This is a little project I've been working on. The barrios of Buenos Aires are so distinct and diverse that they can be difficult to fully describe with words. Instead, try to imagine the characters they would resemble as people. It's always fascinated me how cities project such strong personalities, from London, cup of Earl Gray tea in hand, a bowler's hat and a straight-cut suit and tie, to Paris, sitting outside of a chic cafe, smoking a cigarette while a book of poetry rests on his crossed legs. These generalizations are obviously cliche, but one can't deny that different cities, and the neighborhoods within them, differ in the same way that a room full of people at a party do. Who knows what lies at the core of these distinctions. Socioeconomics? Culture? Subculture? Architecture? Language? What I do know is that they are impossible to ignore.
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