Urban fragmentation and globalization

Chirol has a great post and a healthy discussion going on about the secession of affluent communities in the US and globally. This is yet another sign of the encroachment of pre-Westphalian logic on the modern world. Most people, when they think about globalization, see a one dimensional expansion of interconnectivity across all spheres of human interaction. They shouldn't. Globalization is a force for the creation of a minimalist platform for economic and communications interconnectivity. It is, frankly, the only thing we all can agree on. In other areas, almost in natural opposition to becoming so closely intertwined, fragmentation/virtualization is taking place.