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re: Worst SEC town?
Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:06 am to Bgame
Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:06 am to Bgame
Have been to Fayetteville, B.R., Starkville, Tuscaloosa, College Station, Knoxville and Nashville..... so that's all I will speak on.....WORST?
1. STARKVILLE
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Then everyone else. I'm biased I know but Fayetteville has to be at the top then probably Knoxville. I was only in Tuscaloosa once but it seems to be nice in some areas and trash in others (probably true of most towns if we are being honest).
I guess the Town vs. City conversation would help define the list but no doubt Starkville is the worst of the ones I've been to. You get off campus and it just sucks.
1. STARKVILLE
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Then everyone else. I'm biased I know but Fayetteville has to be at the top then probably Knoxville. I was only in Tuscaloosa once but it seems to be nice in some areas and trash in others (probably true of most towns if we are being honest).
I guess the Town vs. City conversation would help define the list but no doubt Starkville is the worst of the ones I've been to. You get off campus and it just sucks.
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Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:36 am to ElDawgHawg
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Then everyone else. I'm biased I know but Fayetteville has to be at the top then probably Knoxville.
The problem with Knoxville is that the campus is underwhelming and the campus ghetto area (Fort Sanders) has kind of a northern rust belt neighborhood vibe. Not that it's so much bad...but it seems like a neighborhood you might find in Toledo or something. Throw the interstate into the mix and it's just doesn't have much charm.
However, downtown is really cool and despite still having that manufacturing town vibe is laid out great and has a cool feel to it.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:42 am to Pecker
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The difference is that there aren't UT fans in here writing theses on how amazing Knoxville is, and how there's nothing more you could want in a college town.
Literally no one is saying this…how “amazing” college station is.
This post was edited on 10/5/21 at 10:44 am
Posted on 10/5/21 at 10:56 am to Starkvingard
I always enjoy my Starkville visits, but I'm also biased towards any town with a Cook Out.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:03 am to Starkvingard
College Station is great if you like the color brown
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:04 am to cramps
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biased towards any town with a Cook Out.
this might be the lowest of bars I've seen set for the criteria Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:08 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Cool
And they still don’t give a frick about Vanderbilt football
Vanderbilt doesn't care about Vanderbilt football. That isn't Nashville's fault.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:10 am to Darth_Vader
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But as far as being an SEC town, it’s horrid. You could spend a week there and maybe encounter two casual Vandy fans.
Have lived in Nashville since 2015. The only way you'd ever know a football game is going on is by seeing visiting fans walking around
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:14 am to Che Boludo
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this might be the lowest of bars I've seen set for the criteria
I enjoy it occasionally. Literally. Other than the clanga clanga, I always have fun in Starkvegas. Some disc golf around campus and elsewhere, eating and drinking in the Cotton District and a frozen daiquiri from the gas station while stumbling around.
This post was edited on 10/5/21 at 11:15 am
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:15 am to starkvingrad
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By the end of the century, Nashville would see Fisk University, St. Cecilia Academy, Montgomery Bell Academy, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, and Vanderbilt University all open their doors.
Why are two high scools included here? Fisk is a HBCU with fewer than 1000 students, and Meharry (an HBCU med school) is one of the worst medical schools in the entire country. TSU is more significsant than both of those schools, and that's not saying much.
Belmont and Vandy are the only two legit institutions of higher learning in Nashville. Nashville is no more the "Athens of the South" than Atlanta.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:18 am to Wildcat1996
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Knoxville is a dump.
No, it's not
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:19 am to lsufball19
Starkville is competing with Cleveland (Delta State) as the second greatest college town in Mississippi.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:56 am to GeorgeWest
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I have been to all 14 SEC towns multiple times. College Station is the worst. It has no redeeming qualities.
I don't claim CS to be the best but it sure as hell isn't the worst and to say it has no redeeming qualities is just stupid.
It's got a decent little airport and is an easy drive from the big airports in Houston and Austin. Metro is around 250k so you have essentially anything you need there. It's a safe town outside of a few areas in Bryan that are a long way from campus, everything in the campus area is very safe and clean. Tons of great places to eat and a few iconic bars like the Dixie Chicken and Dry Bean Saloon. Downtown Bryan is pretty cool to check out and has a lot of charm. Plenty of space to spread out to tailgate. It has the Bush Library and Bonfire Memorial which are both interesting to visit. The Corps Museum is also pretty cool with an epic gun collection and anyone that has any interest in military history or tradition has a lot to look at. Modest cost of living and everything revolves around the school.
The campus itself is meh. A few pretty areas but the land around BCS isn't going to compare with the big trees in the South or the Mountains. If you just want pretty I get that, but it isn't some horrific eyesore. A lot of the academic buildings are ugly but that was a consequence of growing like crazy in the '70s and '80s when they emphasized function over beauty but it's not like every building at every SEC campus is some architectural marvel.
Like I said not the best but certainly not the worst. Outside of the aesthetic beauty factor it checks pretty much every box.
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Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:56 am to lsufball19
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Montgomery Bell Academy
MBA is an elite educational institution nevertheless. See Dead Poet's Society. Established for all the right reasons. To educate intelligent but poor young men. It's since become something much different. Herbstreat's boys attend MBA. Not that I really care.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:57 am to lsufball19
Knoxville is far from a dump. It's really pretty nice.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 11:59 am to cramps
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I always enjoy my Starkville visits, but I'm also biased towards any town with a Cook Out.
Isn’t this every SEC town?
Posted on 10/5/21 at 12:02 pm to G2160
quote:"College Station has everything you want in a college town."
Literally no one is saying this…how “amazing” college station is.
Who says unironically says this?
Posted on 10/5/21 at 12:12 pm to BradPitt
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BradPitt
Here is your attention.
Posted on 10/5/21 at 12:20 pm to Gunga Din
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The problem with Knoxville is that the campus is underwhelming and the campus ghetto area (Fort Sanders) has kind of a northern rust belt neighborhood vibe. Not that it's so much bad...but it seems like a neighborhood you might find in Toledo or something. Throw the interstate into the mix and it's just doesn't have much charm.
However, downtown is really cool and despite still having that manufacturing town vibe is laid out great and has a cool feel to it.
Knoxville might be the strangest SEC town/city, and I absolutely love it, but if we're trying to rank them based on what an outsider (someone who has never been to any before) would think there's no way the city itself is in the top three.
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