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I would throw Lexington, Kentucky on that list b/c the state capitol is only 20 miles from downtown and a large number of those state workers live in Lexington or its surrounding towns (Georgetown, Versailles)
Lexington is not the capital of Kentucky. Pretty big difference between Madison, WI and Lex, KY.
Albany, New York and the University at Albany SUNY which has 18,000 students. There's not much going on in Albany except the New York state government and the college.
Albany, New York and the University at Albany SUNY which has 18,000 students. There's not much going on in Albany except the New York state government and the college.
You missed some state capitals/college towns. The following state capitals each house their respective state's largest university.
Raleigh: NC State University
Austin: University of Texas
Columbus: Ohio State
Some others with significant higher education institutions include:
Nashville: Vanderbilt University
Atlanta: Georgia Tech & Georgia State
Richmond: VCU (not sure if it's the largest institution in the state or not)
Boston: Boston University (again, I am not sure if it's the largest in the state or not)
Annapolis: US Naval Academy
BTW, Michigan State is located in East Lansing, not the state capital of Lansing. I know it might seem like a technicality but it is a separate city.
Alas, there are probably others I have missed. I just wanted to point out that the orginal list is not nearly all inclusive.
A note on Boston University is that it is a private school and it is the largest school another note Boston's economy is based on the colleges and hospitals which make up 17% of its economy tied with trade, transportation, and utilities as the highest share in the economy. Definitly a college "town".
I'd go with Tallahassee, Madison is cool but I wouldn't want to live in Wisconsin b/c of the brutal winters there. Tallahassee also has a significant HBCU in FAMU.
Madison has a liberal cool rep and for some reason gets a lot of love, but I think it might be overblown, not sure if that is compared to the rest of the Midwest or not.
Here are some stats comparing my two top choices:
Madison, WI
More Religious:
Religion statistics for Madison:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 52.50%
Less percent college students:
#28 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of college students (pop. 50,000+)"
About same education:
For population 25 years and over in Madison:
Bachelor's degree or higher: 48.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 20.9%
Tallahassee:
Less Religious:
Religion statistics for Tallahassee:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 37.57%
More percent college students:
#11 on the list of "Top 100 cities with highest percentage of college students (pop. 50,000+)"
About same education:
Population over 25:
Bachelor's degree or higher: 45.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 19.8%
Madison is also less diverse and really white dominated:
White alone - 186,337 (79.2%)
Black alone - 15,604 (6.6%)
Asian alone - 14,700 (6.2%)
Hispanic - 12,895 (5.5%)
Two or more races - 5,162 (2.2%)
American Indian alone - 455 (0.2%)
Other race alone - 256 (0.1%)
Tallahassee
diversity:
White alone - 92,770 (54.0%)
Black alone - 60,956 (35.5%)
Hispanic - 9,536 (5.5%)
Asian alone - 5,665 (3.3%)
Two or more races - 2,351 (1.4%)
Other race alone - 522 (0.3%)
American Indian alone - 278 (0.2%)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 369 (0.2%)
Baton Rouge has chemical plants and refineries which are not an insignificant business in BR. I didnt vote as I think the list is arbitrary and the line between cities included and excluded vague at best and invalid at worst. OP can have his own poll but not his own facts
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