Best college town in Virginia?

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Anonymous wrote:Does being in a Christian conservative part of the Commonwealth count as + or -

Hey, even Lynchburg and Lexington voted majority blue in 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:Decades ago, Charlottesville was the obvious choice, but not this century. They paved the farmland on 29N to build massive amounts of housing. It is one big traffic jam now.

How does this affect the campus?

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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.

Richmond is a great town, but it’s not a college town. College town’s are typically smaller towns where the college takes center stage.

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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?

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We loved Randolph’s campus, but the surrounding area is pretty meh. Don’t stray too far from the immediate probably half mile radius.

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Anonymous wrote:Decades ago, Charlottesville was the obvious choice, but not this century. They paved the farmland on 29N to build massive amounts of housing. It is one big traffic jam now.

But college kids typically walk to bars, parties, and restaurants.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

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Anonymous wrote:Does being in a Christian conservative part of the Commonwealth count as + or -

It’s neutral. In college towns, the students don’t really have true contact with the locals.

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Anonymous wrote:Williamsburg. Come on.

Hands down.

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Anonymous wrote:GMU hands down.
Northern VA is the best place in VA

DS is living on campus at GMU and having a good time. The school has really come a looong way in terms of activities and school spirit, but Fairfax isn’t like Blacksburg on game day.

Game day is usually big for the schools in the middle of nowhere and have nothing else much to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Charlottesville if you can get in

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Decades ago, Charlottesville was the obvious choice, but not this century. They paved the farmland on 29N to build massive amounts of housing. It is one big traffic jam now.

Huh? Traffic jam?? No, and I’m in Charlottesville enough to know.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decades ago, Charlottesville was the obvious choice, but not this century. They paved the farmland on 29N to build massive amounts of housing. It is one big traffic jam now.

Huh? Traffic jam?? No, and I’m in Charlottesville enough to know.

DP. Charlottesville traffic is horrible. Maybe not if you’re used to the concrete jungle of NoVa, but the city and surrounding counties have absolutely grown way faster than their roads were meant for.

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Anonymous wrote:We loved Randolph’s campus, but the surrounding area is pretty meh. Don’t stray too far from the immediate probably half mile radius.

You must have missed that just to the west of campus is the wealthiest part of the city near the country club.

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Anonymous wrote:We loved Randolph’s campus, but the surrounding area is pretty meh. Don’t stray too far from the immediate probably half mile radius.

You must have missed that just to the west of campus is the wealthiest part of the city near the country club.

I might not have expanded the radius enough. I know when we approached from the west (my daughter had auditions at Radford then Randolph in one weekend), we passed through what appeared to be a very upscale area with a row of high end shops. I was thinking of that when I said not too far