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re: Ranking the SEC towns

Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:22 pm to
Posted by MedDawg
Member since Dec 2009
4475 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:22 pm to
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The name "Starkville" is a clue.


Named after Revolutionary War hero General John Stark.

The name does sound bad, though. The previous name wasn't any better: Boardtown.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
96378 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:32 pm to
What are the State fans trying to argue here? If you love your town that’s fantastic. I’m glad you do. But the heavy majority does not and in a ranking list you will always be near dead last
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16647 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:33 pm to
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For your information, Oxford proper and the university have been taken over by the left. 


Only good farmin right wing super conservative folks welcome in Maroonville!

Oxford could be taken over by aliens and people would still rate it higher than Stark. This is a meaningless rating but it is what it is
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14176 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:01 pm to
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When you visit Starkville you feel like you are in a movie about cattle production


Nope you've never been.
Posted by 4Ghost
Member since Sep 2016
8526 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:35 pm to
Yes, the farther you get from Hogtown, the better Off you get!
Posted by dhuck20
SCLSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
20465 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:43 pm to
I'm always so surprised to see Auburn so low on these lists. if it is as small as people say it is, and the Name is literally the name of the college, you would think it would be the quintessential college town.
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
26840 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:48 pm to
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there are great pieces/parts of Columbia 


Please do tell. I've been to columbia countless times and its underwhelming. The 5th or 6th best city in south carolina
Posted by dhuck20
SCLSU Fan
Member since Oct 2012
20465 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:51 pm to
Ah shite



Dammit Harvey
Posted by Cobb Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
9804 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:01 pm to
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I'm always so surprised to see Auburn so low on these lists. if it is as small as people say it is, and the Name is literally the name of the college, you would think it would be the quintessential college town.


You’ve obviously never been to Auburn, AL. It’s like a sand dune in the middle of a desert.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14176 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:03 pm to
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This is a meaningless rating but it is what it is


Which is nothing.

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Only good farmin right wing super conservative folks welcome in Maroonville!


Haha..Starkville has a female democratic mayor and is every bit as diverse as Oxford as a community.
Posted by Saskwatch
Member since Feb 2016
16647 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:20 pm to
Tell MaroonNation
Posted by morriscat2
tennessee
Member since Jun 2012
1944 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:40 pm to
It’s Nashville you dumb red necks. Lol
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28119 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:48 pm to
Didn't your soccer team play next 2, or on an old grave yard?

This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 9:49 pm
Posted by Tillman
Member since May 2016
12368 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 10:56 pm to
Oxford and Starkville seem like twins to me, small towns with the downtown being away from the campus.

starkville actually has a more convenient setup with restaurants/bars opening up closer to campus.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 10:57 pm
Posted by Tillman
Member since May 2016
12368 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 10:59 pm to
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Only good farmin right wing super conservative folks welcome in Maroonville!


MSU engineers making a lot more money than the Oxford virtue signaling liberal arts people.

MSU is the STEM nerd college in Miss homey.

This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 11:02 pm
Posted by cave canem
pullarius dominus
Member since Oct 2012
12186 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:04 pm to
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When you visit Starkville you feel like you are in a movie about cattle production



Yet another poster who is talking out his arse.

fun fact, zero cows are bought and sold in Starkville while Baton Rouge has a rather large livestock market in the fricking middle of the city.

You stupid coonasses never cease to amuse with you ignorance.
Posted by Tillman
Member since May 2016
12368 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:05 pm to
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7. Auburn- very small town with everything revolving around the college must like Oxford, just not quite as nice


Auburn looks more quaint and modern than Oxford, and has a more convenient setup with restaurants/bars right next to campus.

let's say you a student at ole miss and you got a fever, and the only prescription is pizza at the hip Soulshine Pizza Factory downtown.

You gonna have to make 1.2 mile walk from campus to just to get a pizza. then 1.2 mile back.

in auburn, you can walk across the street from campus and get a pie.

wow

wut is point of being in a small college town if you got to make a 2.5 mile round trip to the restaurant/bar district from campus.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 11:30 pm
Posted by Tillman
Member since May 2016
12368 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:08 pm to
How did Fayetteville end up getting the college back in the day?

Kind of seems like Little Rock would have.
Posted by wmr
North of Dickson, South of Herman's
Member since Mar 2009
32518 posts
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:36 pm to
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How did Fayetteville end up getting the college back in the day?

Kind of seems like Little Rock would have.


Post-war, Fayetteville bid for the state U and won, just like the cities that host most other public universities in the country. Part of the reason it was selected was because of it's gorgeous hilltop/plateau location with views of the Ozarks in all directions.

Antebellum, there was a women's seminary and a school called Arkansas College in Fayetteville (which was along current-day "College Ave", and the street's actual namesake). While retreating ahead of the advancing Yankees, the Confederates burned most of Fayetteville, which was full of abolitionists anyway, including most of Arkansas College.

In summary, Fayetteville bid, had a killer site, and already had a history as a center of higher education. Being largely pro-union didn't hurt.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 11:40 pm
Posted by Malorojo2
Member since Jun 2019
19 posts
Posted on 7/28/19 at 8:34 am to
College station 9, what a joke. Everyone around colleystation has even teeth. 1-3-5-7 are missing with banjos in the background, what a dump.
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