"Although Sadka admitted the banana was randomly made up based on personal experience, he argued it actually aligns pretty well with a number of quality-of-life proxy maps, such as violent crime rates, property prices, and more. Sadka told the Standard he was inspired to create the map after seeing a person in a balaclava menacing someone with a stick quite openly on a high street just outside the banana."
"One anonymous 32-year-old female Notting Hill resident who has lived just within the boundaries of the banana for over 10 years agrees it's the superior area of London. Kensington is firmly within the banana's boundaries She said: Outside is a hellscape, a strange combination of people who've been priced out of the banana and hipsters pretending they're too cool to want to live in it. I politely decline any invites to social gatherings outside of it."
A loosely defined "London banana" identifies central neighborhoods perceived as the city's most desirable places to live and frequent. Saul Sadka coined the shape from personal experience and suggested it corresponds with indicators like violent crime and property prices. Sadka said a visible street threat just outside the banana motivated the map's creation. Some residents who live inside the banana describe areas beyond it as a hellscape of people priced out and hipsters affecting coolness, and they avoid social events outside. Other Londoners report discovering enjoyable social opportunities and surprises when they visit neighborhoods outside the banana.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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