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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that matters 99% of the time for 99% of the kids is the immediate surrounding area - like across the street from the college. Most kids don’t have cars or don’t want to pack a group into one or several cars, and driving after drinking is no good. Also, on a day-to-day basis, kids are not going far to eat or gather - it’s the dining hall, the park bench, the coffee house, the bagel store, or the corner restaurant. Most clothes shopping is done on breaks or online/by mail. Kids are mostly too busy with classes, studying, working out, and hanging out to go on big city, out-of-the-way adventures, especially during the week. [/quote]

Holy crap, are you posting from Mankato, Minn? Thats the only plausible explanation I can think of for your opinions on whether a vibrant city is or is not a draw to 20 year olds. My anecdotal rebuttal is that every young adult on my District of Columbia block attends college in an actual city of size, ranging from Houston to New Haven to Nashville to Los Angeles.  Not a Northfield in the bunch.

The 99% figures are just plain wrong. I mean, we can't know empirically what the actual proportion is of kids who never leave the student center vs. those who go to a concert. [/quote]

DP.  Serious question:  why are you so triggered?  [/quote]

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