Urban Prosperity Quotes

I'd have to pick cotton for a year to make what I'd make in a week in L.A.

Places that succeed in attracting and retaining creative class people prosper; those that fail don't.

Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity.

We can’t be a great country unless we have great cities.

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well.

I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.

My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.

The counties with the highest per capita income aren't near New York City or Los Angeles - they're in the Washington, D.C. area - a one-company town where the company is the government. The three counties with the highest incomes in the entire country are all suburbs of Washington. Eleven of the 25 counties with the highest incomes are near Washington.

Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental.

All I care about is money and the city that I'm from.