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Spinoff - If you could go back in time and move your university, where to?
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:18 pm
Why?
I think the University of Arkansas could have made a unique urban campus in the Heights or Hillcrest area of Little Rock. I think the current location is pretty great, though, as far as scenery, etc.
In Little Rock, Arkansas would have grown sooner and be a larger university. It likely would have been better funded earlier in its existence, too.
I think the University of Arkansas could have made a unique urban campus in the Heights or Hillcrest area of Little Rock. I think the current location is pretty great, though, as far as scenery, etc.
In Little Rock, Arkansas would have grown sooner and be a larger university. It likely would have been better funded earlier in its existence, too.
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:20 pm to wmr
Austin
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:20 pm to wmr
Four inches to the left.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:21 pm to wmr
Little Rock would have been a much more fitting home to the state's flagship university, IMO, as it is much more representative of the state as a whole than Fayetteville.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:22 pm to wmr
Jackson Hole
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:23 pm to wmr
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I think the University of Arkansas could have made a unique urban campus in the Heights or Hillcrest area of Little Rock.
that's a cool idea. I would put it where Country Club of LR is at. Cool views of downtown and the river in both directions(mountains along river to the west).
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:24 pm to wmr
Charleston, perhaps.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:25 pm to wmr
On the other side of the Georgia state line.
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Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:25 pm to wmr
If LSU would have continued the LSU Lakes to the north side of campus that may have made for a better campus environment.
But the location is perfect.
But the location is perfect.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:26 pm to wmr
Oxford is perfect.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:26 pm to wmr
I think we're probably pretty okay considering the way the population is spread out. Just 125 miles to both population centers in STL and KC is about as perfect as you get. Plus, Columbia's a good mix between the two, and is a pretty nice area of the state, landscape-wise.
If anything, I'd move the two cities closer rather than moving the university.
Would help out with the early football and basketball games.
If anything, I'd move the two cities closer rather than moving the university.
Would help out with the early football and basketball games. Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:27 pm to wmr
Since our university literally sprung up around the "college" train stop/station that came through this part of Texas, we had no choice in the matter.
I think the B/CS locale is ideal. We're pretty centrally triangulated between Houston, Dallas, and Austin. And since most of us grew up in some of the largest cities in the country, it's fun to experience the charm of a smallish college town that's still very accessible to multiple large cities.
Now would I love B/CS to have a cooler climate? Hell yeah. But in Texas, that would mean the panhandle and the likes of Lubbock; so I'm willing to deal with our heat & humidity.
I think the B/CS locale is ideal. We're pretty centrally triangulated between Houston, Dallas, and Austin. And since most of us grew up in some of the largest cities in the country, it's fun to experience the charm of a smallish college town that's still very accessible to multiple large cities.
Now would I love B/CS to have a cooler climate? Hell yeah. But in Texas, that would mean the panhandle and the likes of Lubbock; so I'm willing to deal with our heat & humidity.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:35 pm to wmr
As you all have mentioned, since UGA is so pathetic at recruiting its own state it should move to Tennessee where there are no football recruits to miss on.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:39 pm to wmr
U of A should definitely be in Little Rock. I'm from NE Arkansas, and it such a distant university. Ole Miss was about 2 hours closer
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:45 pm to wmr
Oxford really is perfect for Ole Miss but if we were going to have one big university for the state, it would have to be in Jackson.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:53 pm to wmr
Now many of the Ole Miss posters will probably disagree with me but if I had my choice to where Ole Miss could have been I'd choose one of the areas marked here by the red dots and white arrows
I think it would be really cool to see what that area as well as the University would have grown up as if it had been located at or on Pickwick Lake.
I think the land in that part of the state is beautiful and it would been awesome to have the river right there at your doorstep so to speak. Also having the university help draw and fund people people coming to the area could have really blown this part of the state up IMO.
Essentially you'd have Oxford on the lake it would be awesome.
I think it would be really cool to see what that area as well as the University would have grown up as if it had been located at or on Pickwick Lake.
I think the land in that part of the state is beautiful and it would been awesome to have the river right there at your doorstep so to speak. Also having the university help draw and fund people people coming to the area could have really blown this part of the state up IMO.
Essentially you'd have Oxford on the lake it would be awesome.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:56 pm to wmr
Hot Springs
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:56 pm to wmr
Meehan Junction. Right next to Maw Shoemake's
Posted on 3/11/13 at 3:58 pm to wmr
I would stay put. We are really close to Houston without being sucked into it, and a shortish drive from Dallas.
Other people would want our spot if anything.
Other people would want our spot if anything.
Posted on 3/11/13 at 4:10 pm to wmr
Umm, can't think of any other place in MS that comes close to Oxford. I can think of a few places outside of the State, but I'm not exactly eager to move the city of Oxford.
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