<p>Are there any other Urban Studies majors here? Because I'm having a really hard time choosing between the programs at UCI and UCSD at the moment. I know UCI's planning department is accredited, but SD's seems to offer more hands-on experience from what I can tell. Besides that, I'm an LA resident and am not too keen on the idea of moving to a place as suburban as Irvine. However, Irvine is much closer to Los Angeles, where I already have friends/family/a job, and which I personally prefer over San Diego as a city. I was thinking that if I went to Irvine, living somewhere in between the two (like Long Beach) might be feasible?? I have no idea what the better option is ~X( </p>