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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe because urban planners are, by default, biased towards urbanism.  It's in their job title.
If one is an urban planner, then one has to think as an urban planner when tasked to a project as an urban planner.

Planning encompasses a lot of issues and there has to be future thinking involved, e.g. adequate water supply services for residential development areas, same with electrical, schools, where will all the rainfall go when most of the land gets paved over (here are your warnings about flash flooding), wastewater capacity, etc..

Basically, every suburban development puts pressure on the adjacent urban core to provision for transit and parking. Nearby commercial zones have to be developed to serve the needs of the suburban residents. Infrastructure also needs to be developed (water, electrical grid, where your poop will wash away...)

Unless you are in a rural area with your own septic tank on your property, chances are you had an urban planner figuring out how to make your suburban plot liveable.[/quote]

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