Editor

This will be my final word in the Cambrian News in relation to the housing crisis in Wales. It’s clear that we need a national conversation on the subject— perhaps as part of a ‘People’s Reset’ in the wake of the Covid crisis.

I am writing a standalone letter to address Mr Moss’s implication (‘Young priced out by wages’, 4 November) that I am anti English—and, by extension, anti-anyone-from-outside-Walesmovingto-Wales. To imply that I am is a slur.

My definition of ‘local’ seems to be broader and more inclusive than Mr Moss’s. For me, it describes a person who puts down roots somewhere and becomes part of that community—regardless of where they were born or where they come from. Where you are born and raised is a matter of chance; where you settle—or remain living—involves choice. So it’s possible for someone from Wolverhampton—or even from Swansea—to become a local in Mid Wales.

Others may disagree but, for me, being ‘local’ is about living where your heart lies and being attuned to the culture in which you live.

Dr A J Fitzgerald Aspiring local, Swansea

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