"Britain's Palm Beach." WTF

[Mackin USA]

 
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rich-russians-lured-britains-palm-120100186.html

[Rooftop]

There are some incredible properties at Sandbanks.  Poole harbour is stunning too.  They do all think that they are living in Miami Vice though.

[BoL]

Seems S.E. England has been popular with Russians for a while, for political and economic reasons.

The rubbish British weather beats getting all your assets confiscated and thrown in jail ...

[rcjordan]

>rubbish British weather beats....

...rubbish Russian weather, hands down.

[Brad]

>weather

English winter is like summer for the Russians.

I also imagine that for many it must be a relief to have police, courts, laws, due process that are not based on decrees.

[Gurtie]

heh. except some of them

[JasonD]

Sandbanks is beautiful and glorious.

It is also ridiculously expensive.....

[grnidone]

My mother has said for years that Bismarck North Dakota is the "Key West of Canada."