Catherine Helen Spence Quotes

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

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

In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent of income, and one of the lowest debt-per-capita ratios.

This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

If I could afford to live in London I would.

I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get in Manhattan.

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.

Increasingly, the most talented and ambitious people need to live in a means metro in order to realize their full economic value.

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

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

Athens is one of those cities that is very livable. And it's inexpensive. You can get by. And that makes for creativity. So people tend to stay there. I still have some friends there that never left.

I think Dublin is the best place in the world, all you need is money. I feel safe here, no one is going to shoot me, like in the States.

Rent and the cost of essentials like food and child care are rising so fast that wages are not keeping up.

I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.

We have no intention of downsizing the American Dream.

The city ... is involved in the fight for its life. One of the critical battlegrounds is the struggle to preserve middle class residential neighborhoods.

London is the greatest city in the world, but we're at a crossroads. Ordinary Londoners have been priced out of our city because of the housing crises. We're a city that's growing in population, but the infrastructure can't cope with the growth.

An important factor influencing intergenerational mobility and trends in inequality over time is economic opportunity.

I think, in this country, if you work 40 hours a week, and you work hard, you ought to be able to afford an apartment somewhere.

What we're seeing is that even in high poverty neighborhoods, the average cost of renting is quickly approaching the total income of welfare recipients and low wage workers.

We have to have an economy that is strong for everyone, working families who believe they can get ahead and give the children a better quality of life.

I want everybody in Florida to live the American dream.

In Iowa it's a low cost of living, a short commute. Your money goes twice as far. There are so many opportunities that exist in our state and we need to do a better job of touting that.