Brits flock to France for a taste of what used to be
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A new study has revealed that Britons are flocking to buy French property thanks to a number of towns and villages reminding them of old-fashioned rural England.
Far from heading across the English Channel for traditional French dishes and a change of culture on the continent, many are going abroad for a taste of British life as it used to be.
Researchers in Montesquieu University in Bordeaux studied 2,750 Brits planning to move to France in the next three years.
The figures show that almost all said that one of the reasons for the move was to return to a country where …
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