Sure fire signs that the area is posh.

Butters1979

So after reading the 'sure fire signs that the area is rough' thread it got me thinking about this so I stole that idea. It's also an opportunity for all the people in that thread who felt hard done by to have a go at the "other half"

I'll start
Audi's. Audi's everywhere.
Electric gates with those stupid key codes.
No children to be seen except when they're been driven to school in said Audi's.
People doing the gardening who clearly don't live in the home.

Anyone else?

Barry Badrinath

Solid gold rocket cars everywhere.

Duff

Auld dolls walking cats on a leash.

buried

Walls on houses held up by fancy red ivy plants

lawlolawl

The whole place is very well maintained and a pleasure to be in or around.

The people are generally friendly and not overly aggressive for no apparent reason.

emeldc

No driveway, just a landing pad.

Fr_Dougal

Audis are common as muck now, lots of scumbags drive them.

darlett

Heterosexual males confidently wearing pink shirts and/or brown corduroy pants.

PirateShampoo

Streets with no house numbers but house names instead. They are the bane of my job.

buried

Men dressed in black clambering up the house walls and into the windows leaving boxes of Milk Tray

The flying mouse

They have distinctive tastes and preferences and seek out enclaves of others who share them.

Their culture incorporates little of the lifestyle or the popular culture of the rest of the nation.

They increasingly look down on that mainstream lifestyle and culture.

Meanwhile, their children & themselfs are so sheltered from the rest of the nation that they barely know what life is like outside their bubble of self importance.

Barry Badrinath

darlett wrote: »

Heterosexual males confidently wearing pink shirts and/or brown corduroy pants.

You got a problem with my pants fcukface?

My butler will batter your butler!

SEPT 23 1989

fancy food shops selling overpriced sh1te

Bonaparted

They don't buy a newspaper in a newsagents. They "take the Irish Times".

Atlantic Dawn

Dogs with clothing and jewellery on them worth more than the clothes I am wearing.

helimachoptor

Lots of trees

Hammer89

No teenage pregnancies. If you see a 15-year-old girl with a pram it's because she's babysitting for the Derbyshires.

stampydmonkey

Old women caked in make up, with a dash of botox and most definitely in stupid white pants....walking some little rat of a dog

LaChatteGitane

helimachoptor wrote: »

Lots of trees

Wish I could give the thumbs up a few more times.
Affluent areas seem to have more trees and greenery all round.

uch

Cnuts Ring the Garda because some poor divil is delivering leaflets

Butters1979

Duff wrote: »

Auld dolls walking cats on a leash.

I've never seen that in my life. Does that actually happen?

lawlolawl

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

Wish I could give the thumbs up a few more times.
Affluent areas seem to have more trees and greenery all round.

Because they generally get broken by scummers in scummer areas.

theteal

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Dogs with clothing and jewellery on them worth more than the clothes I am wearing.

I believe you're more likely to find that in the other thread mentioned in the OP

Widdershins

Women rushing out to take the registration of every unknown vehicle that drives past.

The_Valeyard

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

You got a problem with my pants fcukface?

My butler will batter your butler!

They dont use the word batter.


A good thrashing would be more appropriate. I would also accept, broil, tiff or even tussle

buried

Animal grills at the gateway of the house driveway. To stop those damned animals getting in.

riclad

Lots of coffee shops ,women driving jeeps off roaders to bring kids to school.
Kids have iphones .bmw s in the driveway.teens dont wear tracksuits ,they wear skinny jeans .house has a mews at the back.
People don,t drive cars from 2007.
2 or 3 cars in the driveway.
houses have high walls or hedges .
lawns are well maintained .people go for walks or go jogging.
They are shops selling expensive ornaments ,art .
the local charity shop is full of designer clothes .
not much pound shops around.
Middle class teens are educated about contraceptives ,
they dont have children before the age of 18.
they go on the pill or use other methods to avoid pregnancy.
in certain area,s girls of 16 are going to school ,
while taking take of a child .
boys go to certain schools and play rugby .
if theres an extension it,ll be done well ,large windows ,open plan style

darlett

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

You got a problem with my pants fcukface?

My butler will batter your butler!

This is a question of honour which may only be resolved by a duel to the death.

And it is indeed the rarest of privilege for a member of the help to be bestowed an opportunity to fight and die on our behalf. The stories that their offspring might tell later in life, what? Butlers at dawn!

beertons

Butters1979 wrote: »

I've never seen that in my life. Does that actually happen?

Yes, it does. Weedy looking cats, that cost a fortune. Their recall is terrible, they're deaf, who knows. Obviously can't be trusted.

Jawgap

No unka-chunka modified Japanese imports with flower-pot exhausts being driven by kids that are younger than the cars.....

Grass - grass verges, parks, green areas

Space between the houses

The area is represented by a PBP oik, but one with a private education.

Armchair Andy

Grid boxes outside every house exit where the owner barges the nose of his 4*4 out halfway onto the road every time he/she needs to exit, expecting all and sundry to give way for his benefit.

Security cameras hidden like woodpeckers in trees.

Deserted avenues bar the odd aul one in drooped arse yoga pants **** a poodle or the like.

spurious

Alarms, gates, high hedges, lots of security - signs of living a life in fear.

Dismal lack of knowledge of areas other than the home (garrison) one and perhaps trips to Grafton Street. Quite a lot of opinions on said other areas though (see other thread).

Ush1

Dog walking. Joggers. Adults and children dressed appropriately for cold weather. Estate cars, often older. Local boating/sailing club. Lots of outdoor types really. Oh and of course big houses.

Widdershins

beertons wrote: »

Yes, it does. Weedy looking cats, that cost a fortune. Their recall is terrible, they're deaf, who knows. Obviously can't be trusted.

Hairless Siamese cats wearing jumpers and whippets or salukis wearing snoods.

Malari

No women in tracksuits; just activewear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYRENWT8lz8

Trebor176

- Young girls driving around in Minis that Daddy paid for!
- As mentioned, large(ish) houses with walled gardens and have gates with an intercom.
- Fee paying schools in the area
- Lots of boutiques
- Plenty of expensive cars and Yummy Mummies in Range Rovers, Merc MLs, etc.
- And, of course, the 'soithsoide' accent, roysh.

Colser

Armchair Andy wrote:

Deserted avenues bar the odd aul one in drooped arse yoga pants **** a poodle or the like.

It's a dog's life.ðŸ˜

Rubberlegs

Colser wrote: »

It's a dog's life.ðŸ˜

Stop, I just nearly choked 😂😂.

There is a really posh estate not far from here. No resident's trade vans allowed to be parked out front, no toys allowed to be left outside, and washing isn't allowed on lines at certain times. I drove down for a nose once in my little 01 Polo I had at the time, it's like another world !

5rtytry56

pictures outside such estate of the face of a thick lipped man holding up an non branded smartphone taking a portrait picture with the name of the estate above his head.

Or a poster stating some very pleasing statistics.

A landscape worker riding a mower even in the rain.

No Dublin Bus goes in - there is no Dublin Bus stop.

wakka12

Little unnecessary boutique home decor and furnishing shops set up by bored house wives

steddyeddy

Walking through Dundrum always reminds me I must buy some mutton.

Duff

Butters1979 wrote: »

I've never seen that in my life. Does that actually happen?

Sure does. Seen it in Blackrock on more than one occasion.

KERSPLAT!

judeboy101

When you ring the guards, they show up asap

ThisRegard

A nice community centre, the type without grids on the windows.

The flying mouse

There are no SW offices.

RayM

I don't see any descriptions of proper posh people on this thread, just social-climbing **** who think their disposable income somehow makes them superior to people who live in housing estates.

The real poshos - Protestants who've lived here all their lives, but speak with English accents - don't drive around in brand new Audis and SUVs. Whatever money they have goes towards stemming leaky roofs and preventing their giant houses from falling down around them, so they make do with a rusty old Land Rover.

suicide_circus

^^^^ was just gonna say

are we talking actual posh or vulgar grasping peddling nouveau riche types?

VulcanRaving

Pubs that charge €7+ a pint and an extortianite amount for subpar bar food.
Educo Gyms.
Golf courses.
Undersized and unathletic kids clearly being pushed to play rugby.
Finance/Legal Companies.
Yummy Mummys that cannot be seen driving the kids to school or meeting the girls for coffee in a Range Rover or equivalent any smaller than an AT-AT from Star Wars.

The flying mouse

RayM wrote: »

I don't see any descriptions of proper posh people on this thread, just social-climbing **** who think their disposable income somehow makes them superior to people who live in housing estates.

The real poshos - Protestants who've lived here all their lives, but speak with English accents - don't drive around in brand new Audis and SUVs. Whatever money they have goes towards stemming leaky roofs and preventing their giant houses from falling down around them, so they make do with a rusty old Land Rover.

We await lord sutch

Widdershins

RayM wrote: »

I don't see any descriptions of proper posh people on this thread, just social-climbing **** who think their disposable income somehow makes them superior to people who live in housing estates.

The real poshos - Protestants who've lived here all their lives, but speak with English accents - don't drive around in brand new Audis and SUVs. Whatever money they have goes towards stemming leaky roofs and preventing their giant houses from falling down around them, so they make do with a rusty old Land Rover.

Sometimes they're simply too mean to spend a cent.