re: Most beautiful college campuses in the South

Downtown Greenville doesn't have a high crime rate, if by downtown you mean the main street area.

West greenville does but that is a low income area that people on the east side of metro never go to.

The greenville numbers are inflated because per capita numbers are used which always make smaller metroes look worse. I demonstrated this with a previous example. Aiken SC, which is about 25000 people, had 10 murders one year. Aiken's per capita murder rate was higher than NYC's, due to Aiken's small population. Does that mean Aiken is really more dangerous than NYC which has thousands of murders in a year?

Only thing you like about Athens is the bars. Bars are everywhere and can only drink at one at a time. The only accolades I have heard about Athens is lots of bars, and REM, B52's, and Widespread are from there. lol

Athens is only better than Clemson if you like more built up places. For college I prefer a quaint little town nestled in the foothills next to a lake.