This message at 12th and Pine...
...brought two things to mind. First, this line from The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert:
"We all sit around mindlessly slagging off that vile stink-hole of a city. But in its own strange way, it takes care of us. I don't know if that ugly wall of suburbia's been put there to stop them getting in, or us getting out."
And, of course, this.