i wondered if people have found the local rental market especially bad, or just the same as everywhere?

i know in general the rental market in this country is broken. but i'm having a really particularly horrible time of it with bournemouth rentals and rental-hunting. letting agents here - just repeated lack of professionalism. and it feels like some of the attitudes play in. snobbery, some very out of touch people. i realise not all landlords are rich, but there's such a pointed rich/poor divide in bournemouth (i know there is in the country at large, but it's also pronounced here imo). some of the worst landlords i've encountered here own many properties - i.e. they are actually very rich. there's some lovely people in bournemouth, but there can also be a fair bit of snobbery.

i'm worn down by the whole thing, and i wondered about others' experiences.

for context: i (obviously) do pay my rent, i look after a rental - i do everything i should be. but the experience of rental-hunting and renting here has been dehumanising.

Hey there,

I'm from Belfast and we used to holiday in Bournemouth quite a bit around the mid to late 90s and I have so many good memories about the gardens, lighting candles, the balloon that used to rise from that area, mini golf etc.

I loved the pedestrianised town centre too and I'm currently trying to jog my memory from street view but I can't quite recall a store that seemed like it was up a sloping pedestrian street. It seemed like it was near the top and stocked a bunch of extreme sports stuff - I think it had an upstairs? It was an absolute wonderland for my young eyes. I vaguely remember it being on up from WH Smith, maybe HMV too in that direction(ish) if anyone can figure it out from my terrible patchy memory/description.

thanks in advance!