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So... I wouldn't exactly consider Durham (quite a decrepit city for such a nice college), Tallahassee, and Boulder true college towns... But my vote goes for Athens... During football season. It becomes more educational afterwards though.
College towns revolve around the U. I know FSU, Duke, and CO have huge fanbases in their respective cities. Those few places are more like Austin then say, Chapel Hill and State College, Penn
So... I wouldn't exactly consider Durham (quite a decrepit city for such a nice college), Tallahassee, and Boulder true college towns... But my vote goes for Athens... During football season. It becomes more educational afterwards though.
College towns revolve around the U. I know FSU, Duke, and CO have huge fanbases in their respective cities. Those few places are more like Austin then say, Chapel Hill and State College, Penn
Tallahassee is freaking NOTHING like Austin...Austin is a real, decent and functional medium city, Tallahassee is a sleepy southern town if you aren't involved at FSU..I do'nt even like Austin. Austin is about 1.7 million in the metro, close to 800k city (the population of san francisco), tallahassee is about 350k, 170k if that. Should tell you a bit about the differences. Austin is very liveable if you are not at UT, Tallahassee, eh... not so much. good luck if you aren't 18-23 there...
while Austin is hosting SXSW and Austin City Limits, Tallahassee is hosting some kind of family fun day eating boiled peanuts...
Tallahassee is freaking NOTHING like Austin...Austin is a real, decent and functional medium city, Tallahassee is a sleepy southern town if you aren't involved at FSU..I do'nt even like Austin. Austin is about 1.7 million in the metro, close to 800k city (the population of san francisco), tallahassee is about 350k, 170k if that. Should tell you a bit about the differences. Austin is very liveable if you are not at UT, Tallahassee, eh... not so much. good luck if you aren't 18-23 there...
while Austin is hosting SXSW and Austin City Limits, Tallahassee is hosting some kind of family fun day eating boiled peanuts...
I didn't mean the living apparatus of the actual cities. Trust me, I'd much rather live in Austin than a lot of places. I was raised in San Antonio and have been to Austin a few times in the past few years... Mostly for football reasons (families of refs get free tickets), but as a college town, I just don't think Tallahassee revolves around... Anything. I just don't feel that Tallahassee is revolving around FSU the way Athens revolves around UGA, or the way Gainseville wraps it's head around UF.
So... I wouldn't exactly consider Durham (quite a decrepit city for such a nice college), Tallahassee, and Boulder true college towns... But my vote goes for Athens... During football season. It becomes more educational afterwards though.
College towns revolve around the U. I know FSU, Duke, and CO have huge fanbases in their respective cities. Those few places are more like Austin then say, Chapel Hill and State College, Penn
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on Boulder, it's about the most one-dimensional city I've ever seen. If it weren't for CU, that city wouldn't even exist.
I didn't mean the living apparatus of the actual cities. Trust me, I'd much rather live in Austin than a lot of places. I was raised in San Antonio and have been to Austin a few times in the past few years... Mostly for football reasons (families of refs get free tickets), but as a college town, I just don't think Tallahassee revolves around... Anything. I just don't feel that Tallahassee is revolving around FSU the way Athens revolves around UGA, or the way Gainseville wraps it's head around UF.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on Boulder, it's about the most one-dimensional city I've ever seen. If it weren't for CU, that city wouldn't even exist.
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Austin wasn't on that list. But I understand, because Austin is so much MORE than a college town now days.
Yeah Austin was never a college town first. It was a state capital, it's also a tech corridor, and it's growing so much more in everything that the "college town" part is diminishing, even though it has large significance it's a diminishing significance.
Therefore I don't think Austin qualifies for "college town" or this thread.
However, any thread not including Ann Arbor (my former school town) or Madison, Wisconsin is just plain wrong... those are pure college town through and through.
Yeah Austin was never a college town first. It was a state capital, it's also a tech corridor, and it's growing so much more in everything that the "college town" part is diminishing, even though it has large significance it's a diminishing significance.
Therefore I don't think Austin qualifies for "college town" or this thread.
However, any thread not including Ann Arbor (my former school town) or Madison, Wisconsin is just plain wrong... those are pure college town through and through.
Right, Madison was on the previous thread and it was a close runner up to Iowa City.
Austin was also on the previous thread and a close runner up.
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