College town satellites: Which college town located near a major city do you prefer?

[TheProf]

Originally Posted by Vincent_Adultman

Where’s Berkeley?

Yeah, I'm really surprised Berkeley is not on this list; it would blow away everyone else. Great school, environment, weather, etc., - the campus is beautiful and in a great setting; as for the town: Telegraph Ave. is still a major counterculture area of American higher ed; plus Berkeley's just a subway (BART) ride away from SF, one of the great cities of the world, ... not just the United States.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by TheProf

Yeah, I'm really surprised Berkeley is not on this list; it would blow away everyone else. Great school, environment, weather, etc., - the campus is beautiful and in a great setting; as for the town: Telegraph Ave. is still a major counterculture area of American higher ed; plus Berkeley's just a subway (BART) ride away from SF, one of the great cities of the world, ... not just the United States.

That puts it in the same category as College Park, although I would agree that Berkeley does have its own identity distinct from that of San Francisco or Oakland. If Berkeley's not a "college town," I don't know what is.