How many High Streets are there in London?

Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by dontdoxxme on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:35AM (#40624016)

Diamond Geezer has been blogging for years and definitely understands what a high street is. In fact he’s probably planning a follow-up already about High Roads. (There’s already a visit to the shortest high streets as a follow-up: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2024/06/londons-shortest-...)

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Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by go_prodev on Sunday June 09, 2024 @09:06AM (#40624173)

Streatham High Road still seems like a grey area that should be considered a high street.

It probably was a road (connecting 2 towns with no houses) when it was first named, but is more of a street (with housing either side) now, and is definitely the primary commercial street in Streatham.

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Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by pasc1878 on Sunday June 09, 2024 @09:39AM (#40624362)

dg explains in the article

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Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by outop on Monday June 10, 2024 @02:28AM (#40630789)

It is also widely referred to as 'Streatham High Street'.

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Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by Daub on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:41AM (#40624049)

For those who are unfamiliar with London parlance, the term 'diamond geezer' is London slang for a man of high repute.

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Re:How many High Streets are there in London? by lmm on Sunday June 09, 2024 @10:20PM (#40629521)

That's a pretty misleading way of explaining the term. It's certainly not an unalloyed positive. Urbandictionary or similar might give a broader understanding.

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