Take this quiz to discover your true urban style and the kind of neighborhood that fits your tastes, attitudes, and preferred living environment.

You are a Postindustrial Urbanite if you...

• Find beauty in hard-core, edgy urban environments.
• Are drawn to strong, basic building materials such as steel, glass, and concrete.
• Insist on stunning downtown skyline views.
• Are not pack rats and hate clutter.
• Consider modern interior designs to be most suitable to your taste.

You are a Garden Urbanite if you...

• Enjoy small backyards where birds sing, fish swim, and butterflies dance.
• Are a perfectionist and would prefer your surroundings to match this aspect of your personality.
• Regard front porches full of hanging baskets as highly desirable.
• Love traditional furniture, including classic or Victorian antiques.
• Have historic home revitalization on your list of "must do’s."

You are an Eclectic Urbanite if you...

• Are highly expressive, open to new ideas, and want to express yourself openly on the sidewalk.
• Consider yourself, your friends, and your philosophies to be highly creative.
• Insist upon architectural, cultural, and social diversity in your surroundings.
• Are proud of being a non-conformist.
• Feel perfectly comfortable surrounded by sleek modern, Salvation Army, and precious antique furnishings in your Chinese red living room.

You are a Blank Canvas Urbanite if you...

• Are intrigued when analyzing "before and after" building photos.
• Do not consider an empty structure to be empty, just another possibility.
• Do not mind living next to an empty building or a vacant property, if you know it won’t stay that way forever.
• Appreciate the idea that you are affecting change in a positive way, and appreciate having your "thumbprint" on projects that are successful.
• Consider yourself to be a hard-core "urban activist."

Reprinted with permission from Get Urban: The Complete Guide to City Living,
by Kyle Ezell (Capital Books, 1-931868-67-0, $18.95 paper)