Things can happen in some cities and the tale of them will be interesting: the same story laid in another city would be ridiculous.
Frank NorrisFancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities'- New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco.
Frank NorrisEvil is short lived. Never judge of the whole round of life by the mere segment you can see. The whole is, in the end, perfect.
Frank Norris