Why We Love P.J. O'Rourke, I

In his wonderful war travelogue, Peace Kills, P.J. O'Rourke has this to say on two of the nicest and most optimistic cities in the Free World:

"Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, ranging from the bland to the fancifully bland. 

In Miami the striving, somewhat troublesome immigrant population is the result of Russia's meddling with Cuba.

In Tel Aviv the striving, somewhat troublesome immigrant population is the result of Russia's meddling with itself."