While there are great water-based activities, beautiful countryside and a relatively low crime rate, living on the Isle of Wight as a young person also has its drawbacks. One is the physical reality of being stuck on an island with limited facilities. It costs 12 for a foot passenger on the ferry to the mainland, says youth service head George Weech, which means many young people tend to stay on the island. "There's no university here so anyone wanting higher education must leave," he says.
But he adds that the island seems to exert a magnetic effect on many young people: "You'll often find that someone who leaves to do, say, teacher training, ends up working on the mainland for a couple of years but then comes back."
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