Here’s the daily reality check. While A-listers live in a five-story Georgian townhouse, you probably live in a shoebox flat nearby. You pay £1,500 a month for a room with no window. They pay £15 million for a whole street. It’s infuriating, but also weirdly hilarious. You both shop at the same Tesco Express. They just buy the premium pasta, while you buy the own-brand ketchup.
So next time you’re on the Tube and someone looks vaguely famous, don’t stare. Just smile and think, “Ah, there goes my neighbor from two postcodes away.” In London, fame doesn’t mean you escape paying for a parking permit. It just means you do it in a nicer raincoat.
