Neighborhood Quote by Jason Myers

“other words, bad neighborhoods no longer plague only urban ghettos; the bad neighborhoods have spread to the suburbs.”

— J.D. Vance

“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces.…

— Rasmenia Massoud

“Part of the problem of the city is the impermanence of success. We’re only as good as our last deal,”

— Derek L. Worthington

“It was the people, the interconnection, everyone relying on everyone else, the closeness. The villages are all dying now, small-town America is dying, and…

— Lauren Groff

“The city was a paradox, though maybe it had always been one. You could have an excellent life here, even as everything disintegrated.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“It's as if the entire city has suddenly disappeared. Or rather, the city is still there, but all the people are gone.”

— Amy Cross

“Truly sad that the most diverse neighborhood in our city is one for the dead and not the living.”

— J.D. Trafford

“You will always end up in this city. Don’t hope for things elsewhere: there is no ship for you, there is no road. As…

— C.P. Cavafy

“Kindness, a lost art. Patience, even more elusive. City life in all its undesirable glory.”

— Deborah Garner

“You wander through this city, and wonder if anything you do will make up for the horror that keeps the world turning. To live,…

— Max Gladstone

“The only way our cities can survive this is together.”

— K. Weikel

“You’ve lived in the city for a long time and need to feel that you have a hometown.”

— Gao Xingjian