mmm, new york

That dream, however, remains incorruptable and it extends beyond Gatsby and his personal life. It exists in a broader sense in the city, in New York itself, and in the East, the harbor that once became the dream of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is now the mecca of Midwesterners, who came to it in search of new life and thrills.
~Azar Nafisi Reading Lolita in Tehran