College Towns / Cities that are NOT dominated by college life

[eddie gein]

Originally Posted by arr430

From the standpoint of the college, every student who lives in on-campus housing has a "home address" off-campus, on file with the registrar..

But who is actually filled out the census on these college students. What I am reading is kind of confusing.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ArrivalJones

Saratoga NY - Skidmore, the springs, horse racing, entertainment, vacation, leisure activities, scenic stuff, boutique farming.
Providence RI.- Brown, RSDI. Coastal travel, government, roller derby.
Iowa City Iowa. U IOWA? A bunch of other businesses and things.
Philadelphia PA? Various schools and fortune 500 companies.
Gainesville Fl. Not sure but someone told me about this one.

Somebody said Davis CA, which is a town very much dominated by the snooty / angsty students and the college they attend.

Skidmore is a small private college to the point that you could forget that it is even there. Saratoga Springs HS isn't much smaller in terms of enrollment.

[ShenardL]

Originally Posted by First24

Atlanta, GA.. Yes, it's very much a college town hidden by a major metro area.

Georgia Tech (around 20k students)
Georgia State (around 55k students)
Emory (around 16k students)
There are many historically black colleges as well like Morehouse.

It doesn't feel like a college town in the city though even though there are many colleges there.

[Tom Lennox 70]

Bozeman, Montana is seen as a college town because of Montana State University but its also known as a major tourist area close to Yellowstone and with lots of skiing and hiking in the area so its grown beyond the college town scene.

The Auburn, Alabama area also has a lot of manufacturing businesses in addition to the university with many automaking plants.