What are your favorite college towns and why? (university, live)

[OREGONRAIN]

From the posts on here, I guess its safe to say Tallahassee isn't a favorite college town.

[alice_61]

State College is aptly nicknamed "Happy Valley."

[M TYPE X]

I separate my favorites into urban and non-urban type college towns.

I will be visiting Madison this week, so I hope to add it to Ann Arbor and Champaign-Urbana.
I don't really care for East Lansing.

For non-urban type college 'towns,' I really like Charlottesville, Chapel Hill, and State College. Bloomington (Indiana) is a 'meh.'

[RxMarcus]

Oxford, OH. Home to Miami University. A small and beautiful town.

[Ohiogirl81]

Madison and Ann Arbor are great.

Toss in Athens, Ohio. Nice countryside, pretty town.

[NittanyLion]

State College, Pa, no doubt! It's the absolute best college town out there! Ann Arbor, MI is also okay, but a little too big for me!

[M TYPE X]

Originally Posted by NittanyLion

State College, Pa, no doubt! It's the absolute best college town out there! Ann Arbor, MI is also okay, but a little too big for me!

Have you visited Chapel Hill and Charlottesville? They feel just like State College to me.

[Angry Aspie]

I like 'college cities' better, like Columbus (OH), Pittsburgh, or Louisville. Schools in college towns are often party schools with unsafe campuses, even without urban crime.

[M TYPE X]

Originally Posted by Angry Aspie

I like 'college cities' better, like Columbus (OH), Pittsburgh, or Louisville. Schools in college towns are often party schools with unsafe campuses, even without urban crime.

There is a considerable amount of alarming incidents in Ann Arbor and Champaign, but if you are out and about at 2 AM, walking through a dark forest is usually not a good idea anywhere.

[GreggB]

MADISON WI---A great college town. Just a great town period!!