Urban Transformations Mugs

"I can hear Brooklyn becoming played out."

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"I thought we agreed you weren't going to work at home."

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian – none of it compares to retail therapy."

"We finally reached net zero emissions."

"See? And you said you couldn't work from home."

Welcome To New York City...Subject to the following conditions.

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

#Whyneighborsdon'tknowtheirneighbors

"I thought they were cracking down on jaywalking."

"Why do they call it rush hour when no one goes anywhere?"

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

"My monthly screen time went up from 62 hours to ‘Holy #@!*’."

No Immediate Danger

A man is living in small box apartment trying to read a book, but is surrounded by people engaging in noisy activities.

"Did you remember to take the trash in?"

"This town ain't big enough for the proposed outlet shopping mall at Millet Creek Pass."

Apart from protest footage I forget what downtown looks like.

"They want to put up a new cell tower in our neighbourhood?! We don't need more of those radio emission eyesores here! I'm gonna complain... ...as soon as I have better signal strength."

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

There is nothing more satisfying that peeling the film off a brand new building.

Packed like sardines

"Yuppies! There goes the hood!"

"You called me, boss?" "Yes, I overheard you talking to patrons about all the new planets we’ve found." "I want you to stop doing that." "At least until I’m done buying up as much of that real estate as I can. I don’t need any competitors driving up the prices." "Very bad man." "When the hipsters run out of cities to gentrify here, my properties on Gliese 581c are going to make a killing."

'Darn those neighbors. A cookie's missing.'

“It's $195 million. Now, I know what you're thinking: 'OK, what's the catch?'”

"National Metaphor Day by the looks of it."

"Manhatten Brooklyn Hoboken Long Island"

"More quarters! For God's sake, more quarters!!"

Junk art/ food/ tv/ music/ amusements/ novels/ views/ life.

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

'We would like an unspoiled paradise, but with lots of shops.'