streets paved with gold
- heavenSky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- fortuneWealth or destiny
prosperity · opportunity · Promised Land · utopia · gilded · shimmering · treasure · immigrants · Ellis Island · hope · ambition · success · glittering · abundance · luxury · New York · legend · myth
economic promise and prosperity
streets paved with goldgrinding poverty
destitution · slums · squalor · hand to mouth · bread line
idealized expectation vs. reality
streets paved with goldrude awakening
Startling unpleasant realization
harsh reality · broken dreams · disillusionment · broken promises · shattered dreams
heavenly vs. hellish imagery
streets paved with goldlake of fire
Fiery underworld punishment realm
pit of despair · hell on earth · inferno · purgatory · perdition