Croydon, as much as snobby Londoners would like to reject it, it feels more like London than a lot of the cunty gentrified areas in London these days (Looking at you Peckham)
My grandfather and great grandfather were true cockney south Londoners, dad born a bit east but still claims the title... but my grandmother has always claimed she was not born in London and that far south is not London.
Isn’t south-south-London, Brighton?