Pros and Cons of moving to a college town
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Anonymous
| What are the pros and cons of living in a college town? |
Anonymous
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PRO:
-A lot of good concerts/performances will come to the performing arts center, which (usually) the public can buy tickets for CON: -big events like "game days" graduation, dorm move in will mean massive traffic jams, and no hope of getting restaurant reservations |
Anonymous
| Con-Can be socially very isolating if you're not connected to the university community in some way (like if you both work from home for non-university employers in another state). |
Anonymous
| Many of the single family homes in college towns like San Louis Obispo (SLO) become group homes for the college kids. Corporations buy them up to turn them into rentals. |
Anonymous
True. But some college towns (like Morgantown, WV) have created zones that restrict the number of unrelated people that can live in one home. I mean technically, you could get two siblings and a few cousins that all go to the same college and rent a house together, but I imagine that's rare. |
Anonymous
| There's an infinite variety of colleges and college towns with their own pros and cons. |
Anonymous
| All night parties, college kids peeing and throwing up in your yard - it gets spicy! |
Anonymous
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Depends which one! Madison is amazing and much more than college town.
Happy Valley would suck |
Anonymous
| Neibors are frat boys having parties |
Anonymous
Why would Happy Valley suck? It's a beautiful rural area. (PS, I didn't go to PSU or grow up in Happy Valley) |
Anonymous
It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. |
Anonymous
+1 on these. Will add that you become a sports fan by association (which can be a pro or con depending on how well the team is doing  ).
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Anonymous
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Con- they’re often far from job centers
Pro - attractive, charming, often inexpensive housing, access to to arts/shows/concerts/good food |
Anonymous
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pro--often have good medical care. easy to find babysitters. population of educated adults who work at the school. sports events and performing arts and lectures.
con--traffic, drunk/annoying students, inflated housing prices |
Anonymous
| It would completely suck for retirement |