“It's one thing for a courier service transport letters and documents from one city to another at a cost that only big business can afford; but it's another thing to take a letter from an Indian boy studying at the University of Ottawa to his mother in Old Crow.” BigsMotherCitiesBoysStudyOne ThingCostLettersUniversityIndianDocumentsCrowTransportBig BusinessOttawa Author:Jean Chretien
“The city is not changing anything, ... increases in the cost of natural gas will be passed through to the customer.” NaturalCitiesCostIncreaseCustomersGasNatural Gas Author:Ruth Graham
“New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere but because over-the-top affluence is part of its identity.” DoeHardPoorCitiesNew YorkIdentityCostElsewhereAffluenceOver The Top Author:Anna Quindlen
“Assuming that a tax increase is necessary, it is clearly preferable to impose the additional cost on land by increasing the land tax, rather than to increase the wage tax - the two alternatives open to the City (of Pittsburgh). It is the use and occupancy of property that creates the need for the municipal services that appear as the largest item in the budget - fire and police protection, waste removal, and public works. The average increase in tax bills of city residents will be about twice as great with wage tax increase than with a land tax increase.” NeedsTwoUseCitiesFireLandCostTaxesWasteIncreasePoliceBillsAssumingPropertyAverageProtectionAlternativesBudgetsItemsResidentsRemovalPittsburghTax IncreasesPolice Protection Author:Herbert Simon
“Half of NYC's homeless populations are families.Homeless people have been ignored for too long. I'll just say this: If you are a family on the brink of eviction you are 80% less likely to get evicted if you have legal counsel. However, there is no right to legal counsel in housing court.It would cost the city $12,500 to grant that family legal counsel. Meanwhile, the average stay for a homeless family in a shelter once they have been evicted cost the city $45,000. So not only does it seem like the right thing to do morally, it's also the right thing to do fiscally.” PeopleIfsLongDoeHas BeensSeemsCitiesHalfCostCourtAveragePopulationThings To DoRight ThingGrantsShelterIgnoredHomelessHousingNycHomeless PeopleEviction Author:Paul Bettany
“Join the club. (to Robbie Fowler after the striker missed a penalty against Middlesbrough that cost Man City a European place)” MenCitiesCostEnglandClubsPenaltiesStrikersMiddlesbrough Author:Stuart Pearce
“I assume the only reason we have them is so that white people feel relevant in sports. Because other than that the only thing the winter Olympics show me is which country has more rich white kids. What's it cost to go skiing - $900 a day? I can't believe that's not more popular in the inner cities.” PeopleFeelsBelieveI CanCountryReasonShowsKidsSportsWhiteCitiesRichCostAssumingWinterRelevantOlympicsShow MeSkiingInner CityWinter Olympics Author:Daniel Tosh
“I was also thinking that I only had a certain amount of time to make music and to spend it in that city. And everybody else... you know the story 'Oh, New York it's such a great place, but it's so expensive to live here and there's so much to do.' You go there for inspiration and you end up getting a job to pay bills. I thought I must fight that at all costs.” ThinkingKnowsEndsStoriesInspirationJobsCertainFightingPayCitiesNew YorkAmountCostBillsExpensiveHere And There Author:Roy Montgomery
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.” BelieveDoeCountryEnoughHandsSchoolFilmCitiesQualitySuccessfulNew YorkStudentsCollegeHugeCostLuckyHigh SchoolActressesAccessRemarkableNew York CityFilmmakingEquipmentPublic SchoolGhettoThirteenFilm SchoolQuality Education Author:Julia Stiles
“The rise of video on demand will make it possible for small movies to earn back costs via $9.95 24-hour rentals and for people in cities without independent cinemas to see the kind of movies they never have before. That's great - but on the other hand, that's TV.” PeopleKindHandsHoursCitiesTvsCostDemandIndependentVideoCinema Author:David Edelstein
“Overall the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City is cheap and if you can stay away from Western restaurants and use just local products in your everyday life it's really cheap.” IfsUseCitiesProductsCostWesternEverydayLocalsRestaurantsEveryday LifeCost Of Living Author:Doug Rice
“As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation.” MatterSchoolNationsCitiesRecordsNew YorkHigherCostBudgetsNew York CityInstructionPortions Author:Jonathan Kozol
“We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.” CareCitiesHealthCostHealth CareEmployeePensionHealth Care Costs Author:Michael Bloomberg