"Man, I always used to think of the Old World as...not perfect but...better. Talking with you, it's a lot bigger and more complicated than I realized."

He knew mostly of America before the War, and half of that was propaganda. The idea that before the War, although America had schools and refrigerators and TVs and cars and kids who didn't live their lives being afraid of getting shot in the street or stepping on a mine, but there were other places that didn't have all that, was unsettling. Disappointing. And, on a smaller scale, a bit familiar.

"But, yeah, Diamond City's pretty nice, probably the nicest place to live in the Commonwealth and definitely the safest. It's a shame it's run by a racist asshole who has a really clear idea on who's good enough to live there and who isn't."