Torquay - palm trees and pensioners
With a pleasant climate and sea air, Torquay has attracted a lot of white-haired folk who want to enjoy part of the self-styled English Riviera.
The hotels, yachts and fish'n'chip shops on the waterfront show it to be a typical British seaside resort, with numerous residential care homes and retirement apartments dotted further inland.
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