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re: Ranking the SEC towns
Posted on 7/27/19 at 12:04 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Posted on 7/27/19 at 12:04 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I’ve done this ranking before and it was accepted as the consensus SEC Rant Official College Town Ranking poll
I have been to all campuses besides Missouri multiple times both during and not during football weekends
The rankings are as follows:
1. Athens-The quintessential GOAT
T2. Oxford- Charming and the college is the key to the town
T2. Fayetteville- Think Oxford with liberals and mountains
4. Nashville- It honestly doesn’t belong as a college town but if I must rank it than it deserves the 4 spot
5. Lexington-Beautiful Hills of rolling green grass and a nice bar scene around campus, with a separate downtown as well
6. Tuscaloosa- decent college town with good bar scene
7. Auburn- very small town with everything revolving around the college must like Oxford, just not quite as nice
T8. Columbia- Not the best, but a decent size non bumfrick city and decent bar scene
T8. Baton Rouge- see Columbia for explanation
T8. Knoxville- see Columbia for explanation
11. College station- not much different than the previous 3, but the campus being not quite as scenic and the city being a little less sizable drops them to here
12. Starkville- Being extrmeely rural without the charm has Starkville almost in last
13. Gainesville- I struggle to find something nice to say
I have been to all campuses besides Missouri multiple times both during and not during football weekends
The rankings are as follows:
1. Athens-The quintessential GOAT
T2. Oxford- Charming and the college is the key to the town
T2. Fayetteville- Think Oxford with liberals and mountains
4. Nashville- It honestly doesn’t belong as a college town but if I must rank it than it deserves the 4 spot
5. Lexington-Beautiful Hills of rolling green grass and a nice bar scene around campus, with a separate downtown as well
6. Tuscaloosa- decent college town with good bar scene
7. Auburn- very small town with everything revolving around the college must like Oxford, just not quite as nice
T8. Columbia- Not the best, but a decent size non bumfrick city and decent bar scene
T8. Baton Rouge- see Columbia for explanation
T8. Knoxville- see Columbia for explanation
11. College station- not much different than the previous 3, but the campus being not quite as scenic and the city being a little less sizable drops them to here
12. Starkville- Being extrmeely rural without the charm has Starkville almost in last
13. Gainesville- I struggle to find something nice to say
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 12:08 pm
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Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:11 pm to calcotron
quote:I havent been to every SEC town but Ive been to most. Lexington is absolutely in the top half of any ranking of this type. Especially if your team is fortunate enough to visit the same weekend as the fall meet. Beautiful Southern women in dresses, bourbon, cigars, football, horse racing, gambling, more bourbon....doesnt get much better anywhere in the country than those weekends.
Haven't been there but I've heard nothing but good things about Lexington. What's the deal? I've live in Baton Rouge for a total of 27 years and it's a hole. Too high.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:16 pm to Tillman
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fayetteville and NW Arky isn't as hilly as I thought it was.
Looks more like little plateaus.
Google St. View can be deceptive.
The Ozarks are mostly plateaus and ravines. It's as hilly here as anywhere I've ever been. Few cities are deliberately built IN the hills. Most of the NWA towns are outside the hills, apart from Fayetteville and Bella Vista.
There was perfectly good flat farmland west of Fayetteville for a city, but the founders chose to put the town on a plateau and in the hills. There's 700 ft of elevation change within the city limits of this relatively small town. It's pretty damned hilly.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:16 pm to deathlock
I thought the last estimate for Gainesville was 131k residents?
Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:21 pm to wmr
Here's an example of Fayetteville and the Ozarks. This is the far west side water treatment plant, which is powered entirely by a solar array. The view is looking southeast. You can see prairie dog mounds in the flat ground. The hills southeast are in the city limits and have mountain biking.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:38 pm to oman
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Ha ha. Yeah, trash elimination and increased business activity will frick you up.
The Hendrix effect? I've know a couple of kids who went there -- Level 11 hippies.
I just think the city should be focused on bigger issues. Banning single-use plastics is virtue signaling bullshite. Hendrix is in Conway, and yeah, it's pure commie. It's been that way since the 1990s at least.
60% of the people migrating into this metro are from OOS. When a dyed in the wool Leftist gets relocated to NWA, there's a better than 75% chance they will choose to move to Fayetteville-proper. We are also viewed as "the liberal town" to move to within the state. The best description of Fayetteville is we are to Arkansas what Austin is to Texas.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 2:19 pm to wmr
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Banning single-use plastics is virtue signaling bullshite.
C'mon man. You started down this silly path. Banning single use plastics is smart environmental policy, but it triggers the morons and of course, the plastic lobby.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 2:25 pm to wmr
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We are also viewed as "the liberal town" to move to within the state. The best description of Fayetteville is we are to Arkansas what Austin is to Texas.
So in other words, one of the most inhabitable and nicest parts of the state?
Posted on 7/27/19 at 2:27 pm to lsupride87
again Starkville and Oxford are basically the same city except Starkville is larger. Starkville is located in a more bustling industrial corridor. I just don’t get people wanting to rank places they have never been. You told on yourself when you said Starkville was too rural. This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 2:47 pm to wmr
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We are also viewed as "the liberal town" to move to within the state.
Eureka?
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:36 pm to MaroonNation
Starkville is harder to get to if you're traveling down from the north, but it's easy from Jackson or coming up south of there.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:42 pm to wmr
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We are also viewed as "the liberal town" to move to within the state.
You definitely forgot about Eureka Springs man.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:09 pm to oman
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C'mon man. You started down this silly path. Banning single use plastics is smart environmental policy
Banning plastic bags just leads to increased consumption of trash bags. It's actually GREAT for the plastics lobby. Plus, the kitchen trash bags that are bought are thicker and less environmentally friendly than the thin bags which are banned.
NPR even agrees, it's mostly Prog-signaling bullshite.
NPR - Are plastic bag bans garbage?
NPR - The problem with banning plastic bags
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:10 pm to Muleriderhog
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You definitely forgot about Eureka Springs man.
Well, yeah. But you can't really make a living in Eureka Springs. It's obviously the gayest city per-capita between the coasts. Something like 25% gay.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:12 pm to oman
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So in other words, one of the most inhabitable and nicest parts of the state?
In some ways, but also the worst homeless problem, the strictest environmental codes, and a lot of annoying commies. Portland in miniature coming soon.
Topographically, we are very similar to West Austin, with a big lake, big hills, clear rivers and springs, and a big state University. Fayetteville was a really nice place to live way before it went Leftist. It attracts people for a lot of reasons. "Liberal" policies improved the city in some ways. Leftist policies aren't improving the city, but making it worse.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:17 pm to oman
dp**
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Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:21 pm to deathlock
I'm so happy Starkville is last. Please never come to Starkville.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:25 pm to wmr
East TN is NWA on steroids in terms of scenery and population minus the Big 3 and an exploding population of liberals.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:23 pm to MaroonNation
quote:I don’t know what to say to make you feel better
again Starkville and Oxford are basically the same city except Starkville is larger. Starkville is located in a more bustling industrial corridor. I just don’t get people wanting to rank places they have never been. You told on yourself when you said Starkville was too rural.
When you visit Oxford you feel like you are in Gone With the Wind
When you visit Starkville you feel like you are in a movie about cattle production
And I like Miss State and hate Ole Miss personally
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 5:49 pm to lsupride87
Well have fun pretending you are traveling around during the civil war. For your information, Oxford proper and the university have been taken over by the left. You may want to go visit it because it’s obvious it’s been a long time since you were last there.
Now if you are referencing Sherman burning Atlanta in the movie then that’s a pretty good representation of Oxford.
Now if you are referencing Sherman burning Atlanta in the movie then that’s a pretty good representation of Oxford.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 6:52 pm
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