Help me understand this character/point of view?

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This is a quote from the main character/narrator of the book I'm reading, page 48, I'm stuck on this passage because I utterly can't relate/don't get it (no offense to NJ)!. He is referring to a small town:

"Though as a result, a small town, out-of-the-mainstream feeling exists here, as engrossed as any in New Hampshire, but retaining the best of what New Jersey offers: assurance that mystery is never longed for, nor meaningful mystery shunned!. This is the reason a town like New Orleans defeats itself!. It longs for a mystery it doesn't have and never will, if it ever did!. New Orleans should take my advice and take after Haddam, where it is not at all hard for a literalist to contemplate the world!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Makes sense to me, what is your question!? That the small town is both satisfied with just being itself (mystery is never longed for), but also able to enjoy the occasional interesting happening (nor meaningful mystery shunned!.), and that it differs from N!.O!. in this, because N!.O!., in his opinion, presents itself as mysterious but really isn't; N!.O!. as a city is not happy with itself, nor does it actually have mystery, nor is it capable of recognizing or enjoying one should it come along!. I imagine this was written before Katrina!. Hope I addressed what you weren't clear about!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm beat aswell, I think it's like 3rd person limited or first person limitedWww@QuestionHome@Com