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What’s some of the best college towns you’ve been to outside of the SEC

Posted on 9/6/18 at 10:23 am
Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 10:23 am
My favorite college town in the country is Boulder, Co. Fort Collins is also an awesome town, but Boulder just has more to offer imo.

I’ve been to a few towns like Norman, Ok, Tallahassee, FL and I would say they aren’t my favorite college towns but both schools party and would fun for a Saturday in the fall.

I’ve heard great things about State College, Madison, and Ann Arbour but haven’t gotten a chance to go to any of these. What are some college towns y’all have been to that you thought were great towns?
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:12 am to
Bloomington, IN
Boone, NC
Madison, WI
Athens, OH
Iowa City, IA


A few off the top of my head.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 12:47 pm to
Madison Wisconsin
State College PA
Chapel Hill NC
Tempe Arizona
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
12870 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 2:01 pm to
Boone, NC
Florence, AL
Chattanooga, TN
Asheville, NC
This post was edited on 9/6/18 at 2:02 pm
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 2:13 pm to
I will second the love for Boone, NC. That is a great college town.
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
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54846 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 3:28 pm to
we actually have and home and home scheduled with them
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:10 pm to
Isla Vista, CA where UC Santa Barbara is
Posted by lewis and herschel
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:28 pm to
UW Seattle, Madison, Wisconsin, Mizzola, MT, Boise ID.
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 4:53 pm to
Ohio university/Athens
Miami university/oxford
Appalachian state/Boone
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
22959 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 5:02 pm to
Madison, Bloomington, State College,

South Bend, on the other hand is terrible. I was disappointed.
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 5:30 pm to
I think that is a great idea. App State is a quality G5 team and Boone is a gorgeous town. Its right in your back yard as well.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
21703 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 8:43 pm to
Madison as a bunch of others have said. They are some beer drinking fools up there. I got more than a few weird looks when I asked for bourbon. Was told the crowd I was around wasn't into liquor, just slamming beer.

Went to a frat function one time in Bowling Green, KY at WKU. That was one of the best experiences of my college career. And had waaayy hotter girls than you would ever think.
Posted by TT9
Global warming
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 8:55 pm to
Tempe, Arizona
Posted by DirtyDawg
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Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:07 pm to
Only non-SEC college town I've been to, that I can recall, is South Bend.



Place blows arse. Thought I was caught up in an all white rendition of 8 Mile. Bet those frickers nutted themselves hard over the new Em album this month.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 1:38 am
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 9/6/18 at 11:28 pm to
Iowa City, IA
Chapel Hill, NC
Macon, GA
Birmingham, AL
Bloomington, IN
Cedar Rapids, IA
Carrollton, GA (for a small college)


A couple of the worst include Muncie, IN, West Lafayette, IN, and Columbus, MS
Posted by Arksulli
Fayetteville
Member since Aug 2014
26177 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:01 am to
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Only non-SEC college town I've been to, that I can recall, is South Bend.



Place blows arse. Thought I was caught up in an all white rendition of 8 Mile. Bet those frickers nutted themselves hard over the new Em album this month.


I've been to South Bend and its like they emptied every trailer park in the Midwest and put them in nasty public housing.

I went with some friends of mine who were checking out Notre Dame for college and we all agreed that as great of a school as ND is supposed to be there is no way we'd live in South Bend.

Madison is a great town, very friendly folks there. I liked Harrisonburg (James Madison University) but that was a long, long time ago so I have no idea what the area is like now.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:26 am to
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Macon, GA



Not sure if serious. I lived in Macon for about a year, and it blows. Maybe I never found the college vibe there.


Posted by teamjackson
call me Walnut
Member since Nov 2012
7064 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:37 am to
Twice in this thread now that Tempe has been mentioned.

Don't get me wrong, Mill Ave and Tempe Town Lake are fun places to visit and look at some tail, but I wouldn't consider it a 'college town'.

Before you know it you're either in Mesa, Phoenix or Scottsdale without any change of view.

Living next to UofA (Arizona), it has more of a 'college town' vibe.

Enough of all that, Madison, Boone, Flagstaff and Corvallis were surprisingly fun.
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
71471 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:48 am to
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Chattanooga, TN



goat

loved their chi os when I was a single college baw
Posted by I Bleed Garnet
Cullman, AL
Member since Jul 2011
54846 posts
Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:45 am to
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They are some beer drinking fools up there


spotted cow is f'n delicious
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