The Leaning Tower of Suburbia

Our school system, created in the Agrarian Age, still believes in homes with no foundation. Dirt floors are still the rage. So kids graduate from school with virtually no financial foundation. One day, sleepless and deep in debt in suburbia, living the American Dream, they decide that the answer to their financial problems is to find a way to get rich quick. Construction on the skyscraper begins. It goes up quickly, and soon, instead of the Empire State Building, we have the Leaning Tower of Suburbia. The sleepless nights return. (Location 821)

The Leaning Tower of Suburbia is really vivid imagery, and goes to show why so few Great American Novels have been birthed from the nook of copy-paste suburbia