Chetan, A range of us came to London for different reasons. I don't think there's pattern.
And yes, the City is capitalist, but the rest of UK isn't. And the political mood, as Americans describe UK politics, has always been that UK has two major parties - Conservatives, who are socialists, and Labour, who are Communists :-) The gum price is dependent on ability/willingness to pay, I suppose. Salil Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
