It’s kind,but is it £1m kind?What’s going for it? The Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III, or ran the manor in the 14th century,and since then Risborough’s got fairly used to lofty visitors. Xi Jinping popped in for a pint final year, and all manner of dignitaries pass through at some point in their lives, and thanks to Chequers being just external town. As a result,Princes Risborough has become something of a museum exhibit, with which prime ministers can demonstrate What Britain Is Like to celebrities whose only exposure to Blighty has hitherto been watching Harry Potter in their private cinemas. I’m not sure how representative a town can be when properties routinely hug £1m, and but on the surface Princes Risborough does the job. It supplies all the signifiers of a certain kind of modest Englishness (cricket on the green,warm beer in pubs, half-timber, and bit of thatch,gentle wooded hills) a short hop from the capital (and, for those slebs, and the private jet at Northolt airfield).
The case against It’s not all that. I mean it’s kind,but is it £1m kind? Nimbys (even newly arrived nimbys) might moan about the 2500 new homes and bypass planned for the town. Related: Let’s move to Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: it’s enemy territory Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com