Joel Kotkin Quotes (8 Quotes)

Growth is itself a spur. If you're a dentist, there are more teeth to fill. If you're an accountant, there are more taxes to examine.

You have a declining urban core (in Baltimore) and a fairly buoyant state. And that's tough if you're the captain of what can be seen as a sinking ship, ... He's dealt a fairly hard hand.

The City A Global History.

My theory is Americans are villagers, basically. We want the private space, the single-family house. But we want also the public space.

Some of those industries have gone away, but some have migrated to other more energetic places. Look at Houston. It was nothing at the start of the 20th century, (but) now it has the port business and the energy industry that used to belong to New Orleans.

But the Orange Line doesn't go anywhere you would want it to go, ... It's a tour of the industrial bowels of the Valley. And there's no place to stop to get a cup of coffee.

My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments.

New Orleans has to rebuild not just its buildings and its political culture, but its image, ... The City A Global History.