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  Peter is right. I think Dover needs nice new family homes for people to buy. We need new aspirational hard working people and to keep existing families in Dover. At the moment a lot of people move out of the town because there isn't much variety of good housing stock in the town. More people in the town will bring more services and shops and the regeneration we need.
  I have spent most of the last 30 years in Market Harborough which has doubled in size during that time. It has gone from being an old fashioned rather run down town to a vibrant, thriving, country town with wonderful shops, restaurants etc. As the population has grown so have the facilities. The main employers e.g Tungstone Batteries, Crosby Valve, have gone but there are lots of new businesses coming in and more employment in the town. Some do commute to London, it is an hour on the train, but most work locally or within a short drive. Businesses will choose to locate where there are good communications and hard working, skilled, educated people.
  Having said all that the local Harborians fight every new housing development, saying there are too many people and it is not like it used to be. It is human nature to resist change and hark back to an imaginary golden age.

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