Cities have a glorious future in spite of climate change. Although they will be abandoned with the fall of civilization, for people will seek security in remote places where they will be able to grow some food far from everyone else, cities will attract scavengers for centuries and maybe even millennia. Steel knives will be sought. And so will steel pots, not to mention tools and weapons of all sorts. Scavenging will become a way of life for many people. In exchange for food, they will offer a wide variety of things unearthed in crumbling cities. After a short while, the ruins will be covered with bushes and trees, and it will take ever more skill to navigate the baffling crevices. Scavengers will need quite a bit of savvy, as well as courage in view of their crafty competitors in search of fortune. Even after a long time, scavenging will remain a most profitable pursuit. And the provenance of recovered objects will become one of their most coveted features. The names of major cities across the globe will gradually change over time, but they will still resonate proudly for untold generations.