-Planners may want to pay attention to the environment of the selected area they’re planning to start a town.
-Consider the demographics of your city residents, their needs and concerns.
-Have the future in mind, not the past, which can be tricky, because in order to work on the present we need to look through past mistakes to not make the same ones again.
-Take a look at the older or broken down places that could use some work, and try to work on those first.
-Make sure you have all the right tools and materials you might need to start planning.
-Pay attention to the economy, environment, cultural and transportation needs!