Humans are made of both living cells and the unliving extra-cellular matrix (sinew, bone, blood plasma, etc); cities are made of both living humans and unliving infrastructure.
If we consider ourselves to be more alive than our cells, aren't cites more alive than us?
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A slow heartbeat animates the streets, barely perceptible. As the last inhabitant leaves, the city yawns, stretches, and goes the other way.

