Intellectual Twister

During my stay in Indonesia, I had a conversation with someone about the nature of different cities.  We were discussing the difference between dog towns and cat towns.  I first noticed this in Algeria where there is an abundance of stray cats.  By abundance, I mean crazy amounts of strays all over the street…and no one minds sharing real estate with these slinky creatures.  In Malaysia and Indonesia, there are also a large amounts of cats.  The cats there have bizarre tails that are cut short with a small blunt orb at the end of their tail.  There are a few cats with “normal” tails but the majority have a blunt.  What’s more is that the cats are almost as abundant as in Algiers.  I am more familiar with dog towns where stray dogs rove around the neighborhood like urban wolves.  I view most American cities as dog towns…although stray kitties abound more discreetly, and lets not forget about the bodega cats in NYC. So what makes a town a cat town or a dog town.  My friend suggested the relationship of stray species to religious dominance.  In predominantly Muslim cities, there are many stray cats.  Although Muslims respect all animals, cats are considered sacred animals and so are left to live freely.  Dogs have a stigma of being unclean animals which correlate to their few numbers.  He described a visit he had to a Hindu city where stray dogs roamed everywhere.  Who knows how valid this reasoning is but it is fun to consider. Of course there are cities that have little to no stray animals but if there were, what species would they be?  Are there bird towns?  What is your hometown?