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re: Texans, what's the difference between Waco and College Station
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:28 pm to DuncanIdaho
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:28 pm to DuncanIdaho
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Kennesaw State fan, motherfricker.
2 miles from my house.
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:33 pm to Rhino5
College Station is a nice town with an ugly campus in the middle of it.
Waco is a shithole of a town with a pretty campus in the middle of it.
Waco is a shithole of a town with a pretty campus in the middle of it.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:35 pm to lestertheghost
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Unless you are an aggie, no one from Houston, Dallas, or Austin will ever go to college station
This eliminates your ability to have an opinion since you have clearly never been there.
This post was edited on 9/16/16 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:36 pm to AggieLandman
Living in Fayetteville, its hard for me to imagine college towns being truly shitty. That's a damned shame for some of y'all.
I've been to College Station a few times. I didn't find it particularly shitty or appealing. Felt Texas-suburban. Not Frisco or Southlake, but more Mesquite or Garland. Not turrible but just sort of average, with everything you'd find in a big suburban town.
Waco just seems like Temple with a college in it. A place you'd stop to pee, but then quickly drive on down the highway to whatever real town you were headed to.
I've been to College Station a few times. I didn't find it particularly shitty or appealing. Felt Texas-suburban. Not Frisco or Southlake, but more Mesquite or Garland. Not turrible but just sort of average, with everything you'd find in a big suburban town.
Waco just seems like Temple with a college in it. A place you'd stop to pee, but then quickly drive on down the highway to whatever real town you were headed to.
This post was edited on 9/16/16 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:38 pm to Rhino5
Waco is one of the most dangerous small cities in Texas unfortunately for Baylor it's in Waco. shootings every day.
This post was edited on 9/16/16 at 11:39 pm
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:39 pm to wmr
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I've been to College Station. I didn't find it particularly shitty or appealing. Felt Texas-suburban.
Yup, that's the long and short of it.
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Waco just seems like Temple with a college in it. A place you'd stop to pee, but then quickly drive on down the highway to whatever real town you were headed to.
If you're ever there, go directly to the BU campus and then immediately get the frick out. Do NOT venture to the other side of I-35 for any reason
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:40 pm to DaronTexas
Down the road from Waco is killeen another dangerous area.
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:55 pm to lestertheghost
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Yes, I realize aTm aggies have become a big diploma mill and accept 70% of students who apply
Actually you have to be in the top 5 to 10 percent of your class last I checked. My daughter had a 3 point something in high school and pretty decent test scores but didn't qualify for A&M so went to Bama. Bama has pretty strict standards also, but not as strict as A&M.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 12:03 am to wmr
I prefer Bryan, personally. Except for the fact that it's spelt with a "y" and not an "i."
Posted on 9/17/16 at 12:50 am to Rhino5
frick em both. Both shitholes
Posted on 9/17/16 at 12:54 am to Rhino5
About 45 mi,utes
Posted on 9/17/16 at 12:59 am to TbirdSpur2010
TBird when's the last time you've been here? Baylor is buying up properties left and right around the campus and closing them down...does it still have some bad areas? Same as any town. But I can promise you I feel a hell of a lot more safe leaving my wife home at night if I get called out to work then I did back in Baton Rouge. (In case folks can't tell yet, I currently reside in Waco). Now I will say that you are 10000000% correct about the tap water. I can't do it. Bottled water 100%.
To answer the OP's question, I think College Station is probably the better place to be if you are younger and still into the bar/club scene. But younger families to older folks I think would prefer Waco. It is fairly rural, but consistently growing. Nice parks (yes TBird I know to avoid Cameron Park at night), decent golf courses nearby and some good school districts. I will say that currently I live in Waco proper but will most likely be buying in the Hewitt/Woodway or China Springs area...if not all the way out to McGreggor.
IDK why people have such a negative stigma about Waco. It's a fine little city. I think the aggies just hate the bears for some reason. Hard to tell why bc judging by the size of the stadium and the terrible pbp and radio shows they have, they don't have very many fans.
To answer the OP's question, I think College Station is probably the better place to be if you are younger and still into the bar/club scene. But younger families to older folks I think would prefer Waco. It is fairly rural, but consistently growing. Nice parks (yes TBird I know to avoid Cameron Park at night
), decent golf courses nearby and some good school districts. I will say that currently I live in Waco proper but will most likely be buying in the Hewitt/Woodway or China Springs area...if not all the way out to McGreggor. IDK why people have such a negative stigma about Waco. It's a fine little city. I think the aggies just hate the bears for some reason. Hard to tell why bc judging by the size of the stadium and the terrible pbp and radio shows they have, they don't have very many fans.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 7:48 am to jbrau22
Seriously? One shouldn't go to Cameron park after dark? I totally dig their MTB trails and the rest seemed like a decent park. I still wonder if that's a real zoo back up in there. That little downtown area is nice and I think Baylor's new stadium is best in the state. But I've never really been outside of those pockets of Waco.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 8:10 am to Roger Klarvin
No such thing as Cstat. The correct name is College Station.
Cstat is Millennial speak.
Cstat is Millennial speak.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 8:13 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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College Station is a really nice version of Starkville
That's like having a really cool form of cancer.
Posted on 9/17/16 at 8:14 am to Rhino5
College Station - increasingly an exurb of Houston. Strip shopping malls, flat, not much character. No real "downtown"; there's one of those in Bryan though. But, it is safe and clean. A&M's campus resembles a Soviet tractor factory.
Waco - along with Temple and Kileen it forms the Shithole Trifecta of Central Texas. Think of the south side of Chicago, only way smaller and in Texas. Surprisingly bummy, dirty, and dangerous. Really depressing place. Only get gas at stations on the bottom or the top, just get through the actual town and move on. Baylor's campus is nice looking, but it is DIRECTLY on I-35 with no barrier or buffer, which detracts from it in a major way.
Waco - along with Temple and Kileen it forms the Shithole Trifecta of Central Texas. Think of the south side of Chicago, only way smaller and in Texas. Surprisingly bummy, dirty, and dangerous. Really depressing place. Only get gas at stations on the bottom or the top, just get through the actual town and move on. Baylor's campus is nice looking, but it is DIRECTLY on I-35 with no barrier or buffer, which detracts from it in a major way.
This post was edited on 9/17/16 at 8:16 am
Posted on 9/18/16 at 5:08 am to Cooter Davenport
It's been 10 years since I've been to Killeen. I was stuck there for a couple weeks for work and just shocked by how depressing and desolate it felt. There were some nice neighborhoods growing and I'm sure it's gotten better, but it just felt weird.
I had to take my laptop to the only pc repair place I could find and had a clueless old man completely wipe my hard drive and charge me $80 for nothing.
One day I pulled into the parking lot of this chinese restaurant to try to call someone and this employee ran out screaming that the parking lot was for customers only and waving me off. Mind you, there were no other cars in the parking lot at lunchtime and I hadn't been there long enough for them to discern if I was a customer.
You'd expect some fun bars and decent restaurants near a base like that, but it just felt like a weird angry ghost town.
I had to take my laptop to the only pc repair place I could find and had a clueless old man completely wipe my hard drive and charge me $80 for nothing.
One day I pulled into the parking lot of this chinese restaurant to try to call someone and this employee ran out screaming that the parking lot was for customers only and waving me off. Mind you, there were no other cars in the parking lot at lunchtime and I hadn't been there long enough for them to discern if I was a customer.
You'd expect some fun bars and decent restaurants near a base like that, but it just felt like a weird angry ghost town.
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