Quotes About Urban

L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.

It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.

The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it.

The same government that brought you urban renewal is likely to make an even worse mess of suburban renewal.

There is a dysfunctional strangeness to Los Angeles that doesn't exist in any other western city. The roads are crumbling, no-one knows what they're doing, the city government barely works.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

We do not look in great cities for our best morality.

Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them.

You have an impeccable argument if you said that Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo are food capitals. They have a maximum amount of great stuff to eat in the smallest areas.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

New York is the great stone desert.

Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.

I think driving in New York is a great experience. A lot more racing techniques go into it than anyplace else I've ever driven. There basically are no lanes.

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.

Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia.

No great city has ever been known for its abundant supply of parking.

In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.

A great city is a great solitude.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.

A city should be built to give its inhabitants security and happiness

My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.

Parking is a nightmare for me... I still have sensors on my car that help me park.