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To think Surrey is the most boring place on earth?

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bricklanebagel · 06/04/2019 09:26

DSis has moved there recently with her two kids, so they can get a dog and have more of a villagey feel.
I visited and my lord was it dull.

The people I met were all the same. All of them commuted into the city. Law or Finance, take your pick. They all dressed in the same country-esque garb, thinking they were in the deep English countryside. (No Veronica put down countrylife, you live in Surrey). Probably went to Oxbridge.

It seems to be very tory, all very much competing with each other. Keeping up with the Joneses whilst thinking secretly they’re too good for their 4 bed semi worth £1mil.

AIBU?

OP posts:
SoupDragon · 06/04/2019 17:08

but they are definitely in Surrey.

In the case of Croydon, only if you are still living in the early 1960s

LittleBearPad · 06/04/2019 17:06

Kingston is a Surrey address.

Nope, it’s not. It used to be but it’s now a London borough.

Google it

AriadneCrete · 06/04/2019 17:00

I grew up in Surrey and I totally agree. So dull! I left for uni and never returned, which my parents can’t seem to understand. My mum in particular is very much a Surrey bore.

JassyRadlett · 06/04/2019 16:57

Kingston isn’t in Surrey. It’s in a London borough.

This is a very triggering statement for the postcode mafia.

HateIsNotGood · 06/04/2019 16:52

Surrey used to be fun until they finished the M25 - which then gave the green light to everyone from everywhere that moved to London, made their mint and then moved to Surrey to commute to London.

So don't blame the County for it being dull, blame the 'London Money' commuters for bringing their 'dullness' with them, and causing London-similar property bubbles in places like Reigate and the now-not-so-poor Redhill.

Haven't lived there for years as I found all those London commuters so boring and the prices of rent well out of reach of simple-folk like myself.

Butterflycookie · 06/04/2019 16:44

Well it depends where you live in Surrey. Not every town is villagey/countrysidey. I live in Surrey and in my town half of it is nice and the other half is not so good Blush

WhiteWine4TheLady · 06/04/2019 16:38

There are ups and downs to every place. I don’t know Surrey very well, so won’t comment.

But if you live in Hampstead, OP, you’re probably minted with very high standards.

Dillyson · 06/04/2019 16:34

Which counties are interesting and why?

ssd · 06/04/2019 16:26

Is Surrey full of nigels then, I imagine it to be middle class dullsville

Raspberry10 · 06/04/2019 16:26

@ShannonRockallMalin Hope he has a fab time! I wish it wasn’t so expensive to get in, would love to do a theatre trip. But by the time I’ve bought train tickets for me and DD and then theatre tickets it’s like £300 without a meal Sad

ShannonRockallMalin · 06/04/2019 16:20

Raspberry and Alsohuman you can’t beat a Fenland sunset. Wouldn’t live anywhere else. Although slightly envious of DH who I’ve just dropped off at train station for an evening in London Grin

GinDaddy · 06/04/2019 16:20

“I keep Hermes busy”...

...“Surrey is boring and full of snobs”..

HmmBiscuit

KindergartenKop · 06/04/2019 16:18

Middlesex isn't even a county anymore.

If you want to argue Kingston and Croydon used to be in Surrey, you can also argue that Battesea and Clapham used to be too.

Howyoualldoworkme · 06/04/2019 16:17

Another vote here for Hampshire.
I can always tell when we've crossed into Hampshire from another county, the trees and landscape is so lovely.

IHeartKingThistle · 06/04/2019 16:16

Oh are we doing this again?

Only boring people get bored, OP. Wink

TheExtraGuineaPig · 06/04/2019 16:13

I live in Surrey now (close to Kingston but unarguably Surrey) It's perhaps boring compared to London or New York and not at all boring IMO compared to where I grew up - Suffolk then Bedford. Other people may disagree given we all like doing different things. What a really odd troll-y thread.

Alsohuman · 06/04/2019 16:11

@Raspberry, I go into London about once a month for a shopping/culture fix and keep Hermes pretty busy too! But, oh the sunsets and the huge skies here ...

JuniorAsparagus · 06/04/2019 16:06

Take a trip to Lincolnshire. Now that's boring.

Gulsink · 06/04/2019 16:05

Croydon, Kingston, Sutton etc are Greater London boroughs but they are definitely in Surrey. Same as Romfotd is in a London borough, but is thoroughly Essex. Twickenham is Middlesex.

Raspberry10 · 06/04/2019 16:03

@alsohuman I think I miss my friends more than anything, and the people I grew up with. Easy access to shops, I get everything delivered online here. Oh and trees...so many trees. But I don’t miss the insane house prices, or just the sheer amount of people! It was nuts last time I went back. I do like a Fen sunset Smile

UtterlyDesperate · 06/04/2019 16:02

Hang on - when did Staines, Woking and Runnymede stop being Berkshire?! Are Windsor and Slough also part of Surrey now? Grin

Pengrin · 06/04/2019 16:01

This thread has actually made me want to move to Surrey, especially after Chicky’s post.

HotpotLawyer · 06/04/2019 16:01

I think it is your sister and her coterie.

Let’s hope it isn’t in the DNA.

Alsohuman · 06/04/2019 15:58

I live in the Fens too @Raspberry, I wouldn’t move to Surrey if you paid me.

Gulsink · 06/04/2019 15:57

I've never come across that geographical self-obsession anywhere else.

Ah, I see you've never been to Yorkshire.