Sex and the City?,,,or a Sexy City?

One friend of mine told me that she liked pretty much my article on Love in times of inflation.… that was written in a Sex and the City mood as i have been told. So then i thought that maybe she is wright but i know my writing is fundamentally different. I’m more inclined to political argumentation and analysis. So how i could combine both?

So today i have decided to write not in a Sex and the City mood but on Sexy Cities. What i mean by the term is the following : There are cities that i was in love with them. And they were cities that i was feeling encouraged (sic) to fall in love with a woman. And there were cities that i was anxious to leave them behind, in such a way that most probably passed my time in a pub drinking or within hotels listening to endless speeches on Quality of Urban Environment. (lol)

So do we have sexy cities today? What makes a city “sexy”? The architecture? The open landscapes? The user friendliness? Or just our perception of city’s culture?

To give you an example : In Greece we have a city characterized by many, as “the most romantic”. Is called Thessaloniki and is up north. The second urban center of the country (size and economically wise). They say is “romantic” because of its long bay that someone could walk under the moon in a pleasant summer night.But is called “romantic” by its visitors, passing weekends there. IS it “romantic” for its inhabitants also? And how this could be the case when you need every morning 1 hour to cover 10 minutes distance to reach your office? How you could say that if you live close to the industrial zone, constructed (out of any logic) in a close distance, polluting every day the air you breath and the sea you are falling in love with? How you could call her “romantic”,  when you have to walk at night by the sea, facing the noise of huge rats running around your feet?

When i have tried to recall other cities that made me feel in love i could name few :

New York City – actually i was in love when i have visited first time. And the city was beautiful in the summer, sitting on a pavement drinking wine with a special woman (and violating the law….by drinking publicly!!)

Florence Italy- an amazing city that unfortunately visited with the wrong woman…., but still the City was beautiful enough to fall in love with every Italian lady crossing the street! And how i could resist when i was seeing the view over ponte di Vecchio?

tehran in a beautiful night pic

Tehran , Iran- i was one of the few lucky foreigners visiting alone!!! Is the only city in the world that you are getting in love with a woman’s eyes and the majority are just beautiful…(because of the strict dressing code you are not alloud to see much more than the face of a woman. At first when i was seeing all those black dresses around me i have felt like participating in a funeral. That we were all of us massively mourning on the loss of a dearest person. After some days i though that women in this country are mourning on their situation..) On the other hand is the only city that i was frustrated on how a state could supress woman’s dignity!!!

Finally i would mention Paris. Most of the people thinks the city as the most romantic in the world. I dont!! Paris for a strange reason was connected in my life with unpleasant memories. As a result iwas avoiding the city for many many years. And finally i have visited this year for a conference. I felt little more positive about it. But still no romantic at all!!!

I’m concluding my thoughts by the idea that does have Cities a gender? a sex? For some of them i would definitely feel them as females, a femme fatale! For some of them i would feel them as males. And very matcho, vulgar, aggresive and abusive ones. What do you think?