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Welsh Village Almost Completely Cut Off

posted by CoolHand on Saturday September 05 2015, @06:36AM   Printer-friendly
from the first-world-problems dept.

GlennC writes:

From BBC Magazine:

The Welsh village of Staylittle can be found to the west of Newtown in Powys. It's an isolated place - the nearest market town is almost eight miles away. "Staylittle, which has remained outside the perimeter of progress and stayed little, is miles from anywhere," complained a reporter in the Times in 1965. Fifty years might have passed since then but the village's communications are still tenuous.

It has no mobile reception. And because of this, most people in Staylittle have to rely on their landlines to stay in touch with people. But a fortnight ago, the villagers were cut off. Ten days later, Staylittle was still waiting for the problem to be fixed. The main conduit of communication is one working landline in the Post Office.

Yes, the UK is more compact than either the US or Australia, but I imagine it's still frustrating to be as cut off as the people here are.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @07:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @07:54AM (#232543)

    Best part of being in Canada is not being in the US.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @08:01AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @08:01AM (#232546)

    It must be so awful to share two borders with the Evil Empire. Tell you what, why don't you hosers invade again. Burn down the Black House this time, would ya? Thanks.

  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Saturday September 05 2015, @11:09AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday September 05 2015, @11:09AM (#232584) Journal

    The best part of being in Canada is Canadians. Kind, considerate, decent people. The second best part of being in Canada is the land itself; I grew up a stone's throw from Glacier National Park and you'd think it'd be impossible to beat that scenery, but Canada does. Being next to the United States is the only flaw the place has.

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    Washington DC delenda est.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @05:49PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 05 2015, @05:49PM (#232676)

      Racism, nationalism, and other prejudicial bigotry still is when it is positive. Not all Americans are bad. Not all Canadians are "kind, considerate, decent people". You, with your efforts against sexual prejudice should have realized this long ago.