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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

"overtourism" is such a good word. Summer in London is unbearable and the thousands of party lad homophobes coming down to Brighton every Saturday in the summer to culture clash with the natives don't help there either.

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The thing that made me the saddest about this was when someone said that the second home owners don't donate to the food bank.

[–] nickb333@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

I'm sure they quoted one instance of a holiday home owner donating all surplus food at the end of their stay.

Even so, some visitors donate. Wallis says a Swiss couple give £500 each year. People ring and ask him to collect excess food from their holiday cottage when they leave.

[–] wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago

Prime example of why second homes need to be more heavily taxed, and loopholes like switches to "local businesses" closed

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St Ives?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

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