Ephemeral?
From "These Cities Could Be Destined to Become Hollow Places":
I keep returning to an article and conversation about Vancouver in which the memorable comments describe the city as a “self centred, silly little place where the locals vastly overstate their importance, so much so [that] we have become an international embarrassment” and more succinctly, “a three dressed up as a nine”. I tried convincing a friend that Gastown, an area she’s getting to like (and, in fairness, which she visits more than I do), is a an infuriating place where both the fake touristy crap-like the guy who dabs on top of prints, faking that he’s finishing up a painting-and extreme poverty co-exist.
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