What comes to mind when someone says they're an urban planner? (real estate, degree)

[radiolibre99]

Whenever you hear someone say that they received their masters in urban planning and design and now work as a planner/designer for a design company. What is the first thing that springs to mind that the person does?

Also, what would be an urban planner's peer profession? The professions closely related.

[SJCPHL]

Personally, and quite frankly, a intelligent, well educated person who thinks they're a lot smarter than they actually are.

The closest related profession is probably a developer. Developers do the same thing, but for different people.

[winkosmosis]

A job that sounds much more boring than it really is... Probably approving requests to add a shed to your house, and BS like that.

[Badwolf13]

Someone who revamps life into a blighted urban community so that hipsters and yuppies can buy the property and bring in new business and better urban neighborhoods.

[rdflk]

-- If they're using their degree -- a person who works in some level of government or for a developer or construction firm or architectural firm....MAYBE real estate or social work...or heaven help us "community organizing."

[football45013]

Someone who wasted thousands on a worthless degree that got them a job at Starbucks.

[doremifasolatido]

I don't know a whole lot about urban planning. However, I would think an urban planner would work in city planning doing zoning, transportation, landmark, business, and/or recreation planning. I would think their non-governmental peers would be corporate planners who do large projects for cities/towns/businesses.

[313Weather]

They're Sim City geeks.

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

What is the first thing that springs to mind

Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs.

[L'Artiste]

someone i hope would change american landscaping for more mass transportation to save the planet and money of those who own/can't own cars.