With all apologies to Jeff Foxworthy (please add your own in the comments section)…

…If you choose a slightly longer route to your destination because you know the walk is pleasant, you might be an urbanist (you also might be a rational human being)

If your vacation photos have more buildings than people in them, you might be an urbanist

If you come home from vacation in a walkable city depressed by your own you might be an urbanist

If the first thing you do on vacation is drop your bag in your hotel and set out on a walk, you might be an urbanist

If you plan your shopping trip to park once and walk between stores, you might be an urbanist

If you get back in your car to drive between stores just to spite the designers of the shopping center because they really didn’t have pedestrians in mind, even though the distances aren’t that great, you might be an (frustrated) urbanist

If you prefer to decide on a restaurant based on menus posted in their windows as you stroll the sidewalk rather than use your smartphone to decide for you, you might be an urbanist

If you walk down the street and estimate FARs, you might be an urbanist

If you know what VMT means, you might be an urbanist

If you walk down the street and pace off distances such as lot widths, setbacks, distance between curbs, or simply count doors per 100 meters, while your partner shops, you might be an urbanist

If the view from your sidewalk café table is better than your drink, you might be an urbanist

If you are the only one in your group who actually considered walking to dinner (even if you were met with blank stares), you might be an urbanist

If just seeing the words “transit-oriented development” gives you a semi, you might be an urbanist

If you get blank stares from your relatives during the holidays when you describe the relationship between transportation and land use, you might be an urbanist

If you are watching coverage of the Boston bomber terrorist standoff and notice the nice decorative streetlights and banners hanging over the street, you might be an urbanist

If life is about the journey, and that journey involves a sidewalk, bicycle and train, you might be an urbanist