"The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities……" — Virginia Postrel

"The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable."

80 Quotes by Virginia Postrel

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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.
Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a…
Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs…
The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating…
Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities…
At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things…
Dialysis does not make patients well. It simply postpones their deaths.
Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is…
The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future…
We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an…
As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have…

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When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or… — Bob Beauprez
If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and… — Michael Bloomberg
On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal benefits that are no longer… — David Cameron
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable. — William J. Clinton
We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can… — Burt Rutan
All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care. — Christopher Dodd
Communism and socialism is [sic] seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to… — Walter E. Williams
We know how to punish retailers and manufacturers that don't provide quality and value. But we're lousy at fighting effectively… — Shoshana Zuboff
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material… — Kofi Annan
I hear Democrats say, 'The Affordable Care Act is the law,' as though we're supposed to genuflect at that sunburst… — George Will
A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and… — William Baldwin
Now we get quite a lot of complaints that we don't feature enough affordable cars on the show so we'll… — Jeremy Clarkson

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"The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities……" — Virginia Postrel

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