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re: Athlon Sports Top College Towns
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:26 pm to DrewDawg13
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:26 pm to DrewDawg13
Knoxville is terrible. The campus architecture looks like it came from Stalin's playbook. Laramie, Wyoming is a hole in the wall with suicide prevention and alcoholism billboards all over town. And Seattle doesn't even qualify.
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Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:30 pm to Texas Hill Country
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Without the University of Texas and the higher thought it brings Austin the city would not be the same The culture stems from the fact that there is a huge university there. More importantly a huge university which is considered a Public Ivy Without UT you do not have much in Austin
Are we talking about a history lesson of Austin's development or the reality of Austin now? Those are two different discussions. In terms of history, yeah, absolutely you are correct. But in terms of the character of the city as it presently exists, which is the subject of the thread, no, it does not have the size, character, or economy of a college town. Austin is a medium-to-large major city with a diversified economy and a metro population over 1,000,000 people. You can, and most people do, live here without having anything to do with UT and caring about it not one iota. That's not the case in a real college town. I don't think you really understand what the term "college town" means in common usage. College towns are little burgs utterly dependent and totally focused on the university.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:33 pm to DrewDawg13
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1. Athens (Georgia) 2. Madison (Wisconsin) 3. Austin (Texas) 4. Boulder (Colorado) 5. Ann Arbor (Michigan) 6. Oxford (Ole Miss) 7. Eugene (Oregon) 8. Palo Alto (Stanford) 9. Chapel Hill (North Carolina) 10. Charlottesville (Virginia) 11. Seattle (Washington) 12. Knoxville (Tennessee) 13. State College (Penn State) 14. Berkeley (California) 15. Baton Rouge (LSU) 16. West Point (Army) 17. Clemson (Clemson) 18. Tuscaloosa (Alabama) 19. South Bend (Notre Dame) 20. Laramie (Wyoming)
Been to 1,3,6,9,10,12,17 and 18 and I think this is a pretty strong list.
Madison must be pretty awesome to be up there with Athens and Austin because those are two of my favorite places in the country.
Wish COC had a big football team because Charleston, SC could dominate some of these lists!
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:37 pm to Tillman
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i'm black btw homey
No self-respecting black man would name their username after the most racist scumbag in SC history. quote:
are you saying it is not more dangerous around USC than clemson? lol
Columbia is no more dangerous than any other city in America. Sorry there isn't shite to do in Clemson so nobody goes outside their homes.
There's like one bar, of course it's less dangerous.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:39 pm to DrewDawg13
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1. Athens (Georgia)
2. Madison (Wisconsin)
3. Austin (Texas)
4. Boulder (Colorado)
5. Ann Arbor (Michigan)
That's legit top 5.
(And for those complaining about "college town" like Seattle - they mean college gameday atmosphere at the event...# of cool bars, experience of tailgating, can you walk to the stadium from the bars, etc.)
That's what they mean by college town. It's really a list celebrating gameday experience.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:39 pm to Emanonion
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We really have to quit buying
Well Reb, part of your statement is true.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:49 pm to CNB
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Athlon Sports Top College Towns
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i'm black btw homey
No self-respecting black man would name their username after the most racist scumbag in SC history.
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are you saying it is not more dangerous around USC than clemson? lol
Columbia is no more dangerous than any other city in America. Sorry there isn't shite to do in Clemson so nobody goes outside their homes.
There's like one bar, of course it's less dangerous.
there isn't just one bar though, and CU has as many bars as USC near campus, as far as ones most non-seedy people would want to go to.
you act like downtown columbia is washington dc or something. lol so much to do. there would be nothing going on there if not for the university
CU has lakes, near mountains, a campus golf course (USC doesn't have this), a nice recreational center, athletic fields, etc. if a student can't find anything to do on a campus with 20,000 young people, he or she probably doens't have any friends.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:50 pm to DawgGone
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DawgGone
I'm just glad that no matter how bad things are, there are always people like you that make me feel good about myself.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:51 pm to UKWildcats
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Knoxville is terrible. The campus architecture looks like it came from Stalin's playbook.
i know a babe who grew up in knoxville but went to kentucky and made her daddy pay out of state b/c she thought UT was so fugly
but i looked at some pics of UK and it was't as nice as i imagined. wow
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:51 pm to Emanonion
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you act like downtown columbia is washington dc or something. lol so much to do. there would be nothing going on there if not for the university
Are you dumb
How is me saying it's not any more dangerous than any other city equal me saying Columbia is fricking DC? You are the most retarded person I've ever had the privilege of talking to. Please, never change.
Btw if you're really arguing there's more to do in Clemson than Columbia, then you should go play in traffic upside down during a thunderstorm.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:54 pm to CNB
who do you do in Columbia that is so fun. you don' strike me as a person who has a lot of fun
i am not anti-colu or usc. u are the one who keeps saying there is nothing to do in CU. can't figure out what a student can't do in CU that he could at USC.
i am not anti-colu or usc. u are the one who keeps saying there is nothing to do in CU. can't figure out what a student can't do in CU that he could at USC.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:56 pm to Tillman
quote:UK has a lot of nice new buildings and spots on campus and then some old construction that needs to get completely redone IMO. UK is pretty spread out, but the thing I think that needs to most attention is the slum lord student housing off Waller. That shite has been an eyesore my entire life.
but i looked at some pics of UK and it was't as nice as i imagined. wow
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:57 pm to StopRobot
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Exactly. Boulder is the best college town in the US. Its insulated. Its beautiful. Its got a really cool downtown scene
And Knoxville's called the Boulder of the South. I think a lot of people haven't been to Knoxville in a while. It was real shitty but downtown has been completely turned around and it's insane the number of new breweries that have popped up.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:58 pm to UKWildcats
one of my issues with Kentucky is the color blue, and they go all in with on the stadium.
clemson doesn't have a lot of orange in the stadium, they most just leave that for the uniforms which is a good thing lol
clemson doesn't have a lot of orange in the stadium, they most just leave that for the uniforms which is a good thing lol
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:58 pm to Tillman
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i'm black btw homey
I just searched Tillman, Black and Clemson and came up with this
Wow...Clemson is filled with a lot of shitty brickwork and racists
Is the entire campus filled with grafitti?
Wow
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 12:58 pm to DrewDawg13
seems about right
Posted on 6/24/16 at 1:00 pm to Thurber
i preer Tenn architecture to that pretentious stuff at Bama, Ole Miss and Auburn. i hate those white column bildings. lol
and the downtown market area near Tenn is arguly cooler than any downtown area near any other SEC campus.
and the downtown market area near Tenn is arguly cooler than any downtown area near any other SEC campus.
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 6/24/16 at 1:06 pm to Tillman
uga
i may be going to atl this weekend if i can get motivated
and i may stop by athens on way back on Sunday and walk the uga campus so i can give more detailed descriptions of it on here with some suggested improvements. lol
list some good pizza places in town, perferably not downtown.
i may be going to atl this weekend if i can get motivated
and i may stop by athens on way back on Sunday and walk the uga campus so i can give more detailed descriptions of it on here with some suggested improvements. lol
list some good pizza places in town, perferably not downtown.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 1:09 pm to Tillman
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and i may stop by athens on way back on Sunday and walk the uga campus
Don't.
Posted on 6/24/16 at 1:15 pm to PNW
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Don't.
lol
i have to visit it again given it has been ranked no. 1 by Athlon. need to see what all the fuss is
it is too far off the interstate so it probably won't happen. i like how clemson is a good distance from interstate but not too far like uga
This post was edited on 6/24/16 at 1:17 pm
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