Economic Mobility Quotes

“Overcrowding, which is one symptom of the population instability, continues. It continues, not because the overcrowded people remain, but because they leave. Too many of those who overcome the economic necessity to overcrowd get out, instead of improving their lot within the neighborhood. They are quickly replaced by others who currently have little economic choice. The buildings, naturally, wear out with disproportionate swiftness under these conditions.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

“All rich things look the same, but poor things always look different.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, Can I Tell You Something?