“Look at the population pyramid and look at where land is available. From here forward, the housing that's going to be built in Southern California will have to happen here ... I don't see a limit.”
“In one sense, these exurbs are just suburbs that take a longer time to drive to. With these, white flight has nothing to do with it. It's all housing prices. The makeup of these communities is a reflection of who's migrating, and that's people who have enough money to be middle class.”
“Sooner or later we need to have an intelligent conversation about infrastructure. Imagine the economy today if, 50 years ago, we didn't invest in the interstate freeway system.”
“The Inland Empire grows up in little pieces, not in massive [numbers of] employees. These are just symptoms - once you add them up they become serious.”
“This is exactly what we want to see going into our economy. Most of our job growth has been propelled by two things: population growth and blue-collar job growth. These [companies] are an indication we have crossed a threshold.That's crucial because of the kind of white-collar jobs that come with them.”
