“72 suburbs in search of a city”

—  Dorothy Parker

This description of Los Angeles, often attributed to Parker, seems to instead be based on Aldous Huxley having referred to L.A. http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/08/misquoting_dorothy_parker.php as &quot;nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis&quot; in his 1925 book Americana. In turn, he was likely quoting someone else. <br class="br">Misattributed

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