"Ambitious, but utterly necessary, given the circumstances. Though I'm sure it was well before your time, the atmosphere of the United States in the 1930s and 1940s was... stifling, to say the least. Creativity, entrepreneurship, passion -- it was all censored, removed from the public eye by a government who had nothing better to do than babysit us."

From the angry drag he takes on his cigarette, this clearly still bothers him, even with his city. Even being stuck in this City.