City of Expulsion

"New York is rejection. It is the city of expulsion. When you get here, the citizens and the whole business and government set up is geared to get you the fuck out. 'Don't you understand,' the city says, 'you are just another pain in the ass and I've already got too many already so I'm blowing you out.' New York is the anus of the world."
Edward Beardshear, Some Die Mad