John Strachan

Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people.

Canadian Clergyman

Joshua Wong

Hong Kong might be a small place, but its people make it unique. The iconic images of skyscrapers in this bustling metropolis are famous around the world, but it is the people of Hong Kong, standing up for their city on the streets, who make it truly great.

Chinese Activist

Peter Diamandis

Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well.

American Businessman

Quentin Crisp

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

English Writer

Georg Simmel

The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

German Sociologist

Garrett Hardin

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

American Environmentalist

Hooman Majd

The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology.

Iranian Journalist

Giorgio Armani

Milan is a true metropolis: strong and fearless but welcoming, too. Little by little, I came to realize that I could become someone here.

Italian Designer

John Berger

Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time.

English Artist

Ezra Pound

American Poet

Metropolis implies bustling activity with economic, cultural, and social events.

Activity Hub

A metropolis is larger than a town; size and influence are key qualities.

Size Matters

Metropolises are often cultural mixing pots with diverse populations.

Cultural Melting Pot

A metropolis in this sense usually holds governmental and political significance.

Political Center

Being called a metropolis can symbolize the city’s status and importance.

Symbolic Status

Metropolis can refer to the most important city in a larger region, not just a country.

Regional Importance

 Think about it. Of course, today it's important to understand and acknowledge that those benefits accrued to some groups of people and not to others. It was not an equitable cultural momentum. But when we look today in wonder and disgust, maybe, at the metropolis sprawl before us,

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 They were basically a city living with a modern kind of industrial metropolis with an Elizabethan public infrastructure. So people, for instance, just to gross you out for a second, had cesspools of human waste in their basement. Like, a foot to two feet deep.

Steven Johnson: A guided...

 thriving metropolis nearby all right but also liked it you know so having done this we can you actually do the same thing but just with the names of cities you know so this is a very simple simple sketch let's see maybe we can't do it

Enthusiasm and design PIPE...

 Together, colonies of polyps produce large three-dimensional structures, which form the basis of an underwater metropolis. These coral complexes are full of nooks and crannies that house and protect countless life forms.

The big-beaked,...

 and you said what you thought. Then in my late 20s, I shifted to the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai, and my framework, like the newly industrialized aspirational humanity, began to alter.

Thoughts on humanity,...

 urban world now over half of us live in an urban environment my home too is here in this city of london looking down on this great metropolis the ingenuity with which we continue to

Cities That Are Saving...

 And before we reach our final destination, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to share with you some technology that I brought all the way from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane.

Tom Thum: The orchestra...

 none of this was here it was truly a weekend gambling town it was in the early 90s that the little weekend gambling town started to reinvent itself as a full-scale metropolis

The Water Crisis PIPE...

 deep within Jordans desert canyons lies an ancient treasure the stone city of Petra this massive hand-carved metropolis provides a window into an

Stunning Stone Monuments...

 of life as in any crowded metropolis there is fierce rivalry for space for food