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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oxford and Cambridge have it all for beautiful architecture, gardens and spaces, and history.  I can't think of a U.S. school that is competitive.  You would have to throw in natural surroundings to have any case for a U.S. school.[/quote]

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+1000. we spend a week at Oxford being shown around by our DS who goes there.  I could have spent a month and not seen it all.[/quote]

Oxford and Cambridge are extraordinary in comparison to U.S. universities in part due to their age, but also significantly because they have so much competition between their numerous constituent colleges.  Trinity College at Cambridge is competing with Kings College a stones throw away and that includes architecture and landscaping.  The U.S. universities don't have that.  Their campuses may to have nice signature spots, but a significantly smaller percentage of their campuses reach the levels of Oxford and Cambridge.  The UK schools also place a premium on preserving garden and parkland space.  They put the new big research buildings on the periphery.  U.S. universities, including many of those considered most beautiful, are getting overbuilt. [/quote]

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