Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with demography. Rome is feminine. So is Odessa. London is a teenager, an urchin, and in this hasn’t changed since the time of Dickens. Paris, I believe, is a man in his twenties in love with an older woman. 

We love John Berger’s observation about the particular sex and age of every city. Reblog this and add your own cities into the mix, we’re posting the best answers on the LQ Blog.

Take a look at Mark Coatney’s tumblr for some fantastic examples, including the title above…