With every property purchased and transformed into a holiday home by landlords, a part of the Welsh community and culture dies. For years, Wales has been screaming that we are not for sale.
Criticisms of those from afar profiting from holiday homes and the destruction of Welsh communities have been consistent. But the actions of Love Island star, Dr Alex George, and his purchase of four holiday homes in Pembrokeshire ( which you can read about here ) speak to our own contribution to the dissipation of Welsh communities.
Growing up in the heartlands of west Wales, I have witnessed the places that raised me decline and the communities that live there decline because of holiday homes. The village I grew up in is now a shell of what it was.
