> Class divides, including very physical divides, are a necessity in any society where there are well, classes. Really? Britain is a country noted for its cla

> Class divides, including very physical divides, are a necessity in any society where there are well, classes. Really? Britain is a country noted for its class divides; and yet there are very few class enclaves in major British cities. Most people live in a mixed neighbourhood, with renters and owners all jumbled up, and with social housing mixed in. Sure, there are some pretty nasty social housing "estates" (groups of apartment blocks); but those estates are liberally sprinkled around - they occur in more prosperous neighbourhoods as well as cheaper places. The USA used to claim it was a "classless society".