The mannerisms change, of course, and I doubt that these cities are as packed as most modern day ones, but you still have the bustling crowds, mixing cultures, dreams, and new ideas. The flip side is that it also has the same city problems, the crimes, poverty, the broken people, and the desperate need for survival in a cruel world.

[He giggles and, in all fairness, the idea of Joshua being a phone-in psychic is pretty funny.]

There's more to being psychic than just seeing the future or knowing another person's thoughts.