> I know young people from almost every European country and I feel more connected to them to, say, my 50-year old working class neighbours. I'm sure you do, i

> I know young people from almost every European country and I feel more connected to them to, say, my 50-year old working class neighbours. I'm sure you do, in certain ways. But, for example, perhaps some of your friends have 50-year old neighbours, who work in a lower paid job, and yet it would simply never occur to them that they were a different "class" and therefore not to be associated with. That's part of your culture.