High Schoolers on Urban Planet.

[Wendell FOX]

there were polls at SSP before which showed that the typical age was in the low 20s, with the high teens group being almost as common. I'd expect the demographics to be similar here as well.

[M. Brown]

Wow Interesting

[Urban_Legend]

I like architecture, and there's not one development in my city that I don't know about! I like to draw plans and schematics for urban, street-friendly buildings. Wow, I have no life....

[monsoon]

[M. Brown]

I like architecture, and there's not one development in my city that I don't know about! I like to draw plans and schematics for urban, street-friendly buildings. Wow, I have no life....

Dont feel bad. I draw freeway Intersections. My biggest one was 5 different freeways coming to one intersection. I still havent completed it. Its not that easy.

[Allan]

I have hundreds of drawings of buildings I have designed. I don't have a life though, so I have plenty of time for that. LOL.

[Urban_Legend]

Holy Crap! I've done Freeways and Transit too! I've had some wacky designs, including 6-lane roundabouts! Try driving that! But I've made more realistic designs.

[Allan]

6 lane roundabouts?! LOL. I don't think I'd want to drive on that...at least not when traffic is heavy.

[M. Brown]

Holy Crap! I've done Freeways and Transit too! I've had some wacky designs, including 6-lane roundabouts! Try driving that! But I've made more realistic designs.

OH MAN...I thought I was the only teen in HS that did that. Now I dont feel so unique

[Wendell FOX]

Add me in to the list of geeks who have done such drawings before discovering these forums. I started off pretty much with highway maps (based loosely on Rand McNally) since I was 5 or 6, but in recent years I've diversified into zoning, transit, etc. and 3D maps with skyscrapers.

[Urban_Legend]

FOX, if you don't already have it, you need to get Sim City 4. lol What a community of refuge we have here....

[Allan]

Sim City 4....the best game ever! LOL. I better enjoy it now, I know in college I'll never have time to play it.

[M. Brown]

I've never played any Sim City before.

[Allan]

Don't....you'll get addicted like me. LOL.

[M. Brown]

Haha. I can tell its addictive cuz there are specific forums just for it.

[Allan]

Yeah...and large forums too. The last time I checked a while back, simtropolis had 26,000 members.

[M. Brown]

That is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Allan]

Actually as of right now the site has 27,420 members. When I joined there were only 2000 members. LOL. If only we could get UP to grow to those porportions....

[Urban_Legend]

You're a member of Simtropolis?! So am I!

[Allan]

Yeah, I'm "Skyscraper Designer" over at Simtropolis. I don't post much anymore though...I have barely enough time to read every thread on this forum as it is.

[M. Brown]

Ive Never been to that. I guess sim city will be the next game I buy.

[swags]

Hey guys, I just joined this forum. I found it by accident, but man, am I glad I found it! I've been looking for a place like this, because like many of you said, nobody else really talks about urban planning in high school. I am in my last year (hopefully) of high school in East Toronto, and I hope to attend the University of Waterloo (Ontario) next year for their planning program. If I don't get in there, I have applied for Urban Planning at Ryerson University (Toronto), Urban Studies at York University (Toronto) and Geography, also at Waterloo. Damn, this site is awesome!

Oh yeah, and Sim City 4 rocks.... seriously.

[Allan]

Welcome to the forum!

[M. Brown]

Yes Welcome to the Forum. We need all the high schoolers we can get

[Allan]

Haha...by the time we get more high schoolers I'll be in college. Oh well, I'll be too busy studying to spend much time here anyway. On the plus side, I'll be only 20 minutes away from downtown Detroit, & I'll finally be out of the house.