Spinoff: Best college town beyond Virginia

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Evanston and Princeton

Princeton is a terrible college town. Source: grew up there, sibling attended.

what? Princeton is so cute and many restaurants. Loved it and my kid isn’t going.

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Oxford is super cute

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Anonymous wrote:We love Davidson, NC and Claremont, CA. Both are so charming and accessible.

Other than the Mexican restaurant and ice cream shop what exactly is there?

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Most of these being listed aren’t “college towns” though.
They are towns people like tha happen to have a college (or 2-4 colleges) nearby.


College Station, Texas
Now that’s a college town.

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Atlanta

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Missoula, MT
Berkeley, CA
Boulder
Burlington
Northampton
Chapel Hill
Claremont, CA

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Fort Collins, CO
Ithaca if you can handle the weather
Corvallis, OR

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Anonymous wrote:Oxford is super cute

The Square is so much fun.

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Austin, TX

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San Luis Obispo

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Anonymous wrote:Oxford is super cute

+1
We loved Cambridge too.

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I forget the name of the city/town, but check out the location of the College of Charleston.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of these being listed aren’t “college towns” though.
They are towns people like tha happen to have a college (or 2-4 colleges) nearby.


College Station, Texas
Now that’s a college town.

Agree.

A college town is a place where ther identity of the town is centered on the university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of these being listed aren’t “college towns” though.
They are towns people like tha happen to have a college (or 2-4 colleges) nearby.


College Station, Texas
Now that’s a college town.

Agree.

A college town is a place where ther identity of the town is centered on the university.

a.k.a. middle of nowhere

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Providence, RI