Someone asked about places in the UK that look posh but don’t quite live up to their reputation – 21 striking nominations

12.

‘Kensington. You got your really posh parts. Then you got your not so friendly parts. Though guess you could say that about most boroughs in London.’
–_Permanent_Marker_

13.

‘High Wycombe sounds like something out of a Jane Austen novel but is an absolute dive.’
–Individual-Gur-7292

14.

‘The Cotswolds, which is perfectly portrayed by the BBC series This Country. Not saying it is rough as a whole but it is a far cry in some areas from what people would imagine.’
–FroggyBoi82

15.

‘Bath has some of the highest rates of child poverty in the country.’
–ondopondont

16.

‘St Albans is a middle-class commuter town surrounded by council and ex-council estates with inflated house prices because of the reputation it has from the city centre.’
–a3poify

17.

‘Solihull. Brash tasteless new-money types in big houses trying to pretend they’re not living in a shit-hole while trying to compensate in over-sized cars that they can’t get out of in Morrison’s parking spaces.’
–Mediocre-Editor-2844

18.

‘Ripon. Northern small city with lots of green belt around it. Lots of affluent people live there, but they don’t really frequent the town centre with the exception of some of the older folk. Massive rich/poor divide there, not much of a middle class at all.’
–odc_a

19.

‘Cheshire! Special shout out to Crewe and Macclesfield.’
–Introvrttt

20.

‘Torquay… the town centre is terrifying.’
–Sea-Persimmon309

21.

‘Everywhere. Even the poshest places have the darkest secrets. As someone who drives all classes around late at night in taxis, believe me the poshos are the worst.’
–BenefitFree1371

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