I'm not condoning the behaviour but neither is it a pathology of a 'fucked up small community'. Welsh nationalists burned down english-owned holiday homes in the 80's and 90's "in response to the housing crisis precipitated by large numbers of houses being bought by wealthy English people for use as holiday homes, pushing up house prices beyond the means of many locals". In total 220 properties were affected [1].
Thirty years later Wales has some coastal villages where more than 50% of the houses are exclusive holiday homes owned by outsiders. The new tactics to try to discourage this - a bit late - are punitive taxation and restrictive covenants on new builds.
Thirty years later Wales has some coastal villages where more than 50% of the houses are exclusive holiday homes owned by outsiders. The new tactics to try to discourage this - a bit late - are punitive taxation and restrictive covenants on new builds.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meibion_Glynd%C5%B5r