Quotes About Community

I see myself writing in the tradition of urban ethnography and in the tradition of the sociology of poverty.

There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.

We are Christian and Jewish and Muslim and Hindu and none of the above. We are gay and straight. We are black, brown, white, and innumerable combinations. We are young and old, female and male, with and without disabilities, urban and rural, and liberal and conservative. Every one of us is an equal American.

Cycling is not only a personal passion for me, but it is something that simply makes sense to expand transportation options for Americans. It is good for the health of our nation, the environment, the development of our communities, and is one of the keys to addressing the ongoing challenges that come with urban congestion.

We need a national service that throws us all together, the urban with the rural, the Fox News types with the MSNBC crowd. That way, Americans can get to know Americans and learn - as previous generations did - that we are all Americans.

I love the State Fair. It's an event that really brings the urban and the rural Minnesotans together. Rural people get a chance to mix with the urban folk and see what the cities have to offer, and urban people get to remember where their food comes from and who produces it for them.

I'm an urban person.

A lot of the time in modern Britain, certainly in urban life, we barely have any contact at all with the people around us.

The separation of church and state is a suburban, not an urban, issue.

I am very passionate, and I grew up in an incredibly beautiful urban community - the city of Detroit - born and raised.

There are many sides of the urban life that I dislike, but there are many sides I am deeply in love with and attached to.

We use the word 'urban' to mean black or Latino, but that's not what the word means. It actually means 'from the city.' I'm not from the city. I'm from the suburbs of Connecticut. I grew up with mostly all white people.

That's what I want to do when I finish fighting - build urban farms and learn how to become a farmer, because that's what I wanted to be when I was a little girl.

Having born and brought up in Mumbai, I am as urban as urban can be, but my parents ensured that my sister and I understand social responsibility as well.

Unplanned urbanisation can create urban chaos and trigger urban violence.

I certainly knew the hard side of urban life, stop-and-search.

In India, while there are some initiatives working with and for adolescent girls, there are too few state sponsored programmes for adolescent boys, be it rural or urban.

New York is actually a pretty safe place, and I think invoking the Bronx as a metaphor for the nightmarish urban environment is no longer spot on.

I'm not an urban black person. I'm a country black person.

We need to reform our land use policies to build more housing in urban centers and near transit.

Urban planning should be done with the mindset that we are determining the city's fabric for 100 years to come.

As mayor I don't intend to be just a voice for Portland. I intend to be a voice for urban America.

They say country music stands for more than the rural life. It's about life, period, whether lived in a high-rise or a hollow. I don't think rural or urban has that much to do with it.

Urban Indian Organizations are a lifeline to Native Americans living in urban areas across California.