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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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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.

dg explains in the article

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

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

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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