For the last decade Julie has been part of a little-known segment of homeless youth often called urban nomads.

He estimates that nationally there may be 5,000 to 10,000 urban nomads, 1,000 of whom pass through New York each year.

While urban nomads and the city's traditional homeless youth often share a history of physical or sexual abuse, the two groups differ in many respects.

Today's urban nomads want homes that are both flexible and stylish.

The researchers found that the families often live as urban nomads.

He is an urban nomad in search of routes rather than roots.

He stumbles across a group of urban nomads who turn out to be more than he expected.

In the 1980s, squatters, artists, and urban nomads took over the area.

Next come the urban nomads - the Jet Set.

To the Editor: I read about urban nomads with sadness.