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Interesting that you say that. I visited a friend from high school there one weekend and I had a really good time. They really know how to party hard there, lol.
With all the seconds and thirds, I add for the first SCOFF for Bloomington, Indiana.
I think we should make a deal. I'm remove the scoff if I like IU the next time I visit. Otherwise, I'm gonna make it an extra double tall SCOFF latte.
Naperville isn't a college town. It's a wife-with-Lexus-driving metropolitan suburb that paradoxically has a liberal arts college in/around the city center.
It would also help if I visited Naperville in the daytime.
I have yet to visit Columbia, Missouri, which was my final destination to cross off on my list last summer. Never made it. There's always next summer.
But, life's too short, especially when it takes a full day to drive home, plus then an extra hour to go to the parents' house from Ann Arbor.
I-94 on the way in, M-14 on the way out ... well, as least I don't have to fight with Toledo traffic coming from Akron anymore.
It's a lovely, soybean-smell-filled night here in beautiful Champaign-Urbana. Wait, that's a pattern in the bottom of my teacup. I should probably close the patio door ... nothing like the cold smell of yuck.*
If you think I'm bad, I have a professor back at UM (political philosopher) who has this to say on his website: "Ann Arbor, something to write home about/in the Midwest, which generally isn't." tee hee.
*: totally exaggerating here. You can't smell the odor on the Urbana side of town. Urbana has the odorous smell of economic decay and petty crime.
Ann Arbor is much like Madison but on a smaller scale -- it's about what Madison would be if you moved the capital somewhere else and sent all the bureaucrats and support staff packing with it. I'm also pretty fond of Bloomington IN near campus. IU has the nicest campus I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the sociopolitical climate during the times I spent there (early 90s) was so toxic that you could feel the tension in the air. Lawrence KS was pretty nice but I don't know if I could stand the isolation. The closest thing approximating a "big city" within a comfortable drive is Kansas City, and that just wouldn't cut it for me. Also, I'd throw in Evanston. It's a borderline case since Evanston's atmosphere and culture is influenced just as much by the fact that it borders Chicago as it is by the fact that Northwestern is there. But IMO that creates an atmosphere with the benefits of a campus vibe without the drawbacks.
Madison around the university is moderately interesting, and there is a real downtown around the capitol. The nicest areas are the westerly residential sectors. The Beltline Highway is a linear arrangement of office complexes. It's got everything.
University of Tennessee-Knoxville---a little south but surrouded by the Smokies. its pretty nice. Good taverns and you cant beat the atmosphere during sporting events
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