Questions about city planning

[Mason V.]

I have some questions about the city (any city) at large.

First, how would I go about discovering what a city government has planned for the future? The court house here has a great many offices.

In your experience how concrete are the plans set forth by the city? I would not be happy to buy some land expecting the government to extend the sewer system only to find out the canceled the project.

How much influence should we allow theses plans to have when making our own financial decisions?