2. North:
North/South divide
The North of England is quite diverse, some Cities in the North are stereotypically known as the
“posh/rich” part that is supposedly full of “snobs”, for example Sheffield, which some people
think of as the countryside but in fact is quite a busy city with lots of shopping centres.
However, it can also be generalised as quite rough, where all the football hooligans are, such
as, Manchester, Liverpool etc, it is very popular for housing most of the famous football
clubs England has.
South:
The South of England is a very popular stereotype of rough Cities, such as England’s Capital City,
London which is very renowned for being rough and scary. This may be due to it being
extremely busy and having lots of cheap or free housing for people (such as Council Estates).
3. Urban vs Rural
Urban:
The term “Urban” meaning Cities, places that are busy and more pavement than grass.
Urban parts of England could be, famously, the City of London, which obviously has
nature; parks and trees etc, but it is stereotyped to be nothing but buildings and
roads.
Rural:
Rural means the opposite of Urban, it means a lot of nature. The most famous places
which would be classed as rural would be places in the countryside, such as The
Cotswolds, which in its name suggests that it is full of cottages which stereotypically
means that it is surrounded by land.
4. Essex:
Counties
There are many famous stereotypes relating to big counties in England, one of
which is the county of Essex. Since the introduction of the television show “The
Only Way Is Essex” people have been stereotyping it more, in the show it
represents the county to be full of fake women (lots of make up, bleached
hair, fake tan etc), “dense” people (most famously Joey Essex) and lots of money.
This stereotype has been around for a long time but the show has attracted a lot
more attention towards it. Another show that lives up to the stereotype is
“Educating Essex” which shows the insides of a school situated in Essex, it
represents the girls as fake and both sexes as not very clever and not very well
behaved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSPwqV8CNG0
5. Towns/Cities
Oxford:
A famous stereotype associated with an English City would be Oxford which is
stereotyped to be bicycles, well-educated people, professors, punting, most of these
things are as a result of the media’s presentation of it and because of Oxford
University which is one of the leading Universities in the World and is incredibly hard
to get into therefore it is presented to be a well educated place.
Brighton:
Brighton also attracts a big stereotype of being a City full of the elderly, the beach, the
pier and probably most famously, the “gay scene” because once a year there is a “gay
pride” festival where gay rights activists/believers go to protest their right in society.
It’s become a very popular festival and more people are attending every year.
6. London- West/East
The term North–South divide refers to the economic and cultural differences.
West:
Chelsea is a well known are in West London, it is filled with designer shops and glamorous
people, it is generalised to be a very expensive place. This is shown in a famous television
program called “Made in Chelsea” where it represents people from Chelsea as rich and
glamorous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJMwidIMs-M
East:
Clapham is an area in East London, it is known as quite “rough” filled with construction sites,
run down buildings and not very friendly people. It was a big target for the London lootings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcI-NL3Tro
