The poshest county in the UK?

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Which one county would you say is the outright poshest in the UK? Let’s not use Greater London here, and I know there will be social diversity in all, but which would you say is the poshest overall?
I’m going with Berkshire, darling.😂

Define posh please

You can be posh without money. I also think some posh people try really hard to hold onto their posh credentials to maintain superiority over the next door neighbours who only just came into money.

Definitely they do!

That's why I asked for a definition of 'posh' as it's often a lifestyle 'choice'.
But the choice is helped by being rich.

We could get into the territory of socio-economic classifications and whether posh people are all in the A band, and the plebs are in D band, but that's another thread.

But you've not defined what posh is (in your opinion.)

You've just made snide comment about 'new money'

Well I’m backing off because the more I think about it, the more it seems it’s hard to define posh without starting to be a bit rude.

No, you are misunderstanding. I don't think old money is superior to new money but many with old money do. Or do you disagree

Hampshire is a massive county, it's not all Eastleigh and Basingstoke..

I think it depends how they spend it tbh

I am actually baffled you inferred that I was being snide from my post!

I live in Berkshire and I’m guessing the people who think Berkshire is posh are people who have never been here!

Of course you can, but you can also be wealthy without being posh, and even posh without being wealthy in some cases.

There’s very posh bits in Hampshire but it’s also quite uneven. I’m not sure that makes it any less posh than other counties though.

There are ONS surveys at the other end of the spectrum, with deprivation indices. You can input your (full) postcode and see where you come out of around 30,000 postcode areas.

Obviously, poor ≠ non-posh; but it covers all kinds of circumstances for each area: financial, employment opportunities, transport links etc.

Last time I looked at the main deprivation index, 8 out of the 10 most deprived postcodes in England were in Blackpool; yet - like every other county - Lancashire also has some very posh and well-to-do areas too.

I would say either Surrey or Kent. Probably Kent just pips Surrey to the post.

Berkshire has suffered from proximity to London creep

Do you think they're just a load of berks?

Yes Petersfield comes to mind, very much the green wellie brigade!

I would have said Surrey before I actually spent any time there. It has some spectacularly rough parts absolute shitholes rubbing up against the private schools, mansions and golf courses.
As @PyongyangKipperbang says though - what definition of “posh” are we going by? Old money, new money, RP, royalty? Port out starboard home isn’t really a measure.

Well I’m backing off because the more I think about it, the more it seems it’s hard to define posh without starting to be a bit rude.

Same, does anyone remember the Fucking Fulfords? 🤣

They dissolved the county council but Berkshire still exists geographically.

Or worse if they go on the hunts.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Berkshire NHS Trust covers Slough.

Indeed! Most people use it as an inoffensive term to mean 'silly people' without actually knowing the rhyming etymology!

Kent definitely is NOT posh.