Joel Kotkin Quotes

You now have options in suburbia that never existed before. If you're nomadic in the tech world, you're really moving from one suburb to another. - Joel Kotkin

You have a declining urban core (in Baltimore) and a fairly buoyant state. And that's tough if you're the captain of what can be seen as a sinking ship... He's dealt a fairly hard hand. - Joel Kotkin

You can't be something that you're not. - Joel Kotkin

There's always going to be a Mardi Gras -- at least, a lot of Americans hope there will always be... But that doesn't mean that has to be the only reason for your economic existence. - Joel Kotkin

Some of those industries have gone away, but some have migrated to other more energetic places. Look at Houston. It was nothing at the start of the 20th century, (but) now it has the port business and the energy industry that used to belong to New Orleans. - Joel Kotkin

People want to know whether a place is a credible first-world city. What they found in New Orleans was that underneath the gloss and facade of a first-world tourist attraction was a third-world reality. It will take a lot of work to erase that view. - Joel Kotkin

New Orleans has to rebuild not just its buildings and its political culture, but its image... The City: A Global History. - Joel Kotkin

My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments. - Joel Kotkin

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