Brooklyn Quote by Fran Lebowitz

New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New York was…

— Fran Lebowitz

New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere…

— Anna Quindlen

It is often said that New York is a city for only the very rich and the very poor. It is less often said…

— Joan Didion

One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and…

— David Byrne

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

— Josh Radnor

I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically…

— Richard Gere

New York should be a place where everyone can afford to live.

— Letitia James

It's easy to struggle in New York. I think New York is a bit expensive.

— Bret McKenzie

I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby. Living in…

— William Klein

New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a rough energy,…

— Rafael Yglesias

New York used to be so much more than just a place to shop. It was life on the street for the eccentrics; it…

— Chris Noth

I love living in Brooklyn. Originally I moved there because I could enjoy a bigger space for less money than I would ever get…

— Raquel Zimmermann