Lymington
Lymington: where every third shop sells fudge to people who retired at fifty.·Hampshire·South East England
Lymington is the town every other place on the Solent quietly measures itself against and quietly loses to, which is exactly why it looks so pleased with itself down by the quay. It made its fortune on salt and smuggling and now makes it on people who own a yacht they take out twice a summer and talk about all winter. The cobbled streets slope down to a marina packed with boats that cost more than houses, moored by people whose houses cost more than that. It is Georgian, it is smug, and it has earned the right to be both.
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02Prices
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03Schools
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04Flood risk
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05Crime
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06Transport
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07Planning
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08The area around
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09Who lives here
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