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re: Best SEC Town??? Make your case...
Posted on 7/25/15 at 10:29 am to Jamie Lannister
Posted on 7/25/15 at 10:29 am to Jamie Lannister
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Keith Fowler, ESPNer who's seen a lot of campuses
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Posted on 7/25/15 at 10:33 am to PNW
i think if you have a lot of colleges, especially in downtown area, then it is reasonable to say it is a college town. College town doesn't mean that is all it is.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:17 pm to Jamie Lannister
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College town doesn't mean that is all it is.
That is literally the only thing that matters. A college town is only there because of the university. If you were to take UGA out of Athens, what would happen? If you were to take Vandy out of Nashville? See the difference? I mean, I know you don't because you're an imbecile but just want to at least say I tried to educate you today.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:20 pm to gatorhata9
[img]That is literally the only thing that matters. A college town is only there because of the university. If you were to take UGA out of Athens, what would happen? If you were to take Vandy out of Nashville? See the difference? I mean, I know you don't because you're an imbecile but just want to at least say I tried to educate you today. [/img]
that is your own definition of college town. i say a college town is also one that has a lot of colleges, especially 1 or more public colleges, in the downtown area. i wouldn't call Nashville a college town because Vandy is a small private school.
if there are a lot of college kids in a city, it seems reasonable to say it is a college town.
that is your own definition of college town. i say a college town is also one that has a lot of colleges, especially 1 or more public colleges, in the downtown area. i wouldn't call Nashville a college town because Vandy is a small private school.
if there are a lot of college kids in a city, it seems reasonable to say it is a college town.
This post was edited on 7/25/15 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:21 pm to Jamie Lannister
Excellent point. I've always considered Boston a college town.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:24 pm to Robert Goulet
I think Tokyo is the best college town
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:27 pm to olddawg26
Ya know, London has always been known for all its colleges. Excellent European college town.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:28 pm to Jamie Lannister
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that is your own definition of college town.
And pretty much everyone else's as well
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:28 pm to Porkchop Express
Athens
Oxford
Fayetteville
Oxford
Fayetteville
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:28 pm to Robert Goulet
When I think of Los Angeles I instantly think college town.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:29 pm to Tornado Alley
I really want to visit Fayetteville. I'm in Dallas so maybe I should start dating a Hawg lady and score a trip this fall
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:30 pm to Marty McFrat
There's this quaint little town of Bangkok that I believe is the best college town of them all
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:33 pm to olddawg26
seems like a city with a lot of colleges or one huge public university downtown, is a college town.
you can't escape gamecock sports and news if you live in columbia and the university dominates the downtown area. by your definition it isn't a college town.
there are little small colleges out in the sticks somewhere, let's consider Elon in NC. So Elon with a small percentage of the number of college students as Atlanta, is more of a college town than Atlanta?
you can't escape gamecock sports and news if you live in columbia and the university dominates the downtown area. by your definition it isn't a college town.
there are little small colleges out in the sticks somewhere, let's consider Elon in NC. So Elon with a small percentage of the number of college students as Atlanta, is more of a college town than Atlanta?
This post was edited on 7/25/15 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:33 pm to olddawg26
i wouldn't call Athens 'quaint'. so quaint isn't def. of college town. it is a nice small town but not really quaint
This post was edited on 7/25/15 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:37 pm to Jamie Lannister
First off Athens is quaint. Secondly a college town is a town (not a city) that thrives because of its college. tuscaloosa Athens Columbia etc wouldn't even be known on a map without the college. That's a college town.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:41 pm to Jamie Lannister
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i say a college town is also one that has a lot of colleges
Great point. When I think college town, the first cities that always come to my mind are Boston, New York City, Philly, DC, and Chicago...
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:41 pm to olddawg26
ok, like i said, that is one defintion. i'm a little more flexible. i think it is any city where a college's prescence is known and felt. G Tech's football stadium is right by the interstate in downtown ATL
no big deal.
no big deal.
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:41 pm to gatorhata9
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This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:42 pm to Dawgsontop34
google Boston and college town. you'll get a lot of hits
Boston is America's College Town, with over 80 colleges
i laughed so hard when i saw this.
NYC is a college town, ask Alexander Hamilton
Boston is America's College Town, with over 80 colleges
i laughed so hard when i saw this.
NYC is a college town, ask Alexander Hamilton
This post was edited on 7/25/15 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 7/25/15 at 12:43 pm to JJBTiger2012
Lsu has an alright campus nothing great compared to ole miss or Georgia
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