot" to the white, middle-class enclave Lewes seems to be turning into. You can scarcely move for hipster beards and Sea Salt raincoats in the precinct some weekends, and waxed jackets that have never gone further than the Lewes Arms.
On 30 Dec 2017 at 12:16pm Ferret wrote:
From the Guardian report: "This has been the case in the Sussex town of Lewes, to which 740 Londoners moved last year"
I'm happy that they are actually moving to Lewes, finding property, rather than the property being sold by greedy owners to even greedier buy-to-let landlords. I suspect many are having to pay rent to greedy locals too.
On 30 Dec 2017 at 12:48pm Kevin wrote:
I can't blame the dfls for wanting to move to our glorious town, but I can blame them for all of its downfalls. I miss the Lewes of old.
On 30 Dec 2017 at 9:34pm Disgusted of Tunbridge W wrote:
@archie-- What have you got against diversity you digital supremacist and pedal eugenicist?
On 30 Dec 2017 at 10:07pm AFH wrote:
People have to live somewhere. We are unfortunately an overcrowded island.
All this DFL talk smacks of xenophobia as far as I can see and is very narrow minded. I can see how it's sad to loose tradition but we have to accept that things change.
From AFH = along from hassocks. !
On 30 Dec 2017 at 10:31pm Me wrote:
I'm OFK, Over from Kemptown after making 170k profit from DFLS. Thanks very much.
On 31 Dec 2017 at 10:21am Englishman wrote:
You cannot blame people from moving out of Londonistan, and only visiting it in order to earn a living. The real problems for the former capital of the British empire will come when the commuters rebel against the truculent rail unions, and work from home.
On 31 Dec 2017 at 10:55am Tara wrote:
I am down from (north) London and honestly I can't see what everyone has against us. In many respects we are bringing Lewes into the 21st century. While I love the town's traditions, like the wonderful pagan festivities at Bonfire Night, Lewes is terribly undiverse and some of the locals' attitudes worry me deeply. The number of England flags I have seen down here is shocking.
On 31 Dec 2017 at 4:53pm Disgusted of Tunbridge W wrote:
That's right Tara,there aren't any. I don't know what all this London stuff is all about DFL means dire forum libtards.