The city that stood out to me the most was Eusapia. It is a city that has an identical city underground where all the corpses are carried down to continue their time after death. I found the idea of the existence of both a dead and alive city very intriguing, they say the underground is more advanced and that the living Eusapia had taken to copy the underground. There are also thoughts of the underground Eusapia being the original who built up the upper Eusapia so there is no longer a way of knowing who is dead and who is alive. The concept is such an interesting concept, I love the dualities of both and I think one can imagine being there and exploring the two different areas. I can’t help but think of this as an idea for a story in a virtual reality game where the player could play a human that passes away and finds themselves in the underground city, exploring the place and working on becoming one of the hooded brothers being able to transport between the two worlds meanwhile figuring out the mysteries and answering questions of the truth of this city.
The passage of time isn’t that obvious in the cities description but time does indeed play a role since the city revolves around the living and dead and humans take time to live their lives, pass away and move to the underground. The writer also speaks about the underground city innovating their city at a faster pace to the point that one can’t tell which is the living city and which is the one following along. The people’s work and innovation show the passage of time.
Other examples of living cities have more in terms of description to show the passage of time like Leonia. The city of Leonia is one that changes day by day, they expel goods every day and it expels them more and more every time they do so. As time passes by their surrounding boundaries are all just rubbish and landfills.