Did I subconsciously pick schools...

georgiagreenguy
Tue, 24 May 2011 18:14:04 +0000

To the NYU discussion this has turned into: I know about NYU’s lack of a defined campus. My mother used to live in New York City for almost 15 years, and she still has some good friends up there. And yes, part of why I like their urban studies (or as they call it, Metropolitan Studies) program is because they say they get out and use the city.

To yoyomama999: I agree, I think that urban planning is a more liberal career in general. A great example is Atlanta, home of hour plus commutes and 18 lane interstates (in each direction), where when we are about to vote on a comprehensive transportation program for the region there are incredible amounts of opposition. Our state also has republicans in every state-wide elected office and they control the legislature and all but a handful of county governments. According to a local talk radio host: (I’m paraphrasing here) “Urban planning is something they did in the USSR, not the USA. Those people want to force you to live in tiny apartment and not own a car and take unsafe hobo-filled mass transit to work. And all of it will be funded by your hard earned tax dollars. Urban planning is anti-American.”

To barrons: Where did you find that urban planning has negative job growth? I’ve seen that it will grow tremendously as more people worldwide move to cities. It was also ranked as one of the 50 best careers by US News and World Report. Just because we’re coming out of a recession now doesn’t mean that in 6-10 years when I actually enter the workforce I won’t be able to find a job anywhere in the world.