The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of pressure to allow lowest common denominator development... Successful communities understand that when they say no to development that… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about. — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
The image of a community is fundamentally important to its economic well-being. If all places look alike, there's no reason to go anywhere. — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on. — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
Tourism is the sum total of the travel experience. It is not just what happens at the destination. It involves everything that a person… — Ed McMahon Copy Share Image
