Affordable Quote by Virginia Postrel Download Open image “The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.” — Virginia Postrel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affordable Cities Class Housing Middle Middle class Mobile Where
The bad news in our most cosmopolitan and vibrant cities is that many middle-class people can no longer afford to live in 'middle-class' school… — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
Moderately priced homes might draw working families in a metro area. And having rising incomes at the top might price lower-income families out. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“They have shown that problems endemic to poverty—residential instability, severe deprivation, concentrated neighborhood disadvantage, health disparities, even joblessness—stem from the lack of affordable housing… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I think mobile homes are a blight on the planet. Attractive, affordable housing is possible, and I'm out to prove it. — Dan Phillips Copy Share Image
“Jobs and commerce have moved to edge nodes, but few people want to live in them. The presence of housing in edge nodes is… — Dolores Hayden Copy Share Image
Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all. — London Breed Copy Share Image
The pathway to housing should be fair and equitable for everyone, and access to affordable housing is the infrastructure people in our communities need… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
Urban development initiatives must match the aspirations of the middle class and the neo middle class. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The data show we can do something about upward mobility. Every extra year of childhood spent in a better neighborhood seems to matter. — Raj Chetty Copy Share Image
Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class…involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, ownership of… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
The low point for neon came in 1982, when Holiday Inn did away with its signature 'Great Sign,' replacing the neon extravaganza with a… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Persuasion has become a kind of force. The more the advertiser knows about what consumers want, and the more desires the product and packaging… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
When credit is cheaper to use and easier to arrange, people do use more of it. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Glamour is a beautiful illusion - the word 'glamour' originally meant a literal magic spell - that promises to transcend ordinary life and make… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
A standard 'well woman' checkup can last as little as 10 minutes, hardly time for any in-depth discussions. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I wanted to be editor of 'Reason' when I grew up. It was an impractical ambition, especially since the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“Functionality still matters, of course. But competition has pushed quality so high and prices so low that many manufacturers can no longer distinguish themselves… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Like the skyscraper, the automobile, and the motion-picture palace, neon signs once symbolized popular hopes for a new era of technological achievement and commercial… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially. — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
Along with a livable wage, many parents are desperate for quality affordable child care. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
Building great public schools and universities, a strong health care system, including keeping the Affordable Care Act, and then an economy that works well… — Joaquin Castro Copy Share Image
Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control… — Michael Bennet Copy Share Image
To the millions of Americans whove attempted to use HealthCare.gov to shop and enroll in health-care coverage, I want to apologize to you that… — Marilyn Tavenner Copy Share Image
[Tom Cotton] has been an absolute champion of the idea of getting rid of Obamacare, scrapping the Affordable Care Act. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
My biggest fear, that 27 percent of Americans under 65 have an existing health condition that, without the protections of the Affordable Care Act,… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
The White House approved an exemption in Obamacare coverage for Congress and members of their staff. Members complained that the Affordable Care Act will… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The people who are working, paying their taxes are put into the system so that affordable housing could be built in neighborhoods that they… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Whatever it is that you're successful at, that has to be the No. 1 goal. In my case, it's accessibility. So all of my… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image