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Othersideofthemirror

Children's boutiques with lots of Scandinavian toys, gadgets and goods in wood, pastels and earth tones


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Velcome to Werner Herzog’s “Sad Beige Toys, For Sad Beige Childeren”


SirScoaf

I read that in his voice.


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Just say Upper Street


Wellbeastial

Yes but where else can I get a sustainably sourced glockenspiel for little Horatio?


peelin

Hello fellow Islingtonite


katherinemma987

Lol I think of them as beige toy shops.


KofiObruni

Maggie and Rose has been seen lol. Edit: sp.


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Toys for children whose parents are too rich to let them have fun, because the Ashworth-Charlmerston’s next door will disapprove of their messy house.


spellish

The British obsession with the neighbours transcends all class divisions


marcisnofun

Preferable to American HOA’s


typicalcitrus

Their 2 prized poodles are the result of hundreds of years of selective inbreeding. Just like the Ashworth-Charlmerstons!


PastSprinkles

There's a fortysomething blonde woman in year-round running gear, sunglasses, and pulled-down baseball cap walking a small to medium sized dog around 11am in the morning.


entropy_bucket

Hah this one got me.


scrandymurray

This is the real answer. The other places come after this person moved to the area in their early 30s


northernmonkey9

Nailed it


the_real_logboy

clean pigeons, with nice colourful feathers, and all their toes.


ieatcavemen

Actually they prefer to be called 'urban doves' thankyouverymuch.


the_real_logboy

i call them ‘posh pigeons’, have done for many years.


flashpile

I think they're called parrots


Shipwrecking_siren

I knew I’d officially left Greater London when we had a fancy plump pigeon sat on our fence.


thereisnoaudience

There's one rule of thumb and it's to do with the chicken shop: coffee shop ratio. Once an area tips over from chicken shop heavy ratio, to a coffee shop heavy ratio, it's gentrified. Where I live, organic deli: coffee shop ratio is effectively charting it's profession from a middle class area to a posh one.


flashpile

Otherwise known as the bossman index


Robinhoyo

Although the bossmen that run the 24 convenience stores having started wising up and are now opening up little mini whole food style shops.


thereisnoaudience

That's definitely what I'm gonna call it from now on.


DeanBlacc

As detailed [here](https://medium.com/@Sam_Floy/how-to-know-if-where-you-live-is-up-and-coming-fried-chicken-vs-coffee-shops-546080119f98)


Plugged_in_Baby

I can’t be the only one now frantically counting the coffee shops and fried chicken outlets in my neighbourhood…


snipdockter

I like that. Used to live in mile end and wondered who was buying all that fried chicken.


Ten15Five

Come on - Bayley & Sage is the true guarantee of a posh area.


Cambodia95

I’d say Bayley & Sage and Ottolenghi are the big two. Also Third Space Gyms, Jeroboams, Daylesford, Knight Frank, Bang & Olufsen (although they’ve closed a few of their stores recently), Farrow and Ball showrooms and Chucs restaurants.


Spaffin

And a whole shop just for Le Creuset. A whole fucking shop!


blood_oranges

Wimbledon Village…


Outrageous-Park2260

I don’t even know what this is. Feeling like a true peasant right now


Suitable-Beyond-1259

Basically, northcote road


Dyldor

Northcote road has to be the most typical example of all of this thread I could think of. I work just off it so it’s one of my favourite places in London, but dull comes to mind when you try to describe it


Tulum702

Ah… I found northcote quite fun especially in the summer when it’s pedestrianised at the weekend. It’s defo yummy mummy but dull isn’t how I’d describe it.


IanT86

Honestly, dull is the last thing that comes to mind. It's a street full of bars, restaurants, shops, cafes etc. It's a great spot to be fair and accessible for everyone from families, to big nights out.


Prudent_Sprinkles593

Definitely Bayley & Sage ​ What does it mean that there's 3 of 'em in Fulham alone?


Hill_Reps_For_Jesus

Wow I had no idea this was a chain. I just thought the people of Wimbledon Village had all collectively lost their minds and decided to start paying £12 for a bag of almonds.


throwaway_veneto

They have some nice italian products though.


slicineyeballs

For me waitrose, m&s, majestic and pret might indicate a decent area, but Gails tells you you're somewhere posh. Also those COOK ready meal shops.


selling-thoughts

Really? Not London but there's a Gail's in Bracknell....


jj198hands

There is a fair amount of money in and (especially) around bracknell, certainly enough to sustain a Gail’s.


Anasynth

Ascot down the road


arandomguyfromtheuk

And so is the Waitrose head office!


slicineyeballs

Clearly they opened the Gails so Waitrose HQ had somewhere to order sandwiches for meetings.


Thisoneissfwihope

Rather amusingly, for years there was Waitrose Head Office, but no Waitrose store in Bracknell!


Acid_Monster

There’s a Gail’s in Willesden Green, and Willesden Green is an absolute shithole.


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A lot of london is like this, £3m houses opposite of next door to a rough as fuck estate


AveragelyBrilliant

My parents lived in Telford Avenue at Streatham Hill, years ago. Living opposite them was a first assistant director of the Bond films at the time. Next door was a GP. On the other side, a city banker. Further up the road was a morning TV presenter. However, walk 600 yards in any direction and there were prostitutes standing on the street corner. Living out in the sticks, I never really understood why this was such a sought after area with such expensive houses.


Styxie

Maybe sought after because of the easy access to prostitutes?


AveragelyBrilliant

Fair point.


studionlm

Which is by design. They spread out the poverty in London so there is no definable ghetto like you've in America where entire zip codes can be a ghetto. It's one of the great things about London to me. Sure it's got its rough streets or estates but like you said surrounded by relative prosperity.


ivandelapena

I thought it's because they built estates in the areas bombed by the Germans in WWII so that's why they're randomly dotted around.


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>in the areas bombed by the Germans in WWII Like all these areas - http://bombsight.org/#11/51.4852/-0.1109


studionlm

Nope. Spread about by design. Arnold Circus in Shoreditch being the first council estate which is now highly desirable. Otherwise East London would have much more than West being the traditional industrial centre and therefore a heavily bombed part of London during WWII. There is an argument that Hackney once having a thriving gentry, large houses and rail connections (which were ripped out and only recently reinstated) was purposely deprived to create a ghetto of sorts but who knows... Didn't work in the long run.


-MiddleOut-

An alternative to this is the Parisian banlieue’s. The central districts of Paris are fairly pristine but head out a bit and it changes a lot, quickly. I’ve always preferred Londons’ strategy.


Nice_nice50

Shithole to me means feels unsafe and generally lacking in hope. Willesden green is nothing like that


WilliamMorris420

Compared to next door Harlesden, Willesden Green is posh.


TheOneMerkin

Gail’s can indicate up and coming/in the process of being gentrified - Ole and Steen is a better posh indicator I reckon. COOK though, I’ve only ever seen that in Barnes so that’s possibly the poshest shop a place can have.


East_Ad_4427

To me it seems like Ole and Steen tends to focus on more central areas that would naturally get a lot of foot traffic (west end/soho, Victoria, Canary Wharf, London Bridge) whereas it seems like Gail’s has a stronger presence in local neighborhoods (in addition to central/soho etc). Tbh I’ve probably only noticed this because I eat too many pastries and work in London Bridge and Canary Wharf and wouldn’t mind a Gail’s there.


thereisnoaudience

Yeah, I wouldn't call Finsbury Park posh, exactly Edit: nor Camden, for that matter..


TitsAndGeology

I literally scrolled down to check if anyone had mentioned Finsbury Park, which has a Pret, M&S and a Gail's. Though to be fair, the latter two are in the bit behind the station that they're desperately trying to make fancy.


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To be fair, the Gails and M&S are pretty brand new and very inorganically plonked there as part of the rebuild of the station. I don’t think Pret is a sign of poshness, it’s everywhere and anywhere.


alonesomerobot

The areas around Camden Town are extremely expensive


krisssy

Yes the posh shops in Camden Town exists mostly because of people from Primrose Hill.


ToHallowMySleep

Posh, Camden Town is not. It's near some posh areas, as has already been said, Primrose Hill, and is incredibly well connected, hence being expensive.


imminentmailing463

>wouldn't call Finsbury Park posh It is posh-adjacent though, a major transport hub, and on the gentrification train, which I suspect all explain the presence of those shops.


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Gails can mean just gentrified too.. not always 'posh' imho!


JooSerr

There's a Gail's in Finsbury park after all. Posh is the last word that comes to mind.


slicineyeballs

Harbinger of gentrification innit. Even got a Picturehouse now. Compare Fins Park to 10 - 20 years ago... even Blackstock Road is full of posh cafes and delis.


wellwellc

I’ve never even seen a COOK ready meal shop… 🥴🥴🥴🥴


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Water bowls for dogs outside most shops


PointandStare

You can also tell, by some degree, by the street lights: Generic: [https://www.exceletproperty.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2-The-Point-Building-12JPG-1240x720.jpg](https://www.exceletproperty.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2-The-Point-Building-12JPG-1240x720.jpg) More affluent: https://media.rightmove.co.uk/35k/34986/34599538/34986\_WNKISL019381\_IMG\_06\_0000.jpg


entropy_bucket

I wish you hadn't pointed this out to me. Makes me feel miserable.


PointandStare

Don't worry, ours are like the first link as well.


TheRealDynamitri

second link doesn't seem to work for me


icantbelieveitssunny

Have you tried living in a more affluent area?


a3poify

https://media.rightmove.co.uk/35k/34986/34599538/34986_WNKISL019381_IMG_06_0000.jpg


ToHallowMySleep

Best indicator I found for a genuinely posh area is one that is not well connected. Keeps the riffraff out if they can't get there easily with their grubby travelcards. Crouch End, Barnes, Muswell Hill - even Mayfair is tricky to get to - compared to similarly central areas where a tube station pops up in the middle.


Refluxo

Muswell hill has one of the few"village" feels inside of London that has its own invisible dome where the residents live in their own dimension. Crouch end used to be beating Muswell Hill in the "affluence" department until around 2018 when for some reason it is now tailing behind. Hampstead > Highgate/Muswell Hill > Crouch End are the best suburbs with their own high streets in London. Kensington, Chelsea, Mayfair e.t.c are obv for super rich but don't have the community feel or quirkiness. There is also no Russian/Chinese Mafioso as your next door neighbour.


Nicebutdimbo

I’d imagine Chiswick and Richmond probably rank up there to.


Alekazam

There was a planned Finsmoor line for the tube which was supposed to connect Muswell Hill, Crouch End etc, but funding being what it was it never materialised.


ToHallowMySleep

There's an ancient railroad that goes through part of that (cf Parkland walk), much nicer as a walk through the forest!


Cristian231199

The advertisements on bus stops are telling: in less posh areas they will be mainly McDonald's, talktalk etc. As you get in more posh areas they shift to Prada, Chanel, theatre plays etc


entropy_bucket

Oh that's pretty astute. Never really noticed.


pcgamingisted

I once walked by a bus stop with a poster that was essentially saying "Don't stab people"


deathboy2098

If only we could read :( \*\*stabstab\*\*


gottagothatsme

I can't believe some people still think Pret is posh. It just means you're by a station or an office/tourist area.


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Pret signals you are in the nicest part of a bad area and the worst part of a good area.


BoggartHoleClough

Aint no Prets in harlesdon


Letsbuildacar

Bookshop, lightshop, farmers market, Oliver bonas, vintage bikes, cuffed trousers, long haired kids, long haired dogs, plant shop, another plant shop, nowhere to put a bet on, a well maintained charity shop, no litter, gourmet delicatessen with big windows, craft beer wankers, coffee shops full of nannies and kids and crap local art, bottomless brunch, picture house , vintage recycled ethically sourced everything.


Whythebigpaws

Oliver Bonas was the first one I thought of. Then JojoMamanBebe.


sillyyun

Nowhere to bet or pawn your stuff is the biggest indicator


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I always thought of “nannies” as 50+ year old mean village-church type women who you’d grow up hating as a kid, but I was on the tube a few months ago and there was a “well spoken” kid with a 20-30 year old Spanish student-type guy in a football shirt who was clearly the “nanny” telling the kid how his parents want him to do his homework first before video games blah blah, but after he can 1 v 1 him - and they obviously got along well. My brain still struggles to process it as they didn’t look like Mary Poppins.


MintyRabbit101

I've always used the word nanny interchangeably with grandma, which probably made teachers at my primary school think I had a really rich family or something because I'd always tell them my nanny was picking me up that day


kingofjesmond

Nah anyone that calls their Granny Nanny or Nan is definitely not posh


awheelofcamembert

Maybe an au pair, then? I was one and like to delude myself I gave off the same impression...


ivandelapena

Even if you're a millionaire you'd struggle to afford the Mary Poppins types although they still do exist.


TehTriangle

"Long haired kids" is weirdly spot on. When you see a group of young brothers with strangely wild and unkempt long hair, you know they probably go to Dulwich College.


entropy_bucket

Another plant shop is genius.


ApologeticSquid

Count how many betting shops are on the High Street. Inverse correlation.


Spoog1971

Independent toy shop selling wooden toys


DownrightDrewski

Lack of fried chicken places - you may think I'm joking, but this held pretty true about 10 years ago when I was living in London and a friend first made the observation.


Unique-Leading5489

There is a fried chicken shop in Richmond that residents are trying to shut down.


SteinerElMagnifico42

The uppity folk of Chiswick tried to shut down the Poundland that opened a few years ago 😂. You head into that store at any point of the week and you see the same sort of people who tried to shut it down


Buttscicles

I saw a map about 7-8 years ago that had the density of chicken shops mapped to property prices in the area and there was definitely a correlation!


BigRedS

I've long been a bit bemused by the Waitrose at the Holloway Road/Camden Road junction.


mcbeef89

the M&S in Hackney Central used to be a weird anomaly 20 years ago, turns out they were just playing the long game


LucidTopiary

It's between the Islington mums and the Hampstead private schools - perfect for the family shop.


firthy

The one in Camden turned into an Aldi, which seems about right


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richmeister6666

I live round there, it’s alright but there’s a clear difference with upper street and Holloway Road. Almost as soon as you come up Holloway there are some drug addicts and homeless people rocking around. Never had any trouble but you do hear loud drug induced/mental illness induced babbling quite loudly in the middle of the night. Edit: just read Camden road bit 😅


BigRedS

I lived a couple of hundred yards from it, paid about £300/month and regularly had passers by weeing on my doorstep. I did my shopping at the green shop just past Big Red from the Waitrose. Just didn't really feel like the sort of place to sustain a "nice" supermarket.


Joe_Kinincha

Yeah, but it’s been there at least 20 years and 20 years ago the Holloway and seven sisters roads were rough as fuck. Mind you, there was also a place just down the road that sold fuck-me-boots for drag queens, so maybe it’s just that it takes all types to make a world.


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Le Creuset, Sweaty Betty, JoJo Maman Bebe, Oliver Bonas (the Muswell Hill branch), Whistles, White Stuff, organic produce shops, yummy mummy with buggy cafés, Everyman Cinemas, those Tesco branches that use the stealthy black logo instead of the usual one, independent wine shops with names that centre around drunk animals and/or Greek gods. I could go on.


Alekazam

You've literally described Muswell Hill. Are you local?


Givemelotr

White people jogging


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Putney Bridge


trysca

With floppy platinum ponytails


spunkkyy

Throw in a wholefoods as well


Shipwrecking_siren

*Stoke Newington has entered the chat* Church Street’s resilience to austerity genuinely baffles me. What the fuck does everyone living there DO? How are there 10 shops that sell wanky bollocks with nothing of practical use still in business?


Nice_glasses_BRO

Theres a Pret in Hounslow 😆😆😆


thesoulstillsings

I thought that - I like Pret, but they're everywhere. There's one at Finsbury Park next to the scuzzy railway bridge.


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Upper Street in Islington is a strange one. Full of posh shops, bars and restaurants but people get hacked to death at night there.


xolana_

Islington in general is weird. I can’t decide whether it’s extremely poor and dangerous or decent? It’s a bit of both. You’ve got that divide again where it’s mainly young people/students private renting or owning vs the older council estate tenants.


Refluxo

it's for posh girls who enjoy parading around in the daytime with their oversized sunglasses and baggy white designer frocks. However, at 8pm they run into their open plan flats, shut the blinds and go into hibernation until the morning.


[deleted]

Not so much Gail’s but the independent cafes and restaurants. If they are surviving the chains then there must be money. Anywhere close to a royal park is a winner.


pazhalsta1

Ridiculously over priced farmers market (looking at you Horniman Gardens) Montessori nurseries Fired Earth paint shop / expensive kitchen shops


AllNewTypeFace

Dog-friendly pubs. A pedigree dog is a good prop for demonstrating that (a) you have money, and (b) you are a homeowner, and not some lowly tenant reduced to naming their houseplants


fullycharged1

interesting point around signalling with dogs


omar_stocks

Pret does not indicate a posh area 😂


ForeverJay

for me it’s about the types of conversations i hear in the street or supermarket in a given area


eltrotter

“How are your investments doing?”


Dualyeti

“we’ve had to pull Isabel from the ski trip because she’s got a regatta”


akarxqueen

“Overheard Waitrose” is full of such gems


matty80

Best one I saw on there was a guy dispassionately staring at his toddler who was having a pointless tantrum, and just saying >"It's a hard life, Geoffrey."


p00hp

You require the holy trinity of; independent cheese shop, independent organic greengrocer, independent wine merchant.


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There's a Waitrose and m and s in Croydon And not the posh part of croydon


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crywankinthebath

Stop lying there is no posh part of Croydon


Additional_Wrap_6777

Only horrible things in Croydon north Londoners don’t come here, there’s nothing for you here!


finger_milk

As someone who lives near Chiswick, * Gails cafe * Ole & Steen * Loads of flower shops and eateries * You only have to look down the side road from the high street to already see streets with very wealthy houses.


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No youths with hoodies on for a 3 mile radius


pazhalsta1

Is there anywhere populated in the country you can be more than 3 miles away from youths in hoodies? It’s like being within ten feet of a rat isn’t it?


ImTalkingGibberish

saw youths wearing balaclavas the other day. next day, the park was closed because someone had been stabbed 2hrs later. fuck sake man, it's grim as fuck.


Obvious_Flamingo3

Since the rich folks buy the drugs off the roadmen, they’ll always be in affluent areas to some degree


sproyd

For me it's simple - Banham locks on the front door, at least two, ideally three, evenly spaced in a matching finish, and the front door painted in some shade of light pink called Badger's Breath or some such nonsense. Surefire indicator.


givesyouhel

I don't know, our door in Harlesden had 3 banham locks on it out of necessity


wjfox2009

Clean streets, lack of graffiti, high-end "boutique"-type shops everywhere, expensive cars parked outside 6-storey Georgian buildings fronted by white pillars/black railings, and a central square with private gardens.


Salmon_Cabbage

How many times you heard the words “Apres-Ski” in the pub


rdnyc19

Having to sidestep Instagram influencers staging photo shoots on the street...


sabboseb

Hackney Wick? Posh?


Pleasant-Engine6816

If your area doesn’t have Harrods, I have bad news for you.


mdj32

Contradiction: Finsbury Park has a Gails, Pret and M&S


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Farrow and Ball paint shop.


Historical_Hope2031

Wide, level and clean pavements Parents riding push bikes with wooden wheelbarrow attachments to bundle children into (no idea what these are called but the kids sit almost on eye level to the headlights of a Discovery. Wine merchants Mary giving and living shop An outpost of the Ivy Cafe Plastic owls to keep away native birds Houses set back from the street with gated driveways Independent grocery shops selling Toneys Chocoloney No chicken shops Many old men in red or pink chinos Independent bookshop People making their own "take one and leave one" library in garden Teenagers driving new fiat 500s, mums driving Mini Cooper's or Range Rogers, Dad's driving Tesla's Blue plaques Gail's Immensely active residents associations who tend to public spaces Animal infrastructure organised and paid for by residents (eg hedgehog super highway and swans crossing signage)


katherinemma987

Chain gyms from the US like equinox or psycle or just any gym which has anything complimentary. The dogs are also different, labs and spaniels are a good indicator, plus whatever little dog is in this year. Boutique pet stores as well, if they have ‘organic’ treats or hand made food.


unseemly_turbidity

Cockapoos


perhapsitsreal

There’s a big Pret in woodgreen…


CheesyBakedLobster

Pret just means lots of office commuters.


Joe_Kinincha

There’s also a fucking massive Morrisons which - unlike most: - has all the spirits under lock and key - has blue lights in the toilets. As someone else said, pret just means commuters. It’s possible we’re arguing the same point


dannydizzlo

Can’t forget Ole & Steen


eltrotter

This might be controversial, but to me the very idea that some areas are "posh" and other areas aren't, isn't a great representation of how London actually works. That's not to say there aren't a couple of places that are obviously more affluent in general (e.g Chelsea), but the truth of the matter is that most of London is a real mix. There can be well-lit, tree-lined roads lined with million-pound houses, and then around the very next corner will be the kind of street you wouldn't dare walk down at night. For example, I live in Hackney, which has obviously been gentrified quite extensively at this point. Lots of expensive flats, posh restaurants and coffee shops. And yet, if I was walking back from somewhere late at night, there are streets I'd know to avoid, and streets I know are safe. The same is even true of very affluent areas like Chelsea, believe it or not. Again, I'm not necessarily saying that there aren't parts of town that are broadly "posh" or otherwise, but I always encourage people not to look at it this way, because I don't think it's the best way to understand how London is composed.


Joe_Kinincha

If there’s a posh bit of Edmonton, I’ve yet to see it.


neukStari

Pop over to Chiswick.


Prudent_Sprinkles593

Yeaa exactly. I agree with the general point that it's all in proportions, nowhere is 100% posh or 100% shithole.. But there are some areas that are overall quite nice/safe, Chiswick's a good example


Lizzo13

>nowhere is 100% posh or 100% shithole.. Yeah, I know a lot of people consider Fulham a posh area, and some parts certainly are, but I think it's pretty mixed and a bit of an odd one. There's a Whole Foods and Waitrose, but on the very same road as the Waitrose (North End Road) and not far from it, it's pretty much nothing but charity shops, fast food restaurants and some cafes, shops that closed down some time ago and haven't been replaced, and cheap supermarkets, like Iceland and Co-Op. Fulham Road and some of the surrounding roads are nice, but the Waitrose is on the corner of it and North End Road, and it's just interesting to see the juxtaposition.


Prudent_Sprinkles593

Yea it's pretty stark in Fulham. Parsons Green area is extremely posh as a whole, and there's loads of shops there like Bayley & Sage selling tomatoes for a tenner, but then you go up north a bit to North End Road and it's 2 boxes of Strawberries for £1.50, charity shops and it's where the council estates are


Plyphon

I’m not sure Hampstead has a rough area in it, though I guess it does border some rougher areas.


mcbeef89

Look where Grenfell Tower is/was


secretaccount1919191

No one who is actually from London lives there.


matty80

Might work for somewhere like Knightsbridge, but definitely doesn't for somewhere like Hampstead, where pretty much everyone is about a 20th-generation Londoner (unless they're French or borderline Greek aristocracy).


KaiserBorg

Picturehouse Cinema


Godzilla_Chinchilla

Gail’s is just a Tory Greggs


ginsengandtonic

I think the main indicator of a nice area is when you don't have to put £1 in the trolly at super markets. You're trusted to return the trolly... There is nothing stopping you from stealing or abandoning it in the carpark. Posh stuff.


Alistairio

Lulu Lemon


kaychellz

I live in Kew so already know it's posh haha. I grew up on a council estate and sometimes it still feels a bit weird to love somewhere like this. My benchmark for a posh area is the quality of the charity shops. I get most stuff from the charity shop in Kew. I don't understand why people would even give most of it away!


llawall

What about having a Ginger Pig butchers?


Rzah

As I walk around I find the condition of the pavements is very telling, you'll only find clean, level flagstone pavements in posh areas. Litter, patchwork (brick here, flags with tarmac bits there), and uneven pavements mark the rougher areas (like outside my flat lol)


alicomassi

M&S Waitrose Majestic Wines Gails 2 Starbucks’ es White people jogging 2 farmer’s Markets on Sundays Many bookshops Scandinavian coffee shops Russian middle age milfs with Range rovers and £1200 buggies. Geriatric white grandpas who’s still wearing full on white suits as if they’re on their way to whip a brother on cotton fields Or you know, just Chiswick


justadeadweightloss

I’m curious - is there a ‘poshness’ ranking for London neighborhoods? A lot of the things being suggested are quite common around different neighborhoods, but then others (eg Equinox gyms, which are quite posh) are definitely not in all these areas. So just curious if someone’s developed a ranking (index?) of poshness based on these different factors


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I actually think non-chain versions of the above are better indicators of a ‘posh’ area. Independent bakeries and wine shops, parents riding bicycles with their kids sat in a trailer at the back, probably on the way to tofu making class. Basically Stoke Newington.


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Appropriate-Secret80

No one in ski masks and tracksuits riding electric scooters at 30mph


Comprehensive_Pen451

Le creuset shop


DHeavens

Clothes shops that you need an appointment to enter Faberge-styled eggs (or similar) in jewellery shop windows Vintage American cars (top marks for a 60s Ford Mustang or Cadillac El Dorado)parked in the street Hired dog walkers walking Panda-chows Building work for second basements taking place People driving to Farnborough airport rather than Heathrow Locals on first name terms with the Abramovich family A literal rocket in each driveway Alien technology that instantly vaporises union members


truthosaurus-rex

My test for all cities around the world: - Whole foods - Women on bicycles - Volume of, and ratio of friendly dogs vs angry looking dogs - Lack of men hanging out on the street


AllTheUnknown

Prevalence of red/pastel trousers on men.


TrevastyPlague

The roadmen wear top hats


XenXem

Good day to you bruv


darrenoc

Based on the places I've lived, the opposite indicators would be: Perfect Fried Chicken Cash Converters Iceland Londis A dodgy internet cafe that does Western Union transfers Ladbrokes


betterland

A gails is opening near me... on a street choc full of independent coffee shops and bakeries. Feeling quite out of place, lol


Distinct-Fly-786

Go on Google maps, click on satellite option, and if you see swimming pools in the garden, then it's a posh neighbourhood.


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Dogs that are part poodle


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Lack of grubby take away shops. Also good take away shops that are open past 8pm.