An Important Street

/ən ɪmˈpɔːrtnt striːt/noun phrase

Definition: Either you live on an “Important Street” or you don’t. You never live on an “Unimportant” street. Important Streets are determined not only by their location, but by the size and look of other houses on the street and who inhabits those houses

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Etymology

A binary social classification used in real estate and high-society circles. The term implies that addresses are divided into two categories: “important” and everything else.

Usage

In a sentence: When they moved to the historic district, they finally secured a house on an important street.

Context: Used by Polly Reed to describe an area of the town a friend had just bought into. Hint: the new house was not on an Important Street