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I'd suggest putting the choices into two categories. Three of the cities in the poll--Austin, Boston, and Columbus--are too large to be pure college towns. They have many other activities, and will feel like college towns only in the neighborhoods near the colleges. These cities might need a separate category.
I haven't been to a lot of these places, but three others I often hear meantioned as examples of good college towns are Lawrence, KS, Iowa City, and Champaign-Urbana.
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