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Snobbiest places in the UK?

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phranes · 15/05/2021 18:59

Following from similar threads about overrated and underrated places in the UK... where are the snobbiest places in the UK?

From the places I've been, I'd say Harrogate, Oxford, and the rest of the Cotswolds.

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Accidentallydeletedoopsss · 15/05/2021 18:59

Oxford

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PictureWest · 15/05/2021 19:01

Harpenden! Very snobby

Do you know. I automatically went to your Chelsea... but everyone who's obviously local has always been very kind. One woman asking me with great sincerity how I was, holding newborn DS. The other chasing me up the street and handing me a blister plaster - I was walking with half my shoe off and obviously very uncomfortable

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phranes · 15/05/2021 19:07

Oh yes. I only know one person from Harpenden, but they were a monumental snob.

In Scotland, I would say Edinburgh.

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Hoolihan · 15/05/2021 19:11

Beaconsfield.

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SheepPixie · 15/05/2021 19:12

Berkhamsted

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Splann · 15/05/2021 19:30

The Scillies. I don’t think it’s the residents, just the bulk of the visitors. Mainly older people, dressed in the most expensive outdoor gear, clearly well to do, and with such a condescending and superior attitude. It’s a beautiful place though.

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MrsJackPearson · 15/05/2021 19:34

Padstow

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Whatisshe · 15/05/2021 19:36

Henley

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Waxonwaxoff0 · 15/05/2021 19:40

Lympstone in Devon. So many snobby arseholes.

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Mrsjayy · 15/05/2021 19:42

Edinburgh all of it ? I can't say I've been anywhere specific that's been snobby.

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MrsCremuel · 15/05/2021 19:43

Bath

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TheFutureIs · 15/05/2021 19:46

Chichester, lots of the residents think it's tremendously posh. Having worked in a secondary school I've come across some of the worst deprivation in my career there

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Partypoooooper · 15/05/2021 19:47

Most places I went when dd was in a pushchair people would make room for you/step off the pavement/open doors.

Not in Holt, Norfolk, they can't even smile.

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MamaWeasel · 15/05/2021 19:47

Solihull

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MrsMoastyToasty · 15/05/2021 19:48

Salcombe.

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Babdoc · 15/05/2021 19:48

You can’t label the whole of Edinburgh as snobby, OP! There are some very deprived areas like Wester Hailes that are anything but. And some nice ordinary housing estates that are v friendly, like East Craigs. It would be like saying the whole of London is snobby.

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PictureNest · 15/05/2021 19:49

Forgot to add two actually

Basildon and Luton

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newnortherner111 · 15/05/2021 19:51

I'd nominate Prestbury, part of Cheltenham.

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Luzina · 15/05/2021 19:51

I think the snobbiest places are sometimes the nice villages near to not-so-nice towns. It’s so easy to feel “better than” in your pleasant village where the nearby town is a shithole

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lurkingfromhome · 15/05/2021 19:53

Laughing at the thought of Wester Hailes, Pilton and Sighthill as being “snobby”. Nothing like a good sweeping statement, eh?

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Letsgetreadytocrumble · 15/05/2021 19:55

Luton?! Confused

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coffeerose · 15/05/2021 19:57

Luton???

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HeronLanyon · 15/05/2021 19:58

I need to say Crouch End. I know a lot on mn will disagree. I know it well and have for decades. Cant bear the place - at least muswell hill is a bit more obvious about it.

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HeronLanyon · 15/05/2021 19:58

Luton - astonishing !!

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