James Jebbia Quotes

I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.

Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.

New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.

In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.

When they come here, the English make a choice: New York or L.A. L.A. suited me better, I just feel comfortable here.

I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.

I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men.

You have nothing coming into a major metropolitan area to relocate or locate your business and employees. And you can go across the country and you'll see that.

All sorts of creative communities are withering in New York because it's too hard to live here. It's ridiculous how expensive it is.

I'm born and raised in New York. I've lived between New York and New Orleans for the last 16 to 17 years.

If you ask people why they move to the city, they always give the same reasons. They've come to get a job or follow their friends or to be at the center of a scene. That's why we pay the high rent. Cities are all about the people, not the infrastructure.

If you people can’t afford to live in our town, then you’ll just have to leave.

When I was a kid, this was always my dream: to live in New York.

When I moved to New York in '93, we'd go dancing a lot. That's what kept us in shape, I think.

New York should be a place where everyone can afford to live.

Chicago was a good place for me. Maybe New York will be better.

Neither of my parents live in Oakland anymore. They both got priced out.

I wanted to escape the drudgery of a small town existence. Any place bigger than Gwalior was fine. I took the first train to Delhi because that was the only fare I could afford.

Folks are leaving Silicon Valley, mostly because they can't afford to stay.

Young people are choosing cities before the country - they have their own ranking.

People would tell us, 'I love your company, but I want to go to Chicago or Boston or New York.'