“Boastful cities tend to be insecure, child-like, and chatty (even vociferous), unenigmatic and exhausting, impatient places eager for praise and in a hurry to captivate.” Conceited cities “are far surer of themselves, and therefore lazier. They are also more enigmatic, more reserved, and more elusive. True, they couldn’t live without praise, but they prefer envy.” (And which is the most conceited city?)