re: OT: Best eats in and around Columbia

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Don't take this as a flame.... Im serious.

I've been to Cola 3 times, and always tailgated with some Carolina friends, but have never been into town there, because the stadium is not in town, and my trips there have always been day trips from Athens.

I've read multiple accounts of how awesome Columbia is and I just haven't seen it, because I've only done the tailgate scene.

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At least you're aware that there's a metropolitan area of nearly 750k that borders the stadium... every other visiting fan seems to think we go to class in the warehouses at the north end of the stadium. I always get great feedback from visiting friends whom I take out in Columbia before and after the games when I'm up there.

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The mayor and the AD should try to market and promote the cool parts of Cola with some kind of trolley or street car system directly connecting WBS, that allows visitors convenient access to both. So you can park in whatever parking spot you were unlucky enough to pay $25 for in the general area of the stadium, and you can trolley back and forth to Cola as a visitor who doesn't necessarily know how to get around, and feel safe and have fun.

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There are some people who have long agitated for a railcar system or at least an extended footbridge of sorts to the stadium from campus. I wouldn't hold my breath. USC and the city don't have great town-gown relations, and that's a project that requires a special sort of dual leadership.

But I wholly agree w/ you.