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Google Vol Navy sometime. The backwaters of Ft Loudon lake run right up to downtown and beside Neyland Stadium. There is a new golf course near UTMC - on the shores of Ft Loudon lake across from the UT welcome center. Furthermore the lake is navigable all the way to the gulf of mexico, if that matters.
But why let facts get in the way of an argument?
I had no desire to talk about Knoxville or any of those other cities. you started the argument and stated that these other college towns are superior to Clemson. I have nothing against those towns, but I think that I demonstrated that Clemson has specific advantages over all of them. it is great if Knoxville has a lake. so does Clemson. you said Knoxville was better. now you have conceded Knoxville doesn't really have a college town atmosphere. so why did you bring it up in the first place.
you asserted that I said Clemson is a good college town simply because it is 40 minutes away from Greenville. That is not what I said. I said that people who like to shop a lot probably would not living in Clemson, but then I pointed out Greenville isn't too far away for weekend shopping. So you are not responding to what I say.
Of the cities you mentioned, only Oxford and Athens are true college towns with Gainesville and Tallahassee being a bit bigger are hybrids. The others I consider "University Cities" in that they are cities that have more going on than just the University.
Of those "University Cities" Fayetteville is the most collegetownesque because it sits at the bottom end of a string of about 5 towns that have grown together.
Tough call. I think all of them are great places, but Oxford, Athens and Gainseville are probably most permeated by the college kids, and Fayetteville if you live IN Fayetteville itself.
The OP gave a hint in his original post. Except for Tallahassee, these are all towns/cities with SEC schools. There are a few other SEC towns/cities that aren't included in the poll.
My father was a professor at the U of A in Fayetteville, so I know it well enough that I'd NEVER recommend that anyone normal live there. It's not genteely Southern, in the way that the other towns you mention are. Fayetteville is more Biblebelthickywalmartychickenstinkyawful with lots of ultraconservative retirees from other places than a nice interesting college town.
(BTW, I settled in a nice Midwestern college town for retirement, so I do have an inkling about the kind of ambiance for which you're looking.)
I would certainly add Charlottesville, VA and Chapel Hill, NC to the list.
My first thought exactly. I'm not sure how in the world you could leave off two of the premier college towns in the nation. Other than one of those two, I think I would choose Athens.
My father was a professor at the U of A in Fayetteville, so I know it well enough that I'd NEVER recommend that anyone normal live there. It's not genteely Southern, in the way that the other towns you mention are. Fayetteville is more Biblebelthickywalmartychickenstinkyawful with lots of ultraconservative retirees from other places than a nice interesting college town.
You're retired and your father was a professor at the UA? You would be really surprised at how much Fayetteville has changed since the 1940s.
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