What’s with all the hate for southerners ?

I’m finishing uni this year but there’s been in constant thing that’s been bugging me. Everyone I have met that is northern always assumes I’m posh…. my accent to any actual posh person is not posh at all no where near. I remember in one of my group projects it was 6 of and 4 of the group members were northern, this other fella and I were both from London and the other 4 were banging on about how much they hate southerners and how they should build a wall etc it was so weird. Before university I’d never been up north. Only to Scotland but other than that the furthest north of England id been was Cambridge to look at the uni lol.

Another thing is they seem to assume just because you’re from London you go to central London a lot and they talk about all the tourist attractions that I’ve never been to and I have lived in London all my life. I am from south west London. I think people don’t know geography and do not understand the concept of city of London and Greater London, the differences.

Anyway we aren’t all posh, we don’t all hate northerners or think we are better before uni I didn’t even know we were hated this much jheeez. I remember meeting someone in first year and first thing they commented on after I told them I was from London was how posh I was lol and how it must be nice…. My parents bought the house in the 90s it wasn’t expensive there was not a housing boom, both of them were born in London and grew up here , so are my grandparents.

That’s my piece. I’ve had a lovely time at university, made amazing friends and have thoroughly enjoyed the city and will be sad to leave come July. My friends at Exeter never had this issue, never mocked for where they come from the amount of abuse you’ll get that’s just disguised as a joke is actually hilarious. Reverse it and it’ll be classism etc lol if I made assumptions about the north.

I am aware of the north-south divide but the amount of things people have said throughout the three years is ridiculous. Get a grip. People don’t control where they’re from and making assumptions based on where their from and stereotypes doesn’t make you any better. They think we are all evil down south and have no moral compass.

It’s some form of discrimination against southerners. My bf is northern and he is actually posh, went to boarding school, has a posher accent than me etc.

Merry Christmas !