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Mayor of San Francisco

is characterized by its inconveniences. It is not walden pond, but rather involves dirt... it involves some measure of pollution, prostitution and crime.

Sure there are inconveniences [in city life]. That's what a city is. You look back at what we regard as the great cities ol the world Florence, Rome, Paris, London. They all have these things. You don't expect Walden Pond... if you like that better, you better go to Walden Pond. If you like the city, you have to take what the city has. It involves dirt... it involves some measure of pollution, prostitution and crime.

is not some wheatfield. That's nonsense. The heartland of America is its vibrant cities, where personality can be developed to its fullest. It is where people who are oppressed and have lost hope can come.

A city is such that the heartland of america is not some wheatfield. that's nonsense. The heartland of america is its vibrant cities, where personality can be developed to its fullest. It is where people who are oppressed and have lost hope can come.(Inaugural address, second term in office, January 8, 1972) ALIOTO, Joseph L. (Mayor, San Francisco) (1916 )

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