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re: Athlon Sports Top College Towns
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:27 am to DrewDawg13
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:27 am to DrewDawg13
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4. Boulder (Colorado
This is absolutely laughable. Nobody gives a shite about college team sports in Boulder. Maybe some like the Broncos, but not the buffs.
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Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:28 am to CCTider
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Nobody gives a shite about college team sports in Boulder
Don't think that's the point is it?
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:30 am to SammyTiger
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Ah yes. The quaint little college town of Seattle, Washington.
Like Austin, the 1,000,000+ population metro with gridlocked highways and a plethora of skyscrapers.
Some of these things are not like the others...
Athens, Boulder, Ann Arbor, Oxford, and Eugene could all still qualify as having a "college town" feel.
Knoxville is a city, and a really gross crappy one. Not a college "town".
Seattle and Austin are huge metropolii
Palo Alto is one of the most expensive places in the US and is part of the whole SF Bay sprawl.
I've never been to Madison, so I couldn't say.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:31 am to TRUERockyTop
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Knoxville shits on Tuscaloosa in every facet imaginable.
Even more so with the Craft beer scene/Brewery scene exploding and the redevelopment of downtown and campus over the last 3 years.
Never did I compare it to Tuscaloosa... Vols fans have some serious reading comprehension issues.
Knoxville is not even the best college town in your own state. Nashville monkeystomps all over Knoxville.
If "Seattle" counts as a college town, so does Nashville. No way you can claim Knoxville > Nashville with a straight face.
And the presence of craft beers? Please. There's a small college in the town I live in, it's a quarter the size of Knoxville, but up here in the Shenandoah Valley? This little town roflstomps the "beer scene" of Knoxville.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 8:33 am
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:32 am to DrewDawg13
Why isn't Los Angeles (USC) on this list ?
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:32 am to DrewDawg13
Towns?
Seattle has over 3.7 M, Austin has over 2 M, and Berkeley/the Bay area(its 3-4 miles from Oakland) has over 7 M.
Seattle has over 3.7 M, Austin has over 2 M, and Berkeley/the Bay area(its 3-4 miles from Oakland) has over 7 M.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:33 am to DrewDawg13
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17. Clemson (Clemson)
No.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:33 am to DuncanIdaho
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Don't think that's the point is it?
Exactly. Boulder is the best college town in the US. Its insulated. Its beautiful. Its got a really cool downtown scene
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:34 am to UpstateCock2007
But there's a lake there. And you can kind of see mountains if you squint long enough.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:36 am to Cooter Davenport
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Knoxville is a city, and a really gross crappy one. Not a college "town".
Knoxville is a great town if you are a fan of Post WWII East German architecture
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:36 am to bamaqna
Probably because is in a terrible part of town, there is no real campus life. Even the students leave to get away. South Central Los Angeles is a cess pool.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 8:50 am
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:42 am to DrewDawg13
Fayetteville should be on the list. I also think Starkville is not as bad as some are claiming on here.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:44 am to GrantGreen
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Fayetteville should be on the list. I also think Starkville is not as bad as some are claiming on here.
Back in the 90s, the biggest problem for Starkville was that there was just nothing to do. Students talked about driving to Tuscaloosa (a 90 min drive) just to do stuff.
That might have changed, but that's my memory of the town.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:46 am to skrayper
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And the presence of craft beers? Please. There's a small college in the town I live in, it's a quarter the size of Knoxville, but up here in the Shenandoah Valley? This little town roflstomps the "beer scene" of Knoxville.
Well, I can't wait to hear more. Give us more details
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:51 am to DrewDawg13
Isn't Athlon just these Tennessee-centric people who always make really terrible lists of things?
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:53 am to DrewDawg13
More than half of those are cities not college towns..
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:56 am to DrewDawg13
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3. Austin (Texas)
11. Seattle (Washington)
Not college towns. Great cities, but not college towns.
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2. Madison (Wisconsin)
Absolutely the most gorgeous city you'll see.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:58 am to Gary Busey
According to some, Oxford is only on the list because we paid every writer in America to continually rank us up there.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 8:59 am to DrewDawg13
Bizarre list.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 9:01 am
Posted on 6/24/16 at 9:00 am to craigbiggio
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When I think of college towns, I think of Seattle
haha... one is not like all the others.
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