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"We live in 'Hackney-on-Sea' and Londoners ARE welcome - they keep the town alive"

2024-12-20 8 Dailymotion

Welcome to the seaside town dubbed Hackney-on-Sea where locals say Londoners ARE welcome - as they keep business booming.

Deal in Kent, a former fishing, mining and garrison town, has become a hotspot for DFLs - people moving 'Down from London'.

But unlike other towns where city slickers are shunned, residents feel like the newcomers have had a positive impact on their area - saying it would be "totally dead" without them.