Post #30: The Mega City

Today I am in São Paulo, one of the largest cities in the world. Having breakfast this morning, I had the impression that the skyscrapers went on and on and on into the horizon and infinity. The largest city in the Western Hemisphere and the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, São Paulo greater metropolitan area is home to more than 20 million people. Actually, it blows my mind that it is the biggest city in two different hemispheres and is the 12th largest city in the world. That means that the other 11 cities on that list are all in the Northern Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere (I wonder why that is from a human development perspective). You can feel the city thrumming from the moment you land with the hustle of New York. There is big business here and there is a lot of humanity here. I admit that I kind of like the mystery of it, even if my own Wyoming roots find the same enigma of the city overwhelming. What a place this is. What a country.