It would completely suck for retirement

pro--often have good medical care. easy to find babysitters. population of educated adults who work at the school. sports events and performing arts and lectures.

con--traffic, drunk/annoying students, inflated housing prices

Con- they’re often far from job centers

Pro - attractive, charming, often inexpensive housing, access to to arts/shows/concerts/good food

Anonymous wrote:PRO:
-A lot of good concerts/performances will come to the performing arts center, which (usually) the public can buy tickets for

CON:
-big events like "game days" graduation, dorm move in will mean massive traffic jams, and no hope of getting restaurant reservations

+1 on these. Will add that you become a sports fan by association (which can be a pro or con depending on how well the team is doing ).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends which one! Madison is amazing and much more than college town.
Happy Valley would suck

Why would Happy Valley suck? It's a beautiful rural area.

(PS, I didn't go to PSU or grow up in Happy Valley)

It’s literally in the middle of nowhere.

Anonymous wrote:Depends which one! Madison is amazing and much more than college town.
Happy Valley would suck

Why would Happy Valley suck? It's a beautiful rural area.

(PS, I didn't go to PSU or grow up in Happy Valley)

Neibors are frat boys having parties

Depends which one! Madison is amazing and much more than college town.
Happy Valley would suck

All night parties, college kids peeing and throwing up in your yard - it gets spicy!

There's an infinite variety of colleges and college towns with their own pros and cons.

Anonymous wrote:Many of the single family homes in college towns like San Louis Obispo (SLO) become group homes for the college kids. Corporations buy them up to turn them into rentals.

True.
But some college towns (like Morgantown, WV) have created zones that restrict the number of unrelated people that can live in one home.
I mean technically, you could get two siblings and a few cousins that all go to the same college and rent a house together, but I imagine that's rare.

Many of the single family homes in college towns like San Louis Obispo (SLO) become group homes for the college kids. Corporations buy them up to turn them into rentals.

Con-Can be socially very isolating if you're not connected to the university community in some way (like if you both work from home for non-university employers in another state).

PRO:
-A lot of good concerts/performances will come to the performing arts center, which (usually) the public can buy tickets for

CON:
-big events like "game days" graduation, dorm move in will mean massive traffic jams, and no hope of getting restaurant reservations

What are the pros and cons of living in a college town?