What do you think it is that makes one city different from another? Is it the architecture? The transport system? The food? The business that gets done there? The fortunes that can be made there? The fun that can be had there? Well... maybe there's a little bit of all of that going into a city's mix. But do you know what I think really gives a city its personality? The clue is right there. It's the people; what they do and how they do it.

It's great to have plans. But as we know, they don't always work out the way we want them to. There's always the unexpected - which of course can be a plus or a minus. So earthquakes...