Second home APOCALYPSE. 8 Most Expensive Towns in Cornwall, UK

[@BischBaschBosch]

As a Cornish tradesman, I can say that these days, it's not so much second homes. It's gone way beyond that now. Those buying up the seaside town and countryside properties in Cornwall are large hispitalty and financial investment firms, not individuals who've done OK. Done a lot of work for buyers, sellers and agents round here over the years. Dealing with an individual/owner or family where these sorts of properties are concerned is increasingly rare. Adding this comment as, you need to understand a problem to stand a chance of fixing it. "Second homes" is now misunderstanding the problem. More insidious than that now. Great video though. 👍

[@Hali88]

thanks for your insight

[@antonycharnock2993]

Just say it "money laundering" It's what London runs on but its called "Financial Services"

[@zaneta3880]

​@@antonycharnock2993😂😂😂😂.. Do you actually believe that we are just full of criminals in uk... Bloody hell boss. There lot of people with hard earned cash buying 😂😂😂😂

[@shugthehornyhaggis]

​@@antonycharnock2993 your comment is irrelevant to the statement made

[@therosen9923]

@@shugthehornyhaggis It isn't. Also learn to live in reality.

[@danielkerryann]

A contribution towards a new drone... Great to see you back Mr Towns! D&K

[@GeraldEatsSoup]

Donkey Kong

[@mickc7388]

I thought the reaction was hilarious, opps

[@JangianTV]

Our hero has returned when we needed him the most! Glad to have you back, good Sir! 😁

[@dianesullivan3034]

Day 2 was worth every scratch!!❤

[@Deedee1987dee]

What Hero, he's moaning because he can't afford shit and is angry and people who honestly worked their whole life to afford a house like that minus a few celebrities.

[@tonybennett5720]

I live in St Ives, at the back of the town is the social housing, which we are lucky enough to live in. Could never afford to buy a place here and our kids have gone to Uni and then never returned due to the lack of decent jobs and obscene levels of rent, if you can find anywhere, buying is way beyond us and them.

[@queensamalam4970]

I live and work in Truro. I walked from Penzance to Mousehole a couple of weeks ago. It was a Saturday, beautiful weather, and yet i found myself being one of maybe six people in Mousehole. I knew that Mousehole had become notorious for second home ownership and that it's dead during the winter, but damn, that brought it home.

[@icelara5972]

The question now is who are the second home owners? Affluent Brits or big corporations with more sinister plans.

[@LoveFalmouth]

There is only one local man still living there 😢

[@AvianAmigos]

I blame Dawn French for putting Mousehole on the house pillaging map - my niece got thrown out of her last place in Mousehole once OTT summer rental income time started and moved to Dorset - she's still there to this day. We all used to attend tiny Mousehole primary school back in the 80s

[@siep3417]

I was walking through Mousehole back in October, it was really quiet and the terrace houses were all being renovated. I like Mousehole, like to go to the football games at Trungle Park

[@sickeningbliss7419]

I was born and raised in Mousehole but I wouldn't live there now if you offered me a free mansion, the place is soulless in the winter and full of middle class Londoners in the summer. Everything is Mousehole, Mousehole, Mousehole - even the school has a huge waiting list and they've had to build extensions to accommodate all the new kids. Posh, arty, hedge fund managers who pretend to surf and can afford to buy food from the extortionate cafes in the village. The guts have been ripped out of it.

[@techbricks5300]

22 years trying to get home now. From St Austell and rented a room in Polperro for a bit. 14,000 empty 2nd homes. 24,000 Air BnB, 7 private rentals. No jobs.

[@AndrewPaul]

I love Polperro.

[@AchtungEnglander]

The UK may just have to follow the Spanish model and ban all non-UK residents from buying a property. Though I guess for Cornwall and Dorset it could be a bit more complicated as I guess many of the empty second homes are owned by Brits anyway.

[@jjskn93]

Same boat, but stuck in wales. From Bodmin originally. My dad showed me polzeath last I was down and told me about the kids during summer. Got so mad I nearly cried.

[@ulysees321]

from Penzance, had to move to Wales for jobs and pay, now on the housing ladder with some equity looking to move back home to be closer to parents as they age, its really tragic back home

[@Hali88]

@@AchtungEnglander the fact that we haven't done that already is bizarre. Why do we let people who don't live in the UK buy houses in the UK!?

[@katfanker]

Nice to have you back, Captain Turd! Excellent video, especially your empathy for the local folk. 🇦🇺

[@blackcoffy83]

My small contribution towards a new drone. I love your videos! With love from across the pond 🇨🇦

[@Kualabear02]

Whenever my elderly mother saw a fancy house she’d mutter “drugs money” under her breath. I was born and lived in an old fisherman’s cottage in St Ives back when people actually lived there. We had loads of friends and it really was a wonderful early childhood with the whole town , its cliffs and its beaches were our playground. Way back in the 60’s.

[@hosephanerothe1440]

Your Mum would have a field day with all the Turkish Barbers and American candy shops on the UK high streets these days!

[@siep3417]

St Ives is still nice and as much as I enjoy a night out in St Ives, it gets wild during the summer, reminds me of Ibiza and then during the Winter months it does get quieter. Is a shame to see houses sitting empty being owned by big companies, I think they should do more, perhaps charge a town tax to these big companies who buy up houses for hospitality, they could then put the money back into helping younger people looking to get into proper work and own their own homes. I live in Hayle down the road, is really nice but during the summer it takes ages to get from one side of town to the other due to traffic.

[@laurastuart3814]

@@hosephanerothe1440 They are not Turks, they are Kurds.

[@BobCarolgees-p8f]

​@@laurastuart3814either way they have to go back

[@davidcolver2502]

towards the new drone. Thank you for this channel.

[@michelecrackett2798]

Your monologue at the end of the video is so spot on. I truly hope that the youngest generations, like today’s toddlers, will grow with better values. But I wouldn’t hold my breath.

[@rogercantwell3622]

It's end-stage capitalism. Capitalism means money goes to money. After enough generations, a very few people end up with everything. How did Trump, Musk, Johnson and the other right-wing populists get rich? They had rich parents.

[@AutoShenanigans]

I feel your pain with the drone and the whole situation. "F*ck me it's not worth it" 😂😂 You'll look back and laugh... eventually. Great video none the less.

[@durb1n]

Hey John. Great channel

[@jambaby4999]

Appreciate your work on these videos and sorry about your drone! Watching from across the pond 🇺🇸

[@Robbielockstock]

Thanks!

[@TheCho-k4m]

Just when there is feck all to watch and you are headed to bed, the living legend returns!

[@ColinGoldfinch]

Have a coffee. I like your videos; as someone who holidays in Cornwall, Devon etc I do feel part of the problem. Keep up the good work, nice to put a face to the voice.

[@lucieni]

Ooh is this ‘FaceTime’ a first? Great video and lovely to put a face to all the “Turds”!

[@RobJaskula]

He's all over the camera on his main channel, Markyd123

[@-DC-]

He's shown his face on this channel previously.

[@NeilTreanor]

He was doxxed in the Bath episode so disappeared for a while. Also it seems a KZbin requirement these days otherwise they think narration is AI

[@chewitt6426]

@@NeilTreanor doxxed ?

[@heathermortimer1126]

i couldn't agree more, my partner worked so hard serving his country in the Navy for 36 yrs, and it was our dream to retire here in Cornwall five years ago. It was along exhausting search to find a home we could afford, and in the end we had to settle for a small bungalow in a tiny hamlet. House prices are horrendous here, and now half a million wont get you much. We are so lucky to have one home, any one with two is just taking the piss, it makes me fucking angry that so many places are taken over by the wealthy, time for a peasants revolt i think. Not sure what the answer is other than high taxation, but like you said they can afford it. Sorry about your drone, sounds like one of my shit days LOL. Brilliant job with this one, as a Cornish resident i loved it. Looking forward to your next video.

[@fattmatt200]

Loads of affordable retirement homes in Cornwall, but they aren't in the desirable villages and towns, with sea views.

[@AdamBrowne-eg1eb]

When we go to all the Cornwall towns on holiday we play ‘high street bingo’…they all have exactly the same shops!… Mountain warehouse Rolys fudge Fatface Saltrock Sea salt Tarquin’s gin Trespass Flapjackery You’ll always get at least 4 of these shops in every town. It’s a truly riveting game I know.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Joules, Crew Clothing, Quba(that's a new sailing related one) Does Fat Willys still exist? Every car that had been to Cornwall at one time had a Fat Willys sticker now its the Cornish flag. To be honest many towns in the Lake District are like this. There's even a Sea Salt on my local upmarket retail park Fox Valley on the outskirts of Sheffield.

[@icelara5972]

Same if you go to any town in the Lakes. Demolision Man anyone? Tako Bell only restaurant?

[@MrAvant123]

Rolys fudge is a huge rip-off ! Saw this in Bude (which I think classes as a posh town).

[@siep3417]

You should see the shops they have on the Soho Road in Handsworth. There's a lot of independent shops about places.

[@Kualabear02]

@@AdamBrowne-eg1eb from a born and bred resident who hasn’t been back since the mid 2000’s it sounds rather soul destroying tbh 😌😕

[@Silent002]

Came for the scathing wit, stayed for the hyperbased outro. Glad to hear you telling it like it is, boss.

[@machendave]

A Cornish family has moved into the Welsh village I live in. Literally Parents, 4 daughters, 1 son plus their spouses and children. It certainly helps the local schools.

[@tealeafuk]

Couldn't agree more with you mate. Another great video. keep up the good work.

[@richardfox4803]

Not enough to move to Padstein, but should help with drone fees.

[@ianmunkyg1026]

Thats your best video yet, keep it up dude.

[@DevonNroos]

Thanks

[@Goodchappy]

Just binged watched a load of your videos for at least the 2nd time including this one. I agree with everything you say about second homes and how depressing it all is. Sorry you lost your drone, hope you have recovered. I look forward to more videos like this, nice to see the guy behind it all. Stay safe 👍🏻

[@mindofmetal]

Go get that drone mate 👍

[@ONYX-365]

❗ The UK needs higher council tax on 2nd homes AND much higher capital gains tax on non-primary properties! This should stop people buying up properties, holding on to them for years & selling for obscene profit, from doing nothing while people could actually use it as intended; to live in it! 🏡

[@BobCarolgees-p8f]

200% tax on second homes but the problem is black rock could afford to pay it and that's who's directly or indirectly buying g for everything

[@gazgaffa8437]

Yea an they just put it through their books as a tax expense its not gojng to solve the problem

[@MillerSaint]

😂😂 this story with the drone is hilarious! I’m surprised you could get it to budge using the remote once you got close.

[@streamdr1499]

Well said. Good to have you back, TurdMeister

[@shimmime]

This is the first turdtown vid I've watched and really enjoyed it. I've never been to Cornwall, but people always tell me how lovely it is. In the summer. It's interesting that you visited in winter; you get a sense of what the towns are really like, which is DEAD. I don't know how those shops survive, and I'd be surprised if there was any sense of community. Sad.

[@jasonshull3106]

Your videos are epic. Some of the best on KZbin. JDS in AZ usa.

[@pimlicofox]

Omg thank god you saw sense I was worrying when you started climbing up that tree😂

[@Sh.tPilot]

To get a drone out of a tree, invest in some paracord, you can buy 100-200m of it for like 10 quid, and perhaps something like a carabiner that climbers use. When you wrap the paracord up it weighs practically nothing and takes up almost no space. But what you can do is tie the carabiner to the paracord and use like a spinning around motion to throw the paracord over a branch up high and use it to shake the tree. It's much better than using pinecones to hit the drone. The only problem is, most of those dji drones when they crash from that high, you'll probably break the shell or hopefully not, the arm and then you'll have to repair it.

[@maxhunter6493]

Nice video. I am largely of the opinion that homes are places to live in and should not be used as a way to screw communities over for greed. I don’t have a problem with people owning holiday cabins which are rented out but family homes… no. Scary to think what some of these already deserted towns/villages will look like when there are no locals because it’s too expensive. No community and no culture. Also I agree we need new towns and not estates tacked on to already existing places. Love your videos, please come and see the best/worst of Hampshire.

[@rosefamily4448]

Brilliant to see St Mawes on your video sorry we never saw you we agree with everything you said. We live in the village in one of the lesser known council/ housing association areas which believe or not exist here in St Mawes and yes there is definitely a divide between the haves and the have nots.

[@dave55uk]

Nice to see you! And I fully agree with your sentiments.

[@ImperfectVegetarian]

Likewise 👍🏼

[@CarlesMavros1982]

Nice to hear from you back Mr. Turd! You've got some audience beyond the UK too

[@jmshrrsn]

Towards a new drone.

[@andyduggan7810]

Great to see you back, going above and beyond the call of duty again. I can imagine those deserted second home areas felt quite creepy.

[@djidroneadventures4059]

Its down to the government to massively tax second homes and that money used to build affordable homes for the locals

[@adamroots3429]

No ,no more homes needed ,just repatriation of second homes,you are incorrect

[@djidroneadventures4059]

@adamroots3429 oops

[@paulm.7422]

Greetings from Texas (Brit/London boy, here). Another great video and good to see you on-camera ... to be able put a face to the voice.

[@Disconnected]

Great to put a face to the voice! Loved getting your opinions on these subjects as opposed to just documenting what is seen in the town. Great video as always mate!

[@eallon]

I work in Helford every week, it's absolutely beautiful the tranquility suits some people, there are also alot more permanent residents than people say it's just they're older and want to live quietly in their homes. One thing that can be said is people with high disposable incomes keep us tradies employed in these villages year round.

[@ROLYAN850]

Well done mate, crackin video, we've missed you!

[@paulm.7422]

Given the chronic UK housing shortage, all those second homes ... homes not being occupied full-time ... need to be taxed at twice or triple the rate.

[@PopularesVox]

And in the North as many empty decaying ones. We don't have a housing shortage, but a lack of public investment in housing and local communities and an economy driven by the property market, in which the building of new homes benefits both developers and the banks. It's also a key factor behind not stemming a population increase. Housing is too expensive.

[@brianlopez8855]

A lot of Council Tax is now at 300 percent in these places for empty or holiday homes. Its clearly not high enough.

[@Hali88]

@@brianlopez8855 I would announce that next year, 2nd homes will be fined £5k a year, doubling to £10k a year 2026, £20k in 2027 and so on until eventually 2nd homes become very rare. It will reduce house prices because there will be so many homes coming onto the market. The super rich won't care but at least we'll get a bit more of their money for public services.

[@John-c4r1o]

​@Hali88 So feckless spongers can continue to be so. Most people who've accumulated wealth have done so by providing things to society that people actually want. Already they pay more in tax than they actually keep for themselves, and now you think they should lose their wealth as well. When those that create wealth stop doing so then Britain will enter a decades long depression.

[@paulm.7422]

@@Hali88 That's good to hear. Many of those homes are just used to park money and the local councils have done little to help their communities. Also, most of these part-time residents don't even support their local stores ... they have their groceries delivered from elsewhere.

[@antonyshortridge7747]

Love your work mate

[@lumo1001]

Great video! We live in a trailer in a yard in Somerset and consider ourselves lucky and we’re happy! People don’t need second homes we need places to live in the countryside! It can’t become a blow in refugee camp for people selling one bedroom flats in Hackney and buying up estates in the south west! They are vacuous and suck the life out of our land!

[@ianrichards4907]

but come to dover in a dinghy and every things free

[@andyt3121]

Love the video ive watched all of your videos great to see you posting new ones cant wait to see whats next sorry to hear about the drone

[@Jon1Surf1Lim]

Living and working in the South West, I visit Cornwall a lot, it is a stunning place but you can't help but feel for the locals who clearly can't afford to live there, being in North Devon we have very much the same problem and I can't see my own son staying here because it's unlikely he will able to afford to 😢

[@tk380514]

For the new drone fund

[@timbounds7190]

As far as I'm concerned, Cornwall is utter hell anyway! But you can see the corrosive effect of 2nd homes in many touristy parts of the UK. I live close to the Yorkshire Dales, and many of the attractive Dales villages are these days the same as Cornwall - almost all the houses are 2nd homes and holiday lets. They have ceased to be real settlements lived in by real people - its like visiting a museum, except that you aren't allowed in.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Grassington, I believe is the worst for that and a few of the fishing villages along the Yorkshire coast like Staithes & Robin Hoods Bay similar to the Cornish places but there's no super rich type houses.

[@timbounds7190]

@@antonycharnock2993 I was particularly thinking of Linton in Wharfedale and Keld and Muker in Swaledale, which seem to be 'dead' villages, but you are right about Staithes - I remember going there over 20 years ago on a Saturday morning in August, and the streets were packed with cars being loaded up as holidaymakers vacated their holiday cottages. I'd never quite realised quite how pervasive the tourist industry had got in parts until that moment! Runswick Bay nearby is another place that really only consists of holiday accommodation.

[@christinachristofi7313]

Excellent video 👌Spot on in so many respects. Speaking from a personal perspective as I live full time in one of the posh villages very close to Polzeath. Moved here as my partner is from these parts and wanted to return ‘home’ beautiful coast line beaches moors etc but communities are decimated as Cornish grandparents sold properties to the 2nd home owners / holiday lets which are owned by high end wealth individuals but mostly Off shore companies / Corporations. As a working professional who has lived and worked in many countries around the world I was able to afford ‘one of the posher houses’ The prices in most of the hospitality sectors are eye watering compared to even major cities they mostly cater to the tourist industry making it unaffordable to locals or simply close in the winter like a ghost towns. Spot a house in Rock with the lights on during the winter months! The 2nd home Council Tax won’t even touch the sides of these property owners. Completely agree with your sentiment at the end of the video regarding values etc Corporate / Legacy media perpetuate the myth of demigod corrupt Oligarchs techno bros…. Could go on. Keep the faith and the excellent original content good to see you back 🎉

[@joesmith942]

In posh towns, they train seagulls and trees to eat drones. It prevents the like of you from invading their privacy.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Very interesting as always and I agree with what you say on the way this country is going. I'll look forward to seeing me Turdtown episodes in the future and I'd love to see Berkshire covered.

[@jazzguitarwithandy]

Really felt for you in Polperro! It's so sad what's happened to these places. Your take on where we've got to in society at the end was spot on. Things need to change.

[@RavenMysticUK]

Cracking video! Love this new format, you made us laugh a lot. Hearing more of your feelings about the state of things and watching your adventures (the good and bad) is ace 👌🏼 I think most people will agree with your views on this one mate!

[@Ahibasabala]

Overpopulation, is the sense i get when watching videos like this. The Uk is very nice and it may often look empty, but there's that uncomfortable feeling that every centimeter of land you step on belongs to someone else, and 'you shouldn't quite be there'. Very enjoyable to watch, thanks a lot

[@MiningForPies]

@@Ahibasabala 650,000 empty homes. More land used for golf courses than all housing. We are not overpopulated.

[@mishswb4950]

Let me know when people start needing to live in the peak districts, lake district, Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor ect. When we still have areas of natural beauty places, we are not over populated.

[@MiningForPies]

@@mishswb4950 let me know when you’re willing to knock your own house down and restore your area to how beautiful it was before, “I’m ok jack” is the worst attitude humans still suffer with.

[@plagiarisedwords]

Every centimetre of land in the UK has been owned by someone since the time of William the Conqueror. Population has got nothing to do with it.

[@Hali88]

@@MiningForPies more land used for golf where, in Cornwall or the whole country? Sounds like an incorrect statistic. But yeh, Holland has about 2x the population density of the UK, but that's mostly because of Scotland, Wales, N Ireland. England by itself is not far off Holland and therefore one of the most densely populated nations in Europe.

[@OlBeefy]

A great watch, your positivity and enthusiasm really perks me up!

[@JamesWiltondance]

This is an absolute banger of a video mate-best ever! If you want someone to try and get your drone back-there's a storm coming in this weekend, perhaps that will knock it out?

[@wulfsorenson8859]

You have to drive everywhere in Cornwall. The public transport is terrible and the price of cabs is insane. God help you if you have car issues there or can’t drive.

[@StevePetty]

Totally agree with your comments man. The whole situation is gone beyond hope, young people have zero chance of settling in these areas, it's do sad, these communities are dying a sad death. It's just so sad to see. I don't know what the answer is but something has to change, there has to be a reset?

[@sjgriff69]

Geddon Boi ! Great to put a face to the voice,which is great. Love the passion of small town life, posh or turd. Keep it up man.

[@ailing9119]

Good to have you back mate

[@ferayster]

sorry you experienced a rough day. Wishing you a great new year, despite this experience.

[@RachelCM74]

We left Cornwall in 2023 and now live in Somerset. I was born there and lived there all my life. Sadly finding an affordable 2 bed home was beyond us. I ended up with my son and partner squashed into a 1 bed flat in Helston with my son on the sofa or a camp bed. Both my parents still live there and being elderly, that's extra stress as I'm not close anymore. I like where I live now in Somerset. Cornwall is rather cut off from the rest of England, especially the further west you go and yes, it's that dead in the winter. I'll always miss it in ways, but I wouldn't go back.

[@SachaWatson]

As a frequent visitor and now resident of Padstow, I was dreading to hear your thoughts on the town, but no - they were absolutely spot on! Especially during the winter, there is a really strong sense of community here. Out of season, it's peaceful but perhaps even more welcoming. I'd love to see you check out Gillingham in Dorset - an ugly duckling of a town. It's quite a pleasant place generally (definitely not posh though!), but the town centre is absolutely atrocious. There are so many boarded up shops and empty buildings, not least a derelict co-op that caught fire 15 years ago and has since been left to decay. Its High Street has to be one of the worst in the county and a terribly unfair reflection on the rest of the town and its community. It needs a bit of love... maybe in the form of a Turdtowns video!

[@megaflux7144]

feels good to see you out and about. shame there was no hawk to help with the drone situation..

[@joefitz7972]

Another great video - love the style of presentation. As someone from a Devon seaside town, I know most of the places in the video and appreciate the impressive research and honest, thoughtful views on the issues.

[@mandriod5255]

I work in the hospitality sector here in Cornwall in the tourist season you can make minimum wage and sometimes a little more, but in the off season minimum wage is a dream/pie in the sky to be able to try and obtain. There are so many second homes while people that provide services for the people that visit are living in sheds/caravans and vans.

[@ol1ver89]

Argh I love this guy ! The whole of your serious of videos iv watched from the beginning , and your monologue at the end could not be better or better put ! I agree completely! And understand exactly, you should be able to live on your home town I think it’s unfit for families to split up and move on ! Sad times the uk is broke

[@bcdave91]

Right on. You're back!! LOL

[@ChicaLocaGB]

Bad day at the office, it happens to us all. Some people tried to get into 2nd homes via the static caravan route, but had their dreams dashed by unfair costs and other corruptuons. There's no way up the ladder for mere mortals.

[@angowT]

It's just awful now in Cornwall. We have one Hospital that is stuffed to capacity. I live in Truro and the bloody Government should take a drive from the A30 into town, it's already a nightmare and yet they keep building along that stretch. Throughout the county we are struggling with schools, GPs, dentists etc. The roads can't handle it and the infrastructure is creaking. We Cornish are being driven out of our homes. It's true that second home owners are a problem, but encouraging a greater population is a disastrous idea. My family are looking to leave our home county with great sadness.

[@phenogen8125]

Change County to Country in your sentence is my advice. It constructively can change every aspect of the optional meanings of "Sentence."

[@user-ng6sp6xc5n]

Sorry to break it to you.. But its the whole country! Not just Cornwall..

[@tristanpage6805]

Great content. Look forward to the next

[@klemmr3233]

Seagulls are the number one threat to drones on the coast. Sorry for your loss. Brilliant video, great to have you back.

[@jmshrrsn]

To be fair, the seagulls were there first. Drones equate to blowins. . .

[@Lee-73]

Brilliant video sir - hard to disagree with anything you said. Maybe those with 2nd homes over £750K should have to pay a MUCH higher stamp duty which then gets directly paid to those people who live there - getting invested in the local area? Don’t know how you police that and it’s obviously too late for some places. The crooked councils would probably syphon off this too.

[@bordersw1239]

They already do - stamp duty on that would be £62.5K rather than £25K if it was your main home. April will see a doubling of council tax for 2nd homeowners.

[@Hali88]

I don't think stamp duty is a good tax in general as it puts people off moving house which leaves lots of older people in 4/5 bedroom houses only using 1 bedroom, but yeh it makes sense on 2nd homes

[@tomf4547]

Bigger stamp duty will only go straight to the Starmer immigrant fund, nowhere else.

[@Lee-73]

@ Yeah, unfortunately it will. My point was it’d be nice if it went into the local economy.

[@henry3277]

Used to go camping in Cornwall years ago before Gevor tin mine shut, (I was going to try to apply for a job at Gevor on my next visit). At that time, Cornwall was great place to visit. The Local were just starting to complain about outsiders moving in, plus a lot of unemployment after the mines closed. Polperro was a great place to visit especially the Blue Peter Inn. At that time, you could park just a short walk away. Cornwall’s biggest mistake was not getting independents from the rest of England.😁

[@laurastuart3814]

Hello handsome, so much better now we see your face.

[@CharlesWild-k8m]

Ask yourself one question, it’s not the locals who have sold their homes to the highest bidder, then complain that their children can’t afford to by a home in their town. If the locals feel that there are to many second homes in their town, stop selling their homes to the highest bidder and give them to their children then.

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

That's true. Where I live, it's common knowledge. 😂 The Cornish can be two-faced gits at times. I should know, I'm cornish. 😂

[@LuLuBeeBah]

My friend has had a council flat in St Ives for about 10 years, she's 55 now. Glad she has!

[@dinosaur4675]

What a brilliant episode you covered so much and all well put across. When did an average wage not give you the opportunity to get on the housing market? And what happens next ?Generation rent will retire at some point and with a limited pension for most who cover the rent ? I fear we are sleep walking into a real problem.

[@Mr.Clingclong]

As someone born and brought up in Cornwall and still live here, I wouldn't ever come here for a holiday. It puzzles me why anyone would want to come here, it's rubbish weather and it's an utter rip off. What people pay for sh-1-t holiday accommodation is bonkers.

[@jaykenny4205]

Ah Bruv.... Watching you talking about getting your drone was hard. Well-done for getting back on your horse.

[@maclachj1]

This is brilliant. Great channel

[@cjh0751]

I wondered 🤔 how long it would take to train a squirrel to retrieve your drone 😂

[@flyinghedgehog3833]

Blame the greedy locals who sold them in the first place !

[@Hali88]

I don't blame them, I wouldn't want to live in a little village 40 mins from the nearest small town and hours from any real city with no jobs except crappy tourist related ones

[@leonblittle226]

Greed >? I think you will find that it was the only option many of them had that didn't put them on the streets !

[@louisoleary7853]

Quite agree we live in deal Kent a same old crap dsl we’re called we live along side with the dumb fucking locals

[@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984]

They blame the English for taking their homes, but there are plenty of Cornish, born and bred, who have a few properties on the go. Just visit some fishing villages. Down with the English up with the Cornish.£ 😂😂😂£🎉

[@memyselfandeye1234]

Quality ... Nice To See A New Vid From You Chap ... Thank You Kindly ... peace

[@Super-op9zp]

Great episode! Good to see you front and centre

[@Marty-hu7rw]

Its a great shame that local Cornish people cannot afford to live in thier own county thanks to greedy second home oeners mainly from London .Many traditional once working class cottages are brought as holiday homes have thier original featires ripped out of them and the character is lost for ever ,look what theve done in St lves ,the place has become a building site ,and why does the council allow this ?that what l would like to know

[@PM-bo6mp]

Love the channel. One day you’ll laugh about your day in Polperro.

[@davidpenny9865]

Sorry about the drone but I really look forward to these videos (I live in Cornwall and agree with everything you said). Keep the faith and don't give up! The second home issue is a well known problem and needs to be highlighted and, as you said, the 100% council tax will do f-all!

[@brittainadams5960]

Thanks for that I think many of your viewers really appreciate the efforts you make. The whole drone misery was quite entertaining, I was with my brother when his drone dropped out of the sky into a tree, when we went to get it the farmer ran out shouting "get off my land", no idea how but he complained to the drone supplier who sent him another. As for your political analysis at the end - well I would say entirely justified. Keep up the great work. ( PS when you run out of Posh and Turd Towns do "Just Towns" you could do an area say Cheshire in a couple of days)

[@stephenwalsh156]

Excellent video mate, loved hearing your thoughts at the end. Totally agree

[@jeffblahblah5226]

Well said. Been along time since it was Great Britain. Sadly its going back to the days of Lords and Serfs. Who would of thought the 60s and 70s was as good as it got.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

Welcome back!

[@jandeville325]

Loved this, I've been to all these towns and your trip to Polperro made me laugh out loud 😆 I totally agree with your views on second homes, l live in N Devon where the situation is very similar to Cornwall - half a school bus now instead of three because no kids here any more, no shops etc. There should be a limit on each town, ie no more than 10% as second homes

[@danielelston7457]

Welcome 🙏 back Mate. Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@murakwan29]

29:31 Sadly The UK is far from the only country that idolizes the wrong sort of people. While I agree with you in regards that China talks about and values its Engineers more than the UK, they also have their own share of degenerates. Just so you know that Tiktok, which is one of the worst things to ever exist, originates from China, where it is referred to as Douyin. In other words, idolizing the wrong sort of people is not just a UK Problem, but also a global problem. PS Welcome back. I feel Sorry for what happened with the drone. I hope that you can get a new one soon.👍

[@Matthoowy]

Great videos good sir - any chance you'll do videos on the in between of turdtowns and posh towns like the mid tier ones ? Reviews on any lesser known towns is worth a watch to me

[@Turdtowns]

Yes when I started this channel I wanted to cover multiple angles. The issue is there isn’t really a whole lot of data to focus on each town individually other than if it’s rough and the house prices. But I like the idea of affordable but good places to live. I already have a list drawn up for Somerset 😊