"In quite a few states, you're not allowed to list that as a bedroom anymore, " he says.

FORBES

This towering steel-and-glass wedge is a monument to the runaway acquisitiveness of the eighties, and by the time the little monsters have chomped and guzzled (and sung and danced) their way through its cheerless offices and boutiques, Dante and his collaborators have trashed or at least lobbed spitballs at quite a few of the most unattractive aspects of life in these United States.

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"I had states offering me checks where I could have moved there and been rent-free for quite a few years, " he said.

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