Congratulations on becoming a formal part of sndbox. And upon your progress in recognizing yourself as an "urbanist". The way you describe it, urbanism is conceptual and creative, but most of all it's optimistic. It's an investment in the future of people. It looks forward to integrating utility with aesthetics. I've never had much use for form without function. There's a commonly seen lawn ornament in my area--a hitching post, but no horse. So completely illogical and pointless. Urbanism seems the opposite of that--form and function united for a more harmonious community.
Good luck, @manouche, on sndbox, and more expansively, in your creative endeavors.