I clicked the link expecting a nice read about John Betjeman. Interesting to see this similar, but distinct opinion.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Betjeman#Betjeman_and_architecture" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Betjeman#Betjeman_and_arch...</a>
Really this is a nostalia-fest article, instant click-bait appeal to anyone who thinks their High Street is getting too much like every other High Street. Thank goodness the writer was in the UK, had he been in the USA I am sure he would have got himself lost in identical mini-malls.<p>More interesting:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotelling%27s_law" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotelling%27s_law</a><p><i>"principle of minimum differentiation"</i>