The Personality of A City

Every city has a personality and each can be compared to a person. Some are huge, loud, and obnoxious. Some are small and shy with a hint of spice. Some are dirty, some clean, some smart, some scatter brained. I also think that cities function like a human body. The streets are the veins through which pulses the blood of the body. There are organs and arteries which keep the blood pumping. The city like a body can become sick and diseased. Two cities which ahve quite different health reports are Singapore and Kathmandu. Singapore is healthy and strong. It has gone to regular checkups at the doctor. It exercises regularly and eats healthfully. Yes, it may have had a few colds in it's life and maybe one bout of strep throat. But in general it is full of vitality and thriving. Now, Kathmandu is whole different story. Kathmandu refuses to go to the doctor. It drinks too much, chain smokes, and has multitudes of cancerous growths. It has done too many psychedelic drugs in it's younger years and now it is missing a little bit of it's mind. It eats candy and fried food all day. It gets migrans and has constantly has severe gastro-intestinal problems. One diseased city, one healthy. Both have their own charm and both are equally interesting yet are completely different. Singapore is like a well oiled machine and Kathmandu is a rusty, dilapidated bus by the side of the road in dire need of repair.