People who claim to live/be from London really get my back up. You don't have a London postcode, dialling code, hell it doesn't even say London in your address. AIBU or should I just ignore these people who try to boost their profile to the uninitiated?
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Happydogsaddog · 13/07/2011 10:43
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limitedperiodonly ·
13/07/2011 12:02
I know pozzled but it would be rude to correct them. They are both very aged (parents of schoolfriends) and possibly remember when it was called Londinium. Plus, I think they're worried about house prices 
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I get annoyed when reporters for BBC London or London Tonight describe Romford or Ilford as east London, or worse, 'the East End' usually when reporting on a stabbing to make it sound more edgy.
I'm not affronted on behalf of Romford or Ilford. I just despair that their expenses don't stretch to buying an A-Z.
Empusa ·
13/07/2011 12:07
I grew up in Slough, so many people there used to try and claim it was London. Mainly the idiots that thought it was more "ghetto" than saying they were from Berkshire. Though these were also the same idiots who thought Ali G was a great role model 
AngryFeet ·
13/07/2011 12:07
I live in Croydon and wouldn't say I live in London although it is a Greater London borough. My address says Surrey but I would usually just tell people the name of the town. If people from overseas ask where I live I say London though as it is just easier than explaining .
LadyClariceCannockMonty ·
13/07/2011 12:08
limited
*frilly, I'm Zone 2. Guessing you're closer if you can walk home from Soho in 20 minutes? (although granted, I've never tried).
my first 
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messybedhead ·
13/07/2011 12:08
I live in a London borough, have an 0203 (the new dialling codes) phone number (everyone else here as 0208), use the local tube station and buses (with my Oyster card), but my postal address has MIDDLESEX as the county.
But- this is where it gets confusing: 
We moved here from a W9 postcode- (I am a proud Londoner)
When we go on holiday we tell people we live in West London, because technically I do live in West London, but not the West London that I used to live in! (And I am too ashamed to admit where I live for fear of being judged or stereotyped)
If we go shopping we will go 'into London' and we sometimes take the mickey out of the people who live around here because they are from 'the country and you can tell they are not from real London' ( I may sound like a snob but you would too if you had to live here)!
But, I would never admit this and maintain to my friends that yes, of course I still live in London. I am also bringing my daughter up to believe that she lives in London (as I don't want her to identify with the great unwashed that live around here ps. we do intend to move).
BUT BUT BUT technically we DO live in London, and I cling on to that...
ALTHOUGH- if I had never moved and still lived in real London, I would be on the OP's side and not class anything out of W,WC,NW,N,E,SE,SW postcodes as London.
HTH
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Chandon ·
13/07/2011 12:12
Why would anyone do that?
What is so good about living in London? 
It's for fools with too much money and no sense!
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