"He raised his eyes as men against the West once raised their eyes against the shinning ramparts of the mountains. And there before him, at the edges of the marsh, rose the proud heights of Jersey City -- the heights of Jersey City blazing forever to the traveler the smoldering welcome of their garbage dumps - the heights of Jersey City, raised proudly against the desolation of those lonely marshes as a token of man's fortitude, a symbol of his power, a sign of his indomitable spirit that flames forever like a great torch in the wilderness, that lifts against the darkness and blind nature the story of its progress - the heights of Jersey, lighted for an eternal feast."
--Thomas Wolfe, The Web & the Rock (1925)
Wow, I'm living in a flaming token of man's fortitude, complete with "garbage dumps." Who knew?
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