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Joy Lo Dico

OPINION - I left London for the country — and it changed everything I thought I knew about both places

Five years ago, as the reality of Covid lockdown set-in, the grass really did start to look greener outside London.

Pent-up city folk began to think of the countryside as the answer. Many, as soon as they were permitted, grabbed their possessions and ran for the hills.

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