# A city can become a Florence multiple times You can point to NYC as a Florence for people who wanted to build new governments in the late 18th century and then as a Florence for artists in the 1970’s. Abstractly, this makes sense because cities wax and wane but have a permanence about them. Therefore there are basically a finite number of options for potential Florences. <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/A+city+can+become+a+Florence+multiple+times) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/A+city+can+become+a+Florence+multiple+times)