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Lots of of the cities I have visited throughout my journey were capital cities. Some of them had only a quick history in the modern day era, such as Addis Ababa. Other folks, their status as the key city of a unique area, city-state, and later nation had roots back to antiquity, such as Mexico City. All have been laboratories where culture was made, contested, recycled, and reinterpreted to the whims of many political administrations. This is the reality of a city like Hanoi,...