American Quote by James Howard Kunstler

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

The faltering of our suburban living arrangement is probably certain. The response of suburbanites is not. Will they elect maniacs who promise to make…

— James Howard Kunstler

The fortunate and successful New Urbanists will be the ones who can find local infill projects in small towns and small cities associated with…

— James Howard Kunstler

I believe most of suburbia is unreformable and will not be fixed.

— James Howard Kunstler

I have a new theory of history, which is certain things happen because they seem like a good idea at the time. And suburbia…

— James Howard Kunstler

We'll continue to work hard to do a better job in every area going forward. I don't know where those little things will come…

— Bill Belichick

[Suburbia] represents, after all, the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. We built it during our most affluent period of…

— James Howard Kunstler

Our future can't be separated from the fact that we are all going to be increasingly compacted into urban areas, though we're different in…

— David Simon

We're not going to reform our moronic land-use laws, which mandate suburban sprawl one way or another. They're simply going to be ignored when…

— James Howard Kunstler

I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money,…

— Margaret Drabble

I think when every household in almost every neighborhood can produce what it needs without going through the market, we're going to undergo a…

— Grace Lee Boggs

If the impoverishment and community fragmentation continue, it is not a stretch to predict urban wars sparked by inequality, unemployment, and the breakdown of…

— Sharan Burrow