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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slight lean to UGA, unless your student plans to stay in Florida after. Athens &gt; Gainesville for college town, plus easy to get to Atlanta. Gainesville a couple hours or more to almost everything.[/quote]

Having visited both Gainesville and Athens, I disagree. I liked both towns but prefer Gainesville to Athens. Gainesville is 1.5 hrs to Jacksonville & st Augustine, 2 hrs to Orlando and Tampa. It’s a great, central location.[/quote]

Gainesville is very central, but do students at UF visit these places regularly? [/quote]

Most college kids rarely leave the campus area, maybe one or two times a semester max.[/quote]

That is not my experience. Maybe my friends and I are just more adventurous than most but we would leave campus and travel around the area almost every weekend.[/quote]

Since very few live on campus in Florida that would be a concern for me.  It just confirms how decentralized the school is.[/quote]

Even the kids that live off campus, basically live right across the street (literally walking distance - and in some cases the off campus apartments are closer to campus classes and libraries compared to the actual dorms on campus).  Its not like other schools where all off campus dorms require a car or bus.[/quote]

Is it easy to get these off campus apartments that are within walking distance? I know parking is a huge issue which is pretty much the case with any large college. There are so many moped scooters on campus. I can't see my DC favoring a moped over walking, but it's definitely a thing there![/quote]

YES - very easy to get off campus housing walkable to campus (which is another reason why many decide to go on campus - walkable to campus and you get your private space).  People do use scooters because the campus can be spread out, but in no one necessary.  Parking is an issue on campus (particularly for freshmen), but with an off campus apartment, you get parking.  Also, the more senior you get, the easier/better parking you can get.  Most freshmen will stay on campus only because it is the easiest way to meet people.  [/quote]

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