City Rivalry Quotes

Obviously as a mayor, I'm in competition with my neighboring cities as well as cities around the country.

Everybody really don't rock with each other in Philly - that's a problem. 'Cause me being in Atlanta now, I stay in Atlanta, and I get to see everybody work with everybody no matter what.

Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and both have the largest economic powers in the world exactly 213 miles to the south by car.

Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan.

Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?

The Big Five is a competition played in the University of Pennsylvania's Palestra among five Philadelphia-area Division I schools: Saint Joseph's, La Salle, Penn, Temple, and Villanova. 'The Big Five' was immensely popular, and rivalries quickly grew to intense proportions.

New York is about success. Boston is about resentment.

Manchester has it's own pride and London has it's sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well.

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?

It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.

I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there.

The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.

I think Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai have very loyal fans. That's the beauty of franchise cricket.

While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.

For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.

I do hate the City of London! It is the only thing which ever comes between us.

L.A. has always been hated on so much. I remember, the first time I went to New York, I was at jam sessions, and people would hear me and come up to me and be like, 'Oh wow, you're from L.A.? Really?'

People from the rest of the state tend to hate Phoenix, with that typical resentment of the boroughs and the towns for the big city.

I thought I would hate New York, but I love New York. I almost hate to say that being from Chicago.

I grew up in New York City. We used to diss Long Island and Jersey. Every big city has its own suburb like that.

In every city where there are two teams, the rivalry is very intense. Rome, Milan, everywhere - it's very strong.

Derbies are always special, special games and moments for the city and the people.

I've played for St. Etienne, and the fans told me I should never go to Lyon. So I didn't go.