Intimacy

"People think it's easy to be anonymous in New York. It's not. The subway system creates an intimacy that even the coldest New Yorker can't avoid."
Kim Hooper, People Who Knew Me

Whatever You Want It to Be

"New York is whatever the hell you want it to be. It's the city of the American Dream, founded by people who flock there and wring every drop of opportunity that flows through it."
Joanne Pittaway, Chess News

Filth

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"In New York City, we really live like worms. There is dirt above, below, and on all sides of us. The air is a constant fine mist of dust and soot. Filth is creeping up from every basement. Cockroaches and insects are constantly chewing things into little piles of dirt. Pigeons! Dogs!"
Bob Rosenthal, Cleaning Up New York