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re: Is Fayetteville the nicest SEC town?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:51 am to JuiceTerry
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:51 am to JuiceTerry
Yes. I'm not a fan of Oxford and I haven't been to Athens.
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Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:52 am to WG_Dawg
Can't you guys let Vandy win at anything? 
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:52 am to JuiceTerry
Very nice. Would much rather have a home and home with them. 
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:52 am to The Spleen
I've never been to Lexington, but I hear nothing but good things about that town as well. Time for me to get back on the road.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:53 am to JuiceTerry
The way most people use "nice" Athens isn't the leader. Is it the most fun/best/etc. college town? I think that is the consensus for sure.
Athens has a lot more gritty/poor areas than Fayetteville, but it is absolutely the best college town in the SEC, probably the nation.
I realize this is largely just semantics.
Athens has a lot more gritty/poor areas than Fayetteville, but it is absolutely the best college town in the SEC, probably the nation.
I realize this is largely just semantics.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:53 am to JuiceTerry
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I've never been to Lexington, but I hear nothing but good things about that town as well.
I liked Lexington a lot when I went. The horse track would have eaten me alive if I had went to school there, though.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:54 am to ironsides
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Can't you guys let Vandy win at anything?
Vandy has the best baseball program in the SEC. That's enough.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:54 am to The Spleen
Fayetteville is a pretty awesome place to live. It combines SEC college town with a clean, safe entertainment area, and great outdoors options.
There's better hiking and bouldering in the city limits of Fayetteville than there is in some SEC states altogether. Great cycling culture, fantastic trail system, and lots of good neighborhoods. Lots of brand new stuff, too. It gets better every year.
There's better hiking and bouldering in the city limits of Fayetteville than there is in some SEC states altogether. Great cycling culture, fantastic trail system, and lots of good neighborhoods. Lots of brand new stuff, too. It gets better every year.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:54 am to JuiceTerry
Been to 13 of the 14 (Columbia, MO is the lone absent one).
Top Tier:
Fayetteville
Athens
Auburn
Nashville
Oxford
Middle Tier:
Baton Rouge
Columbia, SC
Knoxville
College Station
Tuscaloosa
Lexington
Bottom Tier:
Starkville
Gainesville
Top Tier:
Fayetteville
Athens
Auburn
Nashville
Oxford
Middle Tier:
Baton Rouge
Columbia, SC
Knoxville
College Station
Tuscaloosa
Lexington
Bottom Tier:
Starkville
Gainesville
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:55 am to Golfer
Looks pretty good
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:55 am to WG_Dawg
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that also has a shite ton of bad spots, run down areas, crime and poor people
can also be said for every town in America just about.
That's sort of like an Alabama fan saying all schools have bad apples. I like Athens, and lived there. But we all know it has serious problems, and I'm pretty sure while I was there ACC was one of the poorest large counties in America. Thankfully, and unlike in some other areas of the country, it rarely bleeds over into college or visitor life.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:55 am to Golfer
Maybe I have missed something, but I don't think Auburn is a nice town.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:55 am to Pettifogger
Can't get enough Athens, place is magical on gamedays and for New Years.
But Athens is extremely sketchy and unsafe if choose to walk most places like I do. I guess everywhere is as safe as Oxford, but in a nut shell Athens is one or two housing projects away from being Baton Rouge or Knoxville type ghetto.
I have been robbed in Athens twice walking back from the bars. I am gonna blame the first time on my own stupidity but the second time was a planned robbery that some thugs stalked me from the bars to where I was staying with a get away car and everything, they defiantly do that scheme regularly.
But Athens is extremely sketchy and unsafe if choose to walk most places like I do. I guess everywhere is as safe as Oxford, but in a nut shell Athens is one or two housing projects away from being Baton Rouge or Knoxville type ghetto.
I have been robbed in Athens twice walking back from the bars. I am gonna blame the first time on my own stupidity but the second time was a planned robbery that some thugs stalked me from the bars to where I was staying with a get away car and everything, they defiantly do that scheme regularly.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:56 am to WG_Dawg
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AKA=everyone who has ever been there. I've been to fayeteville and it is lovely, really surprised me. That said it's no Athens
Ive been to Athens and it is lovely, really surprised me. That said, it's no Oxford.
(see how that works?)
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:56 am to JuiceTerry
Fayetteville is a great little town.
Shame it's filled with people from Arkansas though.
Shame it's filled with people from Arkansas though.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 11:59 am to Golfer
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Bottom Tier:
Starkville
Gainesville
Well that's something we can all agree on
Posted on 9/5/14 at 12:00 pm to Golfer
Not hating, but Auburn is not top tier.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 12:03 pm to JuiceTerry
2nd only to Columbia, MO.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 12:04 pm to Golfer
Someone mentioned "natural setting." I'd put Lexington at or near the top if that's your criteria. The horse farms that ring the city really are gorgeous. Think 3000 acre putting greens with four board fences dotting the rolling hills.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 12:07 pm to LegendOfCobb
Nice. I need to make it up there sometime.
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