REVEALED: The towns 存在 taken over by young Londoners and 押し進めるing out the pensioners
For years, Folkestone in Kent 証明するd the perfect 退職 目的地 for 地元の 建設業者 Patrick Murphy.
With its 静かな way of life, tight-knit community and affordable living costs, it is 平易な to see why the seaside 訴える手段／行楽地 is a favourite の中で retirees and why Patrick considered it the ideal place to finally put his feet up.
Pensioners （不足などを）補う a ４半期/4分の1 of the 全住民. But a 最近の influx of younger families, professionals and 所有物／資産／財産 投資家s is changing the pace.?
While the new 居住（者）s have brought regeneration, a vibrant community and 列s of new 商売／仕事s to Folkestone, Patrick, 65, is の中で the pensioners who 恐れる 存在 left out or left behind.
‘Older 居住（者）s like me are feeling ますます marginalised and not 手配中の，お尋ね者,’ he says. ‘It is not just 所有物／資産／財産 prices 押し進めるing us out ― but shops and restaurants, too.’
Old-world charm: A winding, cobbled street in Folkestone, but pensioners 恐れる they could soon be p riced out of the town
He points to the restaurant Rocksalt that sits opposite where he is sitting in the 日光, where a 瓶／封じ込める of シャンペン酒 is £109.50 and a dozen oysters £54.
We are standing on the end of a newly landscaped walkway known as Harbour Arm. This was 初めは a 鉄道 終点 and the 出発 point for many 兵士s on their way to fight in the ざん壕s in World War I.?
Abandoned until a １０年間 ago it has been ‘reimagined’ to 含む a swish cocktail 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 at the lighthouse, seafood restaurants and a host of live music events at 週末s.
When Patrick moved to Folkestone from London ten years ago with his 退職 in sight, he was able to buy a four-bedroom home for £130,000. ‘Now Folkestone is so popular it would cost over three times that ― there is no way I could afford to do it now,’ he says.
沿岸の towns have 伝統的に been more popular の中で retirees than younger 労働者s and families.
The three towns with the oldest 全住民s are all c oastal: Barton on Sea in Hampshire has an 普通の／平均（する） age of 65, Sutton on Sea in Lincolnshire has an 普通の／平均（する） age of 64 and Budleigh Salterton, Devon, has an 普通の／平均（する） age of 62.
全国的な, around 21 per cent of 居住（者）s in 沿岸の communities are 老年の 65 or over, compared with around 18 per cent in 非，不，無-沿岸の towns.
Seaside 退職: Peter and ジーンズ Jones bought a bungalow in Folkestone a １０年間 ago
But new 傾向s in working and living patterns mean that is changing in 沿岸の areas. Folkestone is just one example, but 類似の stories are playing out in 沿岸の towns up and 負かす／撃墜する the country.
For example, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, a popular 退職 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, up to a third of all 所有物／資産／財産 sales are now made to 非，不，無-地元のs.
The move に向かって working from home means that families who were once tied to large cities can move out to seaside towns for the space and sea 空気／公表する ― without having to give up their 職業s.?
Folkestone is just an hour from London by train ― perhaps 望ましくない for someone working in the City 十分な time, but 極端に enticing to a 労働者 who 減刑する／通勤するs a couple of days a week.
And house prices are often cheaper in 沿岸の towns, where a 欠如（する） of 地元の 職業 適切な時期s typically made homeownership いっそう少なく 望ましい ― until the 選択 of remote working shook things up.
On 普通の／平均（する）, house prices in Folkestone are いっそう少なく than half those in London ― £301,000, によれば 最新の 人物／姿／数字s from the Office for 国家の 統計（学）, compared with £725,000 in the 資本／首都.
Artist Jose Juan Barba, 45, moved to Folkestone with singing partner Sarah Quist a year ago ― and was 持つ／拘留するing an 展示 of his work in a 地元の gallery.
He says: ‘We are 支払う／賃金ing £900 a month for a two-bedroom flat ― in London you could not get a shoebox for that. We have been amazed by the welcoming sense of community in this town ― and love of the arts.’
Nina Harris, a 上級の sales 交渉者 at 広い地所 スパイ／執行官 ツバメ & Co in Folkestone, agrees that the town is 証明するing a popular 代案／選択肢 for families 捜し出すing out lower costs.?
She says: ‘I am one of the いわゆる “負かす／撃墜する From Londons” ― known as DFLs ― and arrived five years ago in my late 40s with a 16-year-old daughter.?
At the time one friend 恐れるd I was moving to a lorry park because of traffic 列s 主要な to the Channel Tunnel.
Cheaper rents: Artist Jose Juan Barba, who moved to Folkestone a year ago, says he was?amazed by the welcoming sense of community in the town
‘An influx of people may raise prices and make 所有物／資産／財産s more expensive, but there is plenty of space for everyone 予定 to new 開発s.’
However, some older 居住（者）s 恐れる that expensive new 住宅 and 開発s remain 堅固に out of their reach ― and only serve to 押し進める up house prices and living costs in the area.
地区 議員 John Wing is taking a きびきびした morning stroll on the promenade. The path is part of a new gentrification of the area that 含むs palm trees and deckchairs on the beach. He welcomes 改良s but 恐れるs it could mask a 住宅 危機.
The retired 鉄道 労働者 says: ‘When the sun is 向こうずねing it is lovely out here ― but the reality is that Folkestone is one of the most 奪うd areas in the country. 年輩の people can 特に struggle to find affordable accommodation.
‘If you complain, landlords can kick you out. And a 所有物／資産／財産 にわか景気 means pensioners on 直す／買収する，八百長をするd incomes get 定価つきの out.
‘There is a 関心 they could be abandoned ― stuck away from the 残り／休憩（する） of town in a ghetto far 除去するd from the expensive new 住宅 コンビナート／複合体s 存在 built to attract DFLs and 投資家s.
‘Folkestone is not a holiday 訴える手段／行楽地 but a home to real people who should be looked after and not be 孤立するd.’
Looking west along th e shoreline we can see Shoreline 三日月, a 巨大（な） 固める／コンクリート 封鎖する of 84 homes to be opened this summer ― 愛称d ‘Tinnitus Towers’ 予定 to the ear-splitting banshee-like wail the building can 放出する when the 勝利，勝つd blows.
退職 hotspots: 全国的な, around 21% of 居住（者）s in 沿岸の communities are 老年の 65 or over, compared with around 18% in 非，不，無-沿岸の communities
The 所有物／資産／財産s come at a hefty £430,000 for a one-bedroom flat ― or £2.1 million for a penthouse ― out of reach for most older 居住（者）s on a 年金 income.
When 億万長者 Sir Roger De Haan sold Saga, the company started by his father Sir Sidney De Haan in Folkestone in 1951, for £1.3 billlion a １０年間 ago, he decided to 投資する some of the windfall in 地元の 開発s.?
Shoreline 三日月 is just the start. He has 計画（する）s for a total of 1,000 高級な homes by the seafront, 含むing a 12-storey コンビナート／複合体 dubbed ‘something out of the Flintstones’ by 居住（者）s.
In re cent years a ‘creative ４半期/4分の1’ with trendy coffee shops and boutique art galleries by the seafront has opened up in Folkestone ― but just yards behind this area is a 奪うd 地域 around Dover Road.?
Retired nurse Lynda Hensher, 78, is struggling up Dover Road with a walking でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れる. The 未亡人 要求するs support, as her hip and 脚 were 鎮圧するd in an 事故 a １０年間 ago.
Lynda now lives in a 住宅 コンビナート／複合体 bedsit for which 居住（者）s must 支払う／賃金 £500 a month.
She is worried that the 会議 has become too 焦点（を合わせる）d on attracting new 投資家s, which means it 危険s forgetting about older 居住（者）s.
‘I think the 会議 only wants to 現在の a glitzy 偽の image of the town to 得る，とらえる new 投資家s,’ she says. ‘I understand we need to attract money to the area ― but this brings its own problems for 年輩の 居住（者）s.
‘I am kept awake by police サイレン／魅惑的なs as they chase 青年s 原因（となる）ing a nuisance or getting into fights after a night out in the town enjoying the new 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s.’
支援する on the harbour, I 会合，会う Peter Jones, 82, and wife ジーンズ, 77, who 恐れる retirees now will not be able to make the move to Folkestone for a pleasant 退職 such as they now enjoy.
They discovered the 控訴，上告 of the area a １０年間 ago, retiring from careers in Brussels, where they worked for the European （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 and European 会議 それぞれ. The home of the Channel Tunnel 終点 was a natural stop-off for them.
Peter says: ‘We 購入（する）d an old bungalow for £300,000 that was 変えるd to give it two storeys and four bedrooms ― creating what 広い地所 スパイ／執行官s call a chalet. It is now 価値（がある） £600,000.
‘Sadly, if we were retiring now we might not be able to afford it. This is creating a serious problem ― and 高級な 開発s are certainly not the 解答 but will only make it worse.’
However, while some things are changing, in other ways Folkestone is adapting to cater for old timers and newcomers alike.
Peter and ジーンズ are walking 負かす／撃墜する to （頭が）ひょいと動く’s Seafood 先頭 on the harbour from their nearby home, just minutes away from the Rocksalt restaurant with its oysters and シャンペン酒.
‘We’re walking 負かす／撃墜する for a £5 捕らえる、獲得する of jellied eels,’ says Peter. ‘Delicious.’
