SO I was trying to find a good quote about the city for my Instagram picture's caption... couldn't be that hard, right? Just search "city quotes" and there will be thousands of choices at your fingertips.
Except, 55% of them were negative.
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Then again, most of them could have been from "ancient" historians who didn't believe in industrialism and lived in an era where most city businesses and governments were corrupt. And sure, cities can be menacing, frightening, lonely, cold, dark... but they are also so beautiful.
Each one has a new taste, a new flavor, if you will. Different cultures, languages, foods, smells, people... Cities are really just like you and me. Always renovating, shedding layers, building additions. Each one leaves a special mark, special memories on you.
Until you've visited them all, I really don't think it's valid to say that all cities in general are bad. Cities are fresh starts but not for the weak of heart. They'll build up, they'll tear down. But in the end, they become bigger and better because of it.
Cities are beautiful in a strong, resilient way. The architecture, the history has all survived. Even if in ruins, cities make me stop and wonder about all the other lives coming to and fro and going and coming and leaving and staying and lost and remembered and forgotten. An intricate pattern of lives twined together within the structures of a city, and I could be part of it for a few days. How cool is that?
Anyway, rant over. Just, next time you run into the city? Give it another chance, a second glance. Who knows what stories and memories could be down the next alley.
Just a few of the beautiful cities we've been to.
Kelsey, co-editor: Kate
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