"'Yes; and [the Bennetts] have another [uncle], who lives somewhere near Cheapside.'
'That is capital,' added her sister; and they both laughed heartily." (Austen 36).
This quote is a good example of the condescending nature of the Bingley sisters. They are mocking the Bennett family because they have an uncle who lives in Cheapside, an unfashionable part of London. They laugh at the family behind their backs, and Austen exaggerates this to add to their cruel characters. Cheapside was unfashionable in those days purely because it was a commercial area, used only for trading and marketing and business, and no pleasure or fun. It was a place that the Bingley sisters would never dream of visiting or residing in.
http://www.bluemonkeyweb.co.uk/bmcms/cms/userfiles/cheapsidehistory.pdf
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