Out-of-towners have long flocked to St Ives. Artists such as J.M.W. Turner and Barbara Hepworth were drawn to the town's clear light. Others come for the seafood and sandy beaches. Even the town's notoriously aggressive seagulls, who dive-bomb unsuspecting tourists and steal their Cornish pasties, are not enough to put off outsiders. But St Ives's popularity has a downside: visitors dominate the local housing market.
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