Interesting info in the Times on where people are choosing to live in the West Midlands. Apparently, the M6 Toll and better rail services to London have opened up mid Staffordshire to commuters, and down-shifters from the south-east and London
are surging into Worcester and Worcestershire. And the Birmingham
commuter belt is relaxing a notch, and spreading ever-further out. Or so the estate agents say.
The do-nut a few years ago…
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28 Sep 2008 at 14:22
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