Question for UVA alumni

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just in Ann Arbor and was really impressed . I thought Charlottesville was supposed to be a great college town. Never been three, but it doesn’t sound too appealing.

I went to school in Charlottesville and visited Ann Arbor a lot. Ann Arbor is three times the size of Charlottesville. Charlottesville’s a town in the middle of a rural area; Ann Arbor is a small city, 40 minutes from a big city. They’re just different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s pretty small. There is a separate downtown. Did you also go there?

Is the Downtown Emmit Steet/ rt 29. We passed tons of shopping centers. Is that the downtown?

No, downtown is east of the Corner. University Ave (the Corner) turns into W. Main Street, which runs downtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just in Ann Arbor and was really impressed . I thought Charlottesville was supposed to be a great college town. Never been three, but it doesn’t sound too appealing.

That comment is a nothingburger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just in Ann Arbor and was really impressed . I thought Charlottesville was supposed to be a great college town. Never been three, but it doesn’t sound too appealing.

Ann Arbor might be appealing now but the weather freezing and unpleasant for most of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The corner isn’t that big but as an ungrad, I went to fraternity parties for much of my entertainment, plus the 10 or so restaurants and bars on the corner from time to time. (I was not in a sorority though, but many of my friends were. You still wind up going to a lot of fraternity parties).

You can also walk to the downtown mall if need be, and it’s safe, especially in the day time. As a sophomore + or once someone has a car, you can go to Barracks Road or up 29 or to the Fashion Square mall. (Aka Fashion Scare mall)

I went in the 90s so now that the internet is a thing, you can order anything you really need. Instead of just the Delias or JCrew catalog clothes we had access to. Haha.

This is dated. And I graduated in the last 90s but Fashion Square is basically empty, no one goes there, not even local residents, which is why it’s empty. Barracks is accessible by university transit (bus), car, feet (yes a lot of students walk there), scooter ( so many scooters), bike.

As several of us have said there is a free trolley between ground and the downtown mall, though it’s not really an undergrad destination.

[Anonymous]

We visited recently and I thought the Corner looked small compared to the size of UVA too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was just in Ann Arbor and was really impressed . I thought Charlottesville was supposed to be a great college town. Never been three, but it doesn’t sound too appealing.

Ann Arbor might be appealing now but the weather freezing and unpleasant for most of the school year.

Freezing and unpleasant weather describes more than half of the US. I’m more concerned about other matters.

[Anonymous]

To answer your original question, OP, the Corner spans approx. seven blocks, with about 65 businesses.

https://www.thecorneratuva.com/