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That is kind of what I was thinking, Auburn is actually larger than Eugene as well. College cities can only be SO big... 500K is a decent MSA and they have a tier 1 university.
Auburn's school system has repeatedly been ranked among the top public school systems in the state and nation. Auburn City Schools has been ranked among the top 100 school districts in the United States by Parenting magazine and as the best educational value in the Southeast by the Wall Street Journal.
Auburn High School has strong International Baccalaureate and music programs, and was ranked in 2006 by Newsweek as the top non-magnet public high school in Alabama, and one of the top 30 in the United States.
If you go north there is some pretty interesting terrain/national forest/marble/granite stone mountains, if you like weird geological formations.
That is kind of what I was thinking, Auburn is actually larger than Eugene as well. College cities can only be SO big... 500K is a decent MSA and they have a tier 1 university.
Auburn's school system has repeatedly been ranked among the top public school systems in the state and nation. Auburn City Schools has been ranked among the top 100 school districts in the United States by Parenting magazine and as the best educational value in the Southeast by the Wall Street Journal.
Auburn High School has strong International Baccalaureate and music programs, and was ranked in 2006 by Newsweek as the top non-magnet public high school in Alabama, and one of the top 30 in the United States.
If you go north there is some pretty interesting terrain/national forest/marble/granite stone mountains, if you like weird geological formations.
It's a nice area. I've only been once, but I liked it. It sits on a plain, and the countryside is beautiful around there.
They have a nice little Downtown, with sort of a smallish Athens feel to the place, imo. The overall vibe was VERY friendly.
It's a nice area. I've only been once, but I liked it. It sits on a plain, and the countryside is beautiful around there.
They have a nice little Downtown, with sort of a smallish Athens feel to the place, imo. The overall vibe was VERY friendly.
Yeah the hiking trails north of there are actually pretty decent... similar to smaller areas of the Appalachian Trail actually. I mean technically it IS part of the Appalachian trail and will connect you to Springer Mountain if you kept going.
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Hmm, I'm not sure there is an easy way to decide this one as they are both pretty small towns that revolve around a university. Most college towns usually have the same dynamic going on.
Two things that I would say that Auburn definitely has on it's side are:
1. The campus of Auburn University is one of the few designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted himself. Walking around the campus is just magnificent.
2. Auburn is going to whip Oregon's butt tonight in the championship game. It's not even going to be pretty....
Hmm, I'm not sure there is an easy way to decide this one as they are both pretty small towns that revolve around a university. Most college towns usually have the same dynamic going on.
Two things that I would say that Auburn definitely has on it's side are:
1. The campus of Auburn University is one of the few designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted himself. Walking around the campus is just magnificent.
2. Auburn is going to whip Oregon's butt tonight in the championship game. It's not even going to be pretty....
Interesting, that is hefty territory considering he designed Yale, Stanford, UChicago and UC Berkeley as well. I'm sure it looks good then. I have ventured around all four of those and they are all pretty awesome.
That is kind of what I was thinking, Auburn is actually larger than Eugene as well. College cities can only be SO big... 500K is a decent MSA and they have a tier 1 university.
Auburn's school system has repeatedly been ranked among the top public school systems in the state and nation. Auburn City Schools has been ranked among the top 100 school districts in the United States by Parenting magazine and as the best educational value in the Southeast by the Wall Street Journal.
Auburn High School has strong International Baccalaureate and music programs, and was ranked in 2006 by Newsweek as the top non-magnet public high school in Alabama, and one of the top 30 in the United States.
If you go north there is some pretty interesting terrain/national forest/marble/granite stone mountains, if you like weird geological formations.
I hope you're talking about AU's campus being slightly larger than Oregon's. Theres no way that the MSA is 500k, the CSA yes but after you count Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Talbot, Harris, & Troup counties in Georgia, and Russell and Lee county in Alabama. The MSA for Columbus GA is 300k, the MSA for Auburn/Opelika is 135k... and even then when you start talking about geographic features, Eugene has the Rockies nearby, a river in the city, forests that are better than anything the southeast has to offer, and the Pacific coasts, which currently aren't spoiled like the Gulf of Mexico's from oil spills.
There really isn't anything special about Auburn, it's literally in the middle of nowhere, everywhere you go around it you can throw a rock and it'd hit a meth lab of some sort, and although it has a charming old yet tiny main street, most of Auburn's venues have to deal with the riff raff that drive up from Phenix City. Plus when the students are gone the town is literally dead. I don't see why people from here think this is some special part of the country... Auburn/Opelika is almost an exact copy of Bryan/College Station Texas except B/CS is larger, has better schools, better city planning, sidewalks (gasp) more parks, a bigger university, is near Houston/DFW & Austin where Auburn just has Atlanta, Birmingham & Montgomery, etc.
Hmm, I'm not sure there is an easy way to decide this one as they are both pretty small towns that revolve around a university. Most college towns usually have the same dynamic going on.
Two things that I would say that Auburn definitely has on it's side are:
1. The campus of Auburn University is one of the few designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted himself. Walking around the campus is just magnificent.
2. Auburn is going to whip Oregon's butt tonight in the championship game. It's not even going to be pretty....
I don't know about that. I'm personally rooting for Auburn, but don't sell the Ducks short. The personnel is considerably better on Auburn...but that Oregon offense is nuts. I don't see much defense tonight, but then again the last time we were supposed to get an offensive shootout was in '09 between Florida and Oklahoma...I remember jokingly thinking the game would top 100 points, but it ended up 24-14.
Regardless of the outcome, I want to see an amazing game. But...Go Tigers!
I hope you're talking about AU's campus being slightly larger than Oregon's. Theres no way that the MSA is 500k, the CSA yes but after you count Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Talbot, Harris, & Troup counties in Georgia, and Russell and Lee county in Alabama. The MSA for Columbus GA is 300k, the MSA for Auburn/Opelika is 135k... and even then when you start talking about geographic features, Eugene has the Rockies nearby, a river in the city, forests that are better than anything the southeast has to offer, and the Pacific coasts, which currently aren't spoiled like the Gulf of Mexico's from oil spills.
There really isn't anything special about Auburn, it's literally in the middle of nowhere, everywhere you go around it you can throw a rock and it'd hit a meth lab of some sort, and although it has a charming old yet tiny main street, most of Auburn's venues have to deal with the riff raff that drive up from Phenix City. Plus when the students are gone the town is literally dead. I don't see why people from here think this is some special part of the country... Auburn/Opelika is almost an exact copy of Bryan/College Station Texas except B/CS is larger, has better schools, better city planning, sidewalks (gasp) more parks, a bigger university, is near Houston/DFW & Austin where Auburn just has Atlanta, Birmingham & Montgomery, etc.
Eh directly down from Auburn if one were to go to Destin or Panama City the beaches were unaffected by the oil spill and the beaches there are MUCH nicer than anything in Oregon at least as far as being able to do more than walk around in a hoodie.
Also, Eugene is not by the Rockies, those would be the Cascades... Two different mountain ranges entirely.
How is Auburn in the middle of nowhere, yet Eugene isn't? Auburn is 100 miles to Atlanta. To get comparable amenities you'd have to drive 300 miles to Seattle.
How does Houston or Dallas have anything to do with this??? Please do not bring other cities into this discussion other than their metro and immediate areas.
Not saying one is better than the other but your post is full of inconsistencies, so it is hard to view your post as knowledgeable.
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