Quotes About Urban

Ironically, when I was in Dubai with the BBC 'Good Food Show,' even though it's an urban area, when you see the vast panorama from the top of the Burj Khalifa, it feels remote, as if it's just sprung up out of the desert. I like Dubai. I didn't think I would, but the food and the people were great.

London is a vast, complex city designed by the same guy who created the Habitrail.

I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

Even Vegas around two o'clock in the morning isn't as busy as here. It's always busy in Times Square, not that we've been out at two in the morning. That's what we hear.

I hated L.A., so spread out, so phony. It's like Vegas. It isn't real.

Southern California and Las Vegas are my kind of places.

Just like you have fire regulations, they should have regulations that no building would be made without charging points for electric vehicles.

Parallel parking is desirable for two reasons: parked cars create a physical barrier and psychological buffer that protects pedestrians on the sidewalk from moving vehicles; and a rich supply of parallel parking can eliminate the need for parking lots, which are extremely destructive of the civic fabric.

Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable for armored vehicles.

Even before you get to self-driving vehicles, there's just a huge amount of positive things that happen to cities when you do ridesharing.

Though I adored Delhi, Mumbai was in my veins and I felt connected to this city and had to come back.

Living in L.A., it's such a big huge place and there's so much of it. It's so much fun to be in Chinatown, or Downtown L.A. I was in Lynnwood, I was in Huntington Beach. I was in Venice. It's an incredible place.

I definitely grew up with a lot of venom and distaste for city people.

When you grow up in the city, New York is so big that you can kind of stay in your own little corner of the city and think that that's it because you don't need anything. You don't have to venture out; you don't have to touch the boroughs. You can kind of stay in your neighborhood, and there's everything there.

Here's the deal with 'Bastard.' I loved that show, and for me, it was such a palate cleanser, going from writing urban vernacular and crime to, essentially, iambic pentameter. I loved the mythology of that world based on history, but what it came down to was money.

My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.

The idea of a large number of vampires in Miami, whether actual or fake, was a little bit alarming—even if only for aesthetic reasons. I

The police did not like to come to neighborhoods like this one, where the best they could hope for was hostile indifference.

He Who Hesitates (1965), Blood Relatives (1975), Long Time No See (1977) and The Big Bad City (1999).

Then I notice, about a hundred yards away, to my right, a tall, black metal fence and, beyond, some buildings.

Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan.

Graffiti, Dimitri explained

It is wonderful barefoot in New York. It is like walking on one big giant tomb!

There was something enjoyable about wandering around the city alone, feeling forlorn.