Much like the residents of Martha's Vinyard, I am sure all have been very progressive, until it was time to have migrants in their back yards.
> until it was time to have migrants in their back yards
How did the migrants get to Martha's Vineyard?
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This was voted down but it is to the point, NIMBYism is more the rule than the exception when it comes to this subject.
This is more likely going to be a situation where they were always xenophobic.
There's a rather uncomfortable interview with a local resident (of many years) who is Australian with a Jamaican husband, saying "well great now I know all my neighbours hate foreigners".
Thinking that not liking over 1000 men moving in next to a small village is purely "hatred of foreigners" is mind-blowingly race-brained.
This isn't a good example of xenophobia, assuming you are using the word for its colloquial implications (I.e. simple race-adjacent hatred, and not just the fear of a large group of new strangers of a culture or circumstance that is alien to your community).
It's not xenophobia to not want foreigners to outnumber you 4 to 1 in your hometown.
Not so much "in" as "next to"; https://maps.app.goo.gl/ERuytwVias2Lmfof9 - it's the area above and to the right of the prison, HMP Bullington.
…so xenophobic that they voted for both a Liberal Democrat MP and Mayor?
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