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View Poll Results: Best College town?
Bloomington Indiana 3 4.05%
Columbus Ohio 4 5.41%
Madison Wisconsin 12 16.22%
Morgantown West Virginia 1 1.35%
Austin Texas 8 10.81%
Boston 13 17.57%
Ann Arbor Michigan 4 5.41%
Athens Georgia 6 8.11%
Ithaca NY 2 2.70%
Other (specify) 21 28.38%
Voters: 74. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-10-2008, 05:45 PM
 
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What is the best college town in America?
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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State College, PA and Burlington, VT are two of my favorites.
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:29 PM
 
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Gainesville,FL
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:45 PM
 
Location: New England & The Maritimes
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Burlington needs to be on the list
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:49 PM
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Charlottesville, VA
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Old 06-10-2008, 07:21 PM
 
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Charlottesville, VA
Ditto.
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Old 06-10-2008, 07:36 PM
 
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Haven't been to all of them, some that I have been to I don't like. Boulder, CO is wierd without a doubt, but it's "home".
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Old 06-10-2008, 07:54 PM
 
Location: New England & The Maritimes
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Haven't been to all of them, some that I have been to I don't like. Boulder, CO is wierd without a doubt, but it's "home".
ya Boulder definitely needs to be on this list too, it's probably the first "college town" that would come to my mind.
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Old 06-10-2008, 08:15 PM
 
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I agree with the others, Charlottesville VA is hard to beat.

Likewise, Oxford MS is a quintessential college town (a town of 13,000 is home to a university of 12,000 students).

Other cool college towns I've been to and enjoy:

Gainesville FL (it pains me to admit that one)
Logan UT
Boulder CO
Hanover NH
Cookeville TN
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Old 06-10-2008, 10:21 PM
 
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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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