Sunday, January 18, 2009

Mayfair

This area is the dark blue one on the monopoly board. Earns you £400 rent if you land on it. However if you live there you are more likely to pay £3,500 per week to live there.

The English were very imaginative when naming areas. Mayfair was so named because of the May Fair held there for a fortnight every year until it was banned in 1764. It seems it upset the new locals like the Earl of Coventry, who complained about the noise. They won their argument and thus began what would become the wealthiest real estate in the world.