please empty your brain below
(indirect affirmation preferred)

diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.04.23 - 12:02 p.m. | #

Feeling very smug that I worked this out. I couldn't believe all those boroughs were 12! What a wiggle.

BP | 15.04.23 - 12:09 p.m. | #

Got it! A helpful hint above from BP, thanks.

Richard B | 15.04.23 - 12:39 p.m. | #

Sutton gets tantalisingly close to A slightly better score.

Peter | 15.04.23 - 1:09 p.m. | #

Ealing's 40 gave it away for me. Can't believe Richmond is 205!

Aly | 15.04.23 - 1:11 p.m. | #

Surprised no 406

Mike on a bike | 15.04.23 - 2:14 p.m. | #

Newham must be a (dg-adjacent) gnats whisker away from being 11.

Quizzical Eyebrow | Homepage | 15.04.23 - 2:57 p.m. | #

Parties?

Debster | 15.04.23 - 3:13 p.m. | #

Nope!

Colly | 15.04.23 - 3:30 p.m. | #

I'm not sure whether I'm more surprised that one borough has a three digit figure, or that only one has.

Jeremy GH | 15.04.23 - 4:35 p.m. | #

For me it was the absence of of the numbers 6-9 which got me on the right track.

CP | 15.04.23 - 4:44 p.m. | #

Got it after counting to 3, despite having lived firmly in 2-land in my London days.

Henry | 15.04.23 - 4:46 p.m. | #

If you don't count marginal then Tower Hamlets is 11, Newham is 13, Camden is 41, Harrow is 312 and Brent is 404.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 15.04.23 - 5:00 p.m. | #

The nature of the stuff was immediately apparent to me even before seeing the outlier value. However I'm struggling with the specific reason for some choices - possibly volume related, or leading digits regardless of length.

20 trumping 21 is fair enough but I'm surprised at the lack of 23. 12 excluding 11 and 13 altogether is surprising. And I too am surprised that 205's sibling doesn't appear. Looking forward to seeing the specific reason later!

DavidC | 15.04.23 - 5:04 p.m. | #

Having grown up in 10-land and now living in 23-land, I spotted this quite quickly. Surprised there is not a certain 4xx anywhere though.

Brighton_Ro | 15.04.23 - 5:16 p.m. | #

Think I've got it, but can't think of a suitably indirect snd minimalist affirmation. However, if I'm right, the border county I am in this weekend would merit a 5

Timbo | 15.04.23 - 8:10 p.m. | #

Well that's two days that I've been totally flumoxed.
I hope that tomorrow's will be a little more understandable!

Petras409 | 15.04.23 - 10:16 p.m. | #

A-ha! Got it.

KES | 15.04.23 - 11:17 p.m. | #

Please tell us!!

MikeK | 16.04.23 - 12:16 a.m. | #

Finally arrived at the answer!

Deborah Kelly | 16.04.23 - 9:23 a.m. | #

It makes sense to me, but would have been entirely meaningless just over 100 years ago. The 22 not being 23 is interesting.

NickW | 16.04.23 - 9:46 a.m. | #

WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS

Al B | Homepage | 16.04.23 - 10:47 a.m. | #

I'm looking forward to finding out why Hackney and Tower Hamlets are not also 12.

CJS | 16.04.23 - 11:48 a.m. | #

The map shows the lowest-numbered A road in each borough.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.04.23 - 12:00 p.m. | #

Completely obvious, of course....once you see it. I should have!!

MikeK | 16.04.23 - 2:57 p.m. | #

Just glad I have been put out of my misery but at the same time somewhat red faced as a traffic engineer who failed to work this one out!

MO | 16.04.23 - 3:28 p.m. | #

Took me a couple of minutes but I got there in the end

Caroline | 16.04.23 - 3:35 p.m. | #











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