[salamanderman]

Speaking for my cousins who live in one of these towns, the rich English are moving in, buying up swaths of land that was farmable or whatever, and using it for private vacation homes that they don't use that much. They ship things in rather than buy local. They don't try to speak the language. The list of complaints goes on and on.

[ploika]

That's not the same thing as a few more software developers living full time in the town, in fairness. More remote workers would be akin to having a few extra GPs or solicitors around the place, doing local-person stuff like going to the pub or buying groceries and school uniforms for their kids.

I do sympathise with your cousins though. The few Irish-speaking regions left in the country are constantly facing similar challenges.