This study examines the effect of one social milieu factor (Israeli kibbutz versus urban lifestyle) on Israeli adolescents' future orientation. Responses of 114 kibbutz and 112 urban adolescents to an open-ended Future Orientation Questionnaire are grouped into nine life domains: school and matriculation, military service, higher education, work and career, marriage and family, self, others, collective issues, and community service. Analysis shows that, overall, kibbutz adolescents express fewer concerns for the future (lower salience), and their image of the future is less detailed and elaborate (lower specificity). These tendencies are especially manifested in domains pertaining to transition to adulthood (military service, higher education) and adulthood (work and career, marriage and family) roles. Results are interpreted in terms of a negative relationship between the appraisal of environmental responsiveness to prospective needs and future orientation. Integration of these results with earlier findings indicating a positive relationship between social conditions and future orientation suggest that the relationship between the appraisal of environmental responsiveness and future orientation has an inverted U-shape. A four-page bibliography is attached. (Author/JAZ)