Quotes About Urban

Any time you get to come to New York and be near New York City, that is a very cool opportunity.

Chicago is like a New York City. It's one of the those older cities. It really means something to fight there.

I grew up on lovely Staten Island, which is the forgotten borough of New York City.

I lived in New York City for six years, and I was always amazed at how diverse everything was.

New York City is so big with all the lights and the people and it just makes me feel like I'm living in a dream when I'm there.

If anybody had told me I was going to live outside of New York City, I would have thought they were out of their minds.

I lived in Manhattan for 12 years and grew up outside New York City, so that was definitely how I saw the center of the world.

It's weird, in New York City, we consider anything above Manhattan 'upstate.'

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I think of New Yorkers as not taking the time to talk to someone they don't know.

New Yorkers are jaded.

As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day.

New Yorkers are real gritty and tough.

I'm not going to complain to New Yorkers about working too hard.

I may be one of the last New Yorkers who actually drives in the city daily.

I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.

New Yorkers are historically tough crowds.

New Yorkers aren't that friendly, but they're still pretty friendly, and they're hardworking, passionate people.

I think Newark has been in the crosshairs in every generation of the fight to achieve America. And I think Newark is a city that's at that crossroads still.

I'd gladly take a grenade, if it meant saving Newark.

Newark faces real challenges.

There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades.

I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.

When I drive through London at night I think: 'Gosh this is such a beautiful city.'