Aging ("Ageing," to the obsolete)

[wild greens]

They're both pretty boring to me, to be honest. Kent is a bit more Horse & Country or whatever its called but 90% of Essex is actually places like Canvey or Harlow (or Maldon or Colchester or Brentwood) which haven't got much going on

The 10% of mad Essex is a good laugh though

Kent has an uneasy mix of local pubs for local people and South London exodus. I think the likes of Gravesend & Dartford will be very different in a generations time

 

[Leo]

yeah why not. ive been around a lot of kent people recently and have learned that they are just essex people without the flair. essex people with terrible clothes. essex people without the jokes.

For the benefit of us non-UK folks, can you define the Essex person stereotype? I've seen some references that make me think there's some equivalent to our Jersey Shore types, but maybe not that crude? a bit loud, flashy, not particular deep intellectually. Is that close?

 

[WashYourHands]

You could argue Staten Island and New Jersey are your closest equivalents but Essex has its own micro regional fizz of language and dress codes, start here

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[wild greens]

For the benefit of us non-UK folks, can you define the Essex person stereotype? I've seen some references that make me think there's some equivalent to our Jersey Shore types, but maybe not that crude? a bit loud, flashy, not particular deep intellectually. Is that close?

The invention of Essex: how a county became a caricature

The long read: From Loadsamoney and ‘Basildon man’ to Towie and Brexit – Essex has long been held up as both the authentic England and the crudest, stupidest symbol of Englishness

www.theguardian.com

Not a bad summary

 

[Leo]

You could argue Staten Island and New Jersey are your closest equivalents but Essex has its own micro regional fizz of language and dress codes, start here

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This bit from WG's link is very similar to Staten Island/Wall St

In 1990, a new term, “Essex man”, was coined by the Sunday Telegraph journalist Simon Heffer, to describe a new type of voter: a “young, industrious, mildly brutish and culturally barren” worker in London’s financial centre, whose roots lay in east London, and whose political views were “breathtakingly rightwing”.

 

[wild greens]

A couple of essex girls we know have started drinking collagen

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