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The English Leave vote is generally strongest in places where people feel most disenfranchised from Westminster - the South West, impoverished coastal towns, the North East.
It's not racist or xenophobic for people who are alienated from politics in general to feel that some kind of change might make a difference in their lives, even if objectively it's not going going, especially under a Tory government.
Also, the single market and the newer entrants to it has affected some elements of British industry - either through a lower-paid workforce here, jobs being moved over there (c.f. Nestle to Poland last week) or through workers who are just plain better and harder working than British workers entering the workforce.
The latest Anywhere But Westminster video has a great line in it - there were legitimate concerns, which were expressed at the wrong target.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2017/may/04/is-this-the-weirdest-election-ever-video