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I am not sure about the "different cultural backgrounds" part, at least when it comes to non Dutch traditional backgrounds (e.g. Middle Eastern immigrants)

Nobody does city and infrastructure planning better than the Dutch.

> This of course goes against the natural inclination of rich people.

I don't think that's true at all. If there are no poor people nearby, you can't have any servants.

The servants simply commute from several miles away; they are NOT next door neighbors. [and live-in servants have declined massively.]

> and live-in servants have declined massively

This is not true everywhere.

Where it is true, it is because supply has dried up as the general run of the population decides it has better options, not because demand is down.

How much technological progress does a utopian Dutch city have?