Updated Urban Planning Q&A: Answering Your Questions

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Hi friends,

In today's video, I answer some questions I've received via Instagram in regard to urban planning, career advice, grad school, and more!
I will do a part 2 on this topic with urban planning book recommendations + answering the questions I didn't get to in this video!

How do you think COVID (work from home etc) will affect how cities are planned/how space is allocated in the future? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

TIMESTAMPS:

2:49 Do you have any real life experience/advice that you can share?
6:39 What are the best universities for urban planning?
7:58 What are things that city planners and private developers can do to improve a community while also minimizing displacement due to gentrification?
12:37 What courses helped you to develop a fundamental understanding of urban planning?
13:35 Why do you think there are so few black planners and designers?
15:22 What was the job hunt like? How did you discover your current position
18:58 How did you prepare for the interview?
20:33 What are some changes you see to how cities are planned in the future? Considering COVID, work from home and its impacts?
23:21 Would you be interested in working abroad in the future?
23:48 What was the process like for applying to grad school abroad?
25:37 How can you do urban planning grad school for free?
26:33 Can I do economic development and urban planning together in one career?
26:45 How are you doing with your urban planning career?
29:35 How did you overcome imposter syndrome?


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