New York City has a reputation for glamor and excitement, but for the overwhelming majority of its eight million inhabitants, everyday life is a very different matter. For them life in "America's greatest city" is a life of exhausting bustle, disgusting filth, and constant, befouling exposure to the most degraded, ubiquitous, and therefore inescapable vulgarity. NOTE: The revised and corrected version of this book (blue cover) is only available as an ebook; the paperback will not be in distribution till sometime in December, 2025.