It’s ok ilovemygears; I’m a Londoner and I just want to reassure you that I have no plans to buy a holiday home in Cornwall. Ever.
Having ‘holidayed’ with ‘Emmet’ relatives in north Cornwall far too many times, and seen just how insular and narrow-minded some people can be in that part of England, I’d be happy to stay away, as you seem to want us to.
Crap weather, nowhere to actually ride yer bike legally, meh scenery, unfriendly people. That’s my experience of having bin there many times.
Truro’s nice though. And I’m sure there are some nice folk there, and the weather in the more sheltered south coastal areas is a lot more pleasant.
I live in a place that’s bin shaped by immigrants and travellers over centuries, and I love it for that reason.
Embrace change, welcome evolution.