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{{Neath_Location|image1 = Spite.png|caption1 = More pickpockets than pockets. Art from FL.|image2 = Crowdsofspite.png|caption2 = The Pickpocket's Promenade! Art from FL.|location = [[Fallen London]]|alias = Spitalfields|allegiance = [[London]]|notable_inhabitants = [[The Church#The Bishop of St. Fiacre's|The Bishop of St. Fiacre]]<br>[[The Cheesemonger]]<br>[[The Gracious Widow]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/crowds-of-spite Crowds of Spite]}}''"The ragged old market of Spite is known for its silk-weavers and its pickpockets. Blythenhale is notorious for its feral cats. Flowerdene Street is the heart of the worst rookery in Fallen London."''
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</gallery>|caption1 = More pickpockets than pockets. Art from FL.|image2 = |caption2 = The Pickpocket's Promenade! Art from FL.|location = [[Fallen London]]|alias = Spitalfields|allegiance = [[London]]|notable_inhabitants = [[The Church#The Bishop of St. Fiacre's|The Bishop of St. Fiacre]]<br>[[The Cheesemonger]]<br>[[The Gracious Widow]]|music = [https://failbettergames.bandcamp.com/track/crowds-of-spite Crowds of Spite]}}<blockquote>''"The ragged old market of Spite is known for its silk-weavers and its pickpockets. Blythenhale is notorious for its feral cats. Flowerdene Street is the heart of the worst rookery in Fallen London."''<ref name=":0">Fallen London, in-game description of the Spite map area</ref></blockquote>'''Spite''' is a district straddling Central [[London]] and the East End, encompassing the area known as '''Spitalfields''' before the Fall.<ref>https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-mysteries-answered</ref>


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'''Spite''' is a district straddling Central [[London]] and the East End.__forcetoc__


==Where Poverty and Profit Collide==
==Where Poverty and Profit Collide==
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*'''The Tenterhooks''', the location of many of Spite's silk-weaving businesses 
*'''The Tenterhooks''', the location of many of Spite's silk-weaving businesses 
*'''Smashtile Alley''', where clay bricks and roof tiles are manufactured
*'''Smashtile Alley''', where clay bricks and roof tiles are manufactured
*'''Blythenhale''', known for its cat problem (née Bethnal Green<ref>https://www.failbettergames.com/news/the-mysteries-revealed-again</ref>)
*'''Blythenhale''', known for its cat problem (née Bethnal Green)
*'''Childcake Street'''
*'''Childcake Street'''
*'''Flowerdene Street''', home to the poorest of the poor<ref name=":0" />
*'''Flowerdene Street'''
*'''St. Fiacre's Cathedral''' (née St. Paul's)
*'''St. Fiacre's Cathedral''' (née St. Paul's)
== Historical and Cultural Inspirations ==
In Victorian London, the East End was known as a very poor area, rife with orphans, pickpockets, etc.
Doubt Street is most likely based on '''Fleet Street''', still a major hub of London's news media even today.
== References ==
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:London]]
[[Category:London]]
 
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[[Category:The Neath]]
[[Category:The Neath]]
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