| 1 | 1 | Where one lives in London will matter more than ever. The 071 code means | |
| 2 | fashionable, inner city, cosmopolitan and definitely up and coming, if not definitely | ||
| 3 | arrived, while the 081 code is equated with anonymous suburbia. However, those pitiful | ||
| 4 | creatures who have been consigned to the sidelines of London Life can escape social | ||
| 5 | suicide by paying £1,915 plus VAT to have their code changed. | ||
| from 'New Statesman and Society', June 8, 1989 |