Victorian architecture lined every street in the large city. People bustled about shops and restaurants and between their jobs on foot or in early versions of automobiles that spewed exhaust into the air. The residents dressed nicely; there were no loudly talking women in shorts that exposed more than they covered or casually dressed men in t-shirts. Even people who were clearly less prosperous managed to wear jackets or overalls. Every once in awhile, as we traveled to Central Command, we would pass government looking buildings that sported white columns and decorated arches. The whole look and feel of the city reminded me strongly of pictures I had seen of Washington DC in the 1920's, back in my past life. Compared to the sprawl of Dublith where the atmosphere was much more casual, it wa
