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What’s your best Essex Girl joke?
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Not from the UK - why is it Essex in particular?
It's tricky to define but it has to do with proximity to London (Capital city) and the developing existence of influencers or (it girls) as they were known, combined with poor education and you had a generation of glamorous idiots, that were identified as being from Essex early. Think early Kim Kardashian such as Jordan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Price
I would say Essex is stereotyped as being relatively affluent but lacking class, and is often a source of jokes.
I tried to find a succinct explanation but couldn't so if you want a long read