Best college town in Virginia?

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Anonymous wrote:My kids hated Blacksburg. I think Lexington wins. The publics in VA aren’t in great towns. Except for richmond, they all mostly feel like strip malls and suburbs.

How can college kids hate Blacksburg? Do they have something against fun?

I don’t know - I visited while I was a college student and wasn’t overly impressed

When was this? Decades ago? Blacksburg is indeed a fun little town.
DP

well, I was in college in the 90s, so, yeah....

I have been a couple times since then (our nephew graduated from a nearby high school, so we visited with him). It was ok as a town, but they still can't help that there isn't much else there.

FWIW, though, Metallica is bringing their shows there next year. The shows I saw at Soldier Field in Chicago.

How is there not much to do for a college kid in Blacksburg? There’s tons of bars, restaurants, shops, parties, immediately off campus. What else would a college kid want to do?

Sure, there is stuff right in Blacksburg by the college. I'm not denying that.

SW VA is not much to write home about, though. It took us 45 minutes to get to a decent mall in Roanoke.

I would prefer the college town not be in the middle of freaking nowhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax and GMU! The Smithsonian museums, Sequoias, Tony and Joes, Ski Liberty, Great Falls.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids hated Blacksburg. I think Lexington wins. The publics in VA aren’t in great towns. Except for richmond, they all mostly feel like strip malls and suburbs.

How can college kids hate Blacksburg? Do they have something against fun?

I don’t know - I visited while I was a college student and wasn’t overly impressed

When was this? Decades ago? Blacksburg is indeed a fun little town.
DP

well, I was in college in the 90s, so, yeah....

I have been a couple times since then (our nephew graduated from a nearby high school, so we visited with him). It was ok as a town, but they still can't help that there isn't much else there.

FWIW, though, Metallica is bringing their shows there next year. The shows I saw at Soldier Field in Chicago.

How is there not much to do for a college kid in Blacksburg? There’s tons of bars, restaurants, shops, parties, immediately off campus. What else would a college kid want to do?

Sure, there is stuff right in Blacksburg by the college. I'm not denying that.

SW VA is not much to write home about, though. It took us 45 minutes to get to a decent mall in Roanoke.

I would prefer the college town not be in the middle of freaking nowhere.

But it's a great college town. That's the point. If it's malls ye be wantin,' that's a different forum.

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Stop it. I went to G Mas. Fairfax is trash.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax and GMU! The Smithsonian museums, Sequoias, Tony and Joes, Ski Liberty, Great Falls.

It seems autocentric and not very walkable. When you step off campus, do you feel like you're in a town?

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It must be nice to live in a state where you can discuss best college towns.

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A Marylander

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax and GMU! The Smithsonian museums, Sequoias, Tony and Joes, Ski Liberty, Great Falls.

It seems autocentric and not very walkable. When you step off campus, do you feel like you're in a town?

It's a joke FFS. Some people have no sense of humor.

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Anonymous wrote:It must be nice to live in a state where you can discuss best college towns.

Signed,
A Marylander

It's named College Park, it has to be amazing right? A college and a park? Has to be great.

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Ashland/Randolph-Macon.

The college has a smaller enrollment than even our HS but they’ve got an Amtrak station right on-campus! The town itself has a quintessential and quirky Main St with a handful of festivals and parades every year. Only one “big” grocery store and Walmart is banished to the outskirts of town. Fall Football Saturdays are picturesque and the team has had some success of late.

But it’ll cost ya. Rack rate is close to 70K but they’ve been known to be generous with aid to VA students.

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Anonymous wrote:Ashland/Randolph-Macon.

The college has a smaller enrollment than even our HS but they’ve got an Amtrak station right on-campus! The town itself has a quintessential and quirky Main St with a handful of festivals and parades every year. Only one “big” grocery store and Walmart is banished to the outskirts of town. Fall Football Saturdays are picturesque and the team has had some success of late.

But it’ll cost ya. Rack rate is close to 70K but they’ve been known to be generous with aid to VA students.

+1 on Ashland. You have Scott’s Addition, the Fan, and Lake Anna.

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Which one has the least amount of crime too?

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Anonymous wrote:Ashland/Randolph-Macon.

The college has a smaller enrollment than even our HS but they’ve got an Amtrak station right on-campus! The town itself has a quintessential and quirky Main St with a handful of festivals and parades every year. Only one “big” grocery store and Walmart is banished to the outskirts of town. Fall Football Saturdays are picturesque and the team has had some success of late.

But it’ll cost ya. Rack rate is close to 70K but they’ve been known to be generous with aid to VA students.

+1 on Ashland. You have Scott’s Addition, the Fan, and Lake Anna.

That would be Richmond, VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Ashland/Randolph-Macon.

The college has a smaller enrollment than even our HS but they’ve got an Amtrak station right on-campus! The town itself has a quintessential and quirky Main St with a handful of festivals and parades every year. Only one “big” grocery store and Walmart is banished to the outskirts of town. Fall Football Saturdays are picturesque and the team has had some success of late.

But it’ll cost ya. Rack rate is close to 70K but they’ve been known to be generous with aid to VA students.

+1 on Ashland. You have Scott’s Addition, the Fan, and Lake Anna.

That would be Richmond, VA.

They're making fun of the Cville booster

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Anonymous wrote:Ashland/Randolph-Macon.

The college has a smaller enrollment than even our HS but they’ve got an Amtrak station right on-campus! The town itself has a quintessential and quirky Main St with a handful of festivals and parades every year. Only one “big” grocery store and Walmart is banished to the outskirts of town. Fall Football Saturdays are picturesque and the team has had some success of late.

But it’ll cost ya. Rack rate is close to 70K but they’ve been known to be generous with aid to VA students.

+1 on Ashland. You have Scott’s Addition, the Fan, and Lake Anna.

That would be Richmond, VA.

They're making fun of the Cville booster

they are stupid then. I think they forgot Carter's mountain

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax and GMU! The Smithsonian museums, Sequoias, Tony and Joes, Ski Liberty, Great Falls.

It seems autocentric and not very walkable. When you step off campus, do you feel like you're in a town?

Such ignorance here about GMU. DD lived in the dorms four years and gad the time if her life. Here's what she did: walked across the street to dine and shop. Shuttled to the wonderful retaurabts and bars at Grand Commons Square (Coastal Flats, Ozzi's, etc) Shuttled to Old Fairfax for art scene, walkabout the cobbled streets and eat at very cool Vietnamese retaurants and other ethoc restaurants. Breakfast scene at First Watch and the best authentic Chinese restaurant I've eaten out of China. Weekly events at tge Eagle Bank Center. On camous cinma. Great gyns. Good on-campus food at name chain restaurants. Great school spirit over basketball. Away games. Shuttled to DC and everyhing it has to offer. Shuttled to the high tech canpus at Manassas for internships. GMU Arlington has loads going on. Spent a term at Mason Korea. And met her husband there