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The OP stated that they feel that since it's in "extreme" southern Indiana it doesn't qualify as Midwestern. Of course, it's barely an hour south of Indy. To say it's in "extreme" southern Indiana makes it sound as if it's just across the river from Louisville or around Evansville. I'm with you -- it's a Midwestern school.
The OP stated that they feel that since it's in "extreme" southern Indiana it doesn't qualify as Midwestern. Of course, it's barely an hour south of Indy. To say it's in "extreme" southern Indiana makes it sound as if it's just across the river from Louisville or around Evansville. I'm with you -- it's a Midwestern school.
If that definition was consistant then Columbia, MO would be the same and Lawrence, KS would be too Western.
Been to Madison twice and its a GREAT town, awesome college town, its a lot of fun and has a big city in a little town feel which is great, Very urban place for its size.
I'm sorry about Bloomington, I probably should have included it. I included Columbia because I couldn't think of another Missouri city and northern Missouri is definitely Midwest (I wanted to include a city from every Midwestern state). I already had West Lafayette (Purdue) for Indiana. Lawrence, KS isn't Western. I've actually been to Bloomington, and it did seem very Southern to me. To be fair, I'm from the Upper Midwest so maybe my perspective is a little skewed.
Also, I used a very broad definition of "college town" for this thread in including cities like Minneapolis, Columbus, Lincoln, St. Cloud, Duluth, Madison and Kalamazoo. All of those cities have large colleges/universities, even though they aren't really defined by their presence. I would only consider true college towns to be cities where students outnumber full-time residents, many of the full-time residents are faculty (and their families), and the town is totally defined by the presence of the colleges. I'm talking about places like Northfield, MN, Athens, OH and Ames, IA. Those are true college towns. If the universities left those towns (except maybe Ames), they would be just little rest stops on the countryside.
Bloomington Indiana is absolutely 1 of the best. Weather is far better than the northern options & the campus & areas near Bloomington are absolutely beautiful.
Leafy, liberal, and down to earth. Nice downtown along Massachusetts Street. Great campus at the University of Kansas. Great basketball town. Cool people. One of the most liberal cities in the Midwest.
What is so cool about this town is that it was founded by New Englanders in the 1850s as an anti-slavery outpost in Kansas Territory. The settlers here fought so that Kansas could enter the Union as a free state in 1861. Shortly after that the main campus of the University of Kansas was located here. It has been a forward-thinking, progressive place since day one. The city is also laid out very well and is very close to the Kansas City metropolitan area if you want to go to a bigger city.
Leafy, liberal, and down to earth. Nice downtown along Massachusetts Street. Great campus at the University of Kansas. Great basketball town. Cool people. One of the most liberal cities in the Midwest.
What is so cool about this town is that it was founded by New Englanders in the 1850s as an anti-slavery outpost in Kansas Territory. The settlers here fought so that Kansas could enter the Union as a free state in 1861. Shortly after that the main campus of the University of Kansas was located here. It has been a forward-thinking, progressive place since day one. The city is also laid out very well and is very close to the Kansas City metropolitan area if you want to go to a bigger city.
Too bad the rest of Kansas is still stuck in the stone age.
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