Tom Cole > Quotes

“He argued that the root cause of economic inequity was the ownership of land and the ability of landowners to raise rents with increases in productivity.”
― Tom Cole, A Short History of San Francisco

“Real estate (then, now, and probably forevermore) was a prime source of speculative frenzy. Taylor wrote that “a friend of mine, who wished to find a place for a law practice, was shown a cellar in the earth about twelve feet square and six deep, which he could have for $250 a month.”
― Tom Cole, A Short History of San Francisco

“Some came to help satisfy the various lusts of what Mark Twain called “a wild, free, disorderly, grotesque society! Men—only swarming hosts of stalwart men—nothing juvenile, nothing feminine visible anywhere.”
― Tom Cole, A Short History of San Francisco