The premise of the piece is that some large-enough-to-be-"we" group finds these settings and people compelling. That compulsion seems really weird to a non-Brit

The premise of the piece is that some large-enough-to-be-"we" group finds these settings and people compelling. That compulsion seems really weird to a non-Briton. Perhaps that's where the USA gets its own brand of "rich people must be somehow worthy of social attention" disease.