The world is a changing place with cities leading the way in transformation, dominating evermore the economic, technological and political agendas of the day. Cities like New York, London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Dubai are highly mixed with cities like Hong Kong not far behind.Roy Twing wrote:There've always been enclaves in major cities tick, - the scale of the transformation to encompass the majority of our capital is a different universe altogether.The Tick wrote:He must have hated all the Yiddish being spoken in Whitechapel and the Italian in Shoreditch and Clerkenwell while growing up.Roy Twing wrote:English is now a foreign language in London, says Terence Stamp
"It’s very sad how few English people there are in London now"
"When I grew up in East London everyone seemed to speak English, and now you can barely get by speaking our own language."
Who can disagree.
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London is a global city, which looks beyond the confines of the goldfish bowl it inhabits. Part of that package is to have a global make up.
It is this inability to recognise the difference that much of the blame can be placed.
It is a pity that so few in the public eye (and therefore having a voice) highlight the elephant in the room.
Advances in travel and communication technology as well as social cooperation make for a more mixed environment. It is not without its challenges but it is how our social structure is evolving and expanding.