Believe Quote by Aaron Rose

The suburbs dream of violence.

— J. G. Ballard

Actually, the suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean,…

— J. G. Ballard

I think there are two prevailing views of the suburbs in the States: either they're this sort of tedious place, where everyone is the…

— Megan Abbott

If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say…

— Eric Bogosian

“compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high school or college graduates, homeowners, and not…

— J.D. Vance

“As a 2011 Brookings Institution study found, “compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high…

— J.D. Vance

I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if…

— Spiro T. Agnew

If you grow up in the suburbs, you hear of people dying of old age, car wrecks, cancer. In the city, it's always people…

— Suge Knight

In my view, suburbia in general has very poor prospects. I think it will only become devalued and probably more dangerous. It's chief characteristic…

— James Howard Kunstler

Must you play into the stereotypes? Turn that mess down. This is the suburbs. I'm in that damn neighborhood watch!

— Cedric The Entertainer

Death, disease, and divorce affect wealthy suburbs as well as the inner city.

— Michael J. Knowles

The people from the suburbs are bringing along their suburban values: cleanliness, orderliness, safety - dullness, in other words. As a result, urban areas…

— Rem Koolhaas