ABSTRACT

Introduction mobility,hasmuchincommonwithpresentdayLosAngeles.The DumillswholiveintheKentishnewtownof'Hamstreet'havenot surrenderedtheirloyaltytoitdespitethemobilitytheyenjoy.Theythink ofthemselvesquitecommonlynotonlyasLondoners,butalsoas Hamstreeters.London2000differsfromLosAngelesinthatithasbeen consciouslyplanned.Thereisefficientcoordinationofpublicandprivate transport;abalanceofpublicandprivatehousing;asuccessfulcompromisebetweendevelopmentandconservationandsoon.Butitis essentiallyamiddleclassperspectiveandarelativelyconservativeone atthatofferingnocluesastohowpervasivethetrendsdescribedwill become.