Quotes About Urban

Detroit, my lord, what a place.

The car culture is part of living in Detroit.

I care about the children of Detroit.

Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.

There's no place I love more than Detroit.

Detroit is in my music consciously and subconsciously.

I was born and raised in Detroit.

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where things were just bad.

Some of the friendliest, friendliest people you're going to meet are going to be in Detroit.

Iraq is just like New York. It's just like Detroit. It's where people live and raise their families.

Michael Carter-Williams

I think people believe that Bengaluru as a city will be more aware because of its cosmopolitan nature. However, I don't think that is necessarily true. Not many people today are even aware that they may have diabetes.

There are a lot of interesting differences between Boston and New York in general, and I think they're sort of heightened in Long Island.

When you find real jazz on the radio dial, it comes in all static-y. It's just like tap dancers. You have to go uptown to find the real hoofers. We only come to midtown if we're called upon.

New York is a spectacular place, and those who are jealous of the way we live our lives are always going to, you know, to strike out, and, you know, we're always going to be a target, sadly. London is going to be a target. You know, anywhere in the West, you're a target.

We didn't build the modern country to be bike-friendly - our initial round of infrastructure was not designed to think about how to get around if you're not in a car. So we've got to be targeting resources, both nationally and locally, to how people are going to get around in the new world.

The task of dealing comprehensively with gangs belongs to the city, not to law enforcement.

It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really get cities to be a great, great place to live.

New York is a brutally expensive place to live, and the kind of person who might have the dedication and esoteric taste to make the comics that I would really love is finding it more relaxing to live elsewhere.

This is Seattle. We're supposed to have superior taste.

Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers, roadworks, decisions made by others and over which you have no control. Believe me, once you've tasted this freedom, you're hooked.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

I really think people understand that in New York City we have high taxes.

I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.