Best College Towns Map

[BurntOrange&White 39,655]

 

One could argue that Austin really isn’t a college town anymore. I think I’d lean San Marcos(Texas State) for Texas. 

[Rio Frio 6]

Seattle ain’t no town.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

So if all the colleges in California, it’s Berkeley?

not San Diego, not LA, not Malibu?

[Deej 76,567]

12 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Texas State

That's a real college?

[conVINCEd 21,468]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So if all the colleges in California, it’s Berkeley?

not San Diego, not LA, not Malibu?

Guy I grew up with got a full ride to Pepperdine.  No ragrets from him.

[boilerhorn 1,335]

Another example of "wow, offseason sucks."  Too many examples of fail to list, but I will...

1. Handle: BigGameBoomer. Hint number one that it will be garbage.
2. State College, PA - fail
3. As noted, Seattle and Austin are not really college towns any more.
4. Tuscaloosa is infinitely better than Auburn.
5. Berkeley, CA?  Really?
6. NC - App.St.  Fail - UNC, NCSU, Duke?  
7. Ohio over tOSU?  Nope.  tOSU t-shirt fans are morons, but that part of Columbus is pretty decent.

No arguments:

1. Minnesota - big city, but the campus area is great.
2. Indiana - slightly better than Purdue and Notre Dame, but both are catching up to Bloomington.
3. West Virginia - no other choices and no one else could read, so who cares

Agree w/ Columbia in NYC, as Manhattan would be great as a college town.  However most 18-22 year olds cannot appreciate Manhattan.  It's more of a 22+ environment.

Edited May 5, 2021 by boilerhorn

[markstanco 12,507]

So if all the colleges in California, it’s Berkeley?
not San Diego, not LA, not Malibu?

SD, LA, and malibu are certainly not college towns. At all.

To me a college town is a town that hurts a little with local business having lower sales in the summer and Christmas vacation.

Maybe aggy should have their logo on that map to be honest. Tech, sfa, TX state, Sam, etc.

[Telegraph_it 3,354]

15 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Guy I grew up with got a full ride to Pepperdine.  No ragrets from him.

My wife went to Pepperdine. I went to half a dozen weddings in Malibu over the last few years which turned into extended vacations. Why she ever left for me? I don’t know. 

[SimonBolivar 10,928]

No Pine Bluff? Bull shit

[Telegraph_it 3,354]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Beeper said:

Hey buddy. Nice cock. 

[Asithappens 974]

Ames over Iowa City? 

[billfromlaketravis 11,361]

55 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

One could argue that Austin really isn’t a college town anymore. I think I’d lean San Marcos(Texas State) for Texas. 

Austin is a big city. College town is decades in the rearview mirror. 

[tbone_ 14,022]

Phoenix is not a college town either. Flagstaff is though.

[boilerhorn 1,335]

2 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Phoenix is not a college town either. Flagstaff is though.

Have you never heard of The University of Phoenix?

[Bullneck 18,987]

40 minutes ago, boilerhorn said:

Another example of "wow, offseason sucks."  Too many examples of fail to list, but I will...

1. Handle: BigGameBoomer. Hint number one that it will be garbage.
2. State College, PA - fail
3. As noted, Seattle and Austin are not really college towns any more.
4. Tuscaloosa is infinitely better than Auburn.
5. Berkeley, CA?  Really?
6. NC - App.St.  Fail - UNC, NCSU, Duke?  
7. Ohio over tOSU?  Nope.  tOSU t-shirt fans are morons, but that part of Columbus is pretty decent.

No arguments:

1. Minnesota - big city, but the campus area is great.
2. Indiana - slightly better than Purdue and Notre Dame, but both are catching up to Bloomington.
3. West Virginia - no other choices and no one else could read, so who cares

Agree w/ Columbia in NYC, as Manhattan would be great as a college town.  However most 18-22 year olds cannot appreciate Manhattan.  It's more of a 22+ environment.

Red C = Cornell

Blue C = Columbia

[boilerhorn 1,335]

5 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Red C = Cornell

Blue C = Columbia

My mistake...

[Agent 13 314]

3 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So if all the colleges in California, it’s Berkeley?

not San Diego, not LA, not Malibu?

Santa Cruz is the correct answer over all these.

[honolulu horn 6,157]

22 minutes ago, Agent 13 said:

Santa Cruz is the correct answer over all these.

Santa Cruz or Malibu -- either would be fine. 

Fort Collins, Colorado is infinitely better than Boulder BTW. 

[Beau Vine 54,001]

4 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

Another example of "wow, offseason sucks."  Too many examples of fail to list, but I will...

1. Handle: BigGameBoomer. Hint number one that it will be garbage.

 All the shit from that account is terrible Vic-Mackey-clickbait stuff.  

I thought New Orleans was the most egregious "college town."

Edited May 5, 2021 by Beau Vine

[ImissWallyPryor 9,045]

I’ll take Bozeman, please. 
 

And I recall Gainesville is a bit dumpy. 

Edited May 5, 2021 by ImissWallyPryor

[Bodhi 1,111]

13 minutes ago, honolulu horn said:

Santa Cruz or Malibu -- either would be fine. 

Fort Collins, Colorado is infinitely better than Boulder BTW. 

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo or UC Santa Barbara are also in contention.  Your second statement is off the mark though.  Boulder is a better town, more scenic, is closer to everything, and provides access to the mountains in mins.  Cost of living is the only variable in which Fort Colins is better.

[elfenix 34,171]

4 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

NC - App.St.

boone is pretty great tho

[Telegraph_it 3,354]

3 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Phoenix is not a college town either. Flagstaff is though.

Phoenix is like Denver. A geographically small city surrounded by other cities that make it seem like a bigger city. 
 

edit. I didn’t finish my thought. Why isn’t there a college in Scottsdale?

Edited May 5, 2021 by Telegraph_it

[ousux 5,587]

Guy I grew up with got a full ride to Pepperdine.  No ragrets from him.

Buddy of mine spent his first two years at Pepperdine...if you're a surfer there is no better school. Dorms are within walking distance of the beach.

[Hook1997 5,288]

5 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

One could argue that Austin really isn’t a college town anymore. I think I’d lean San Marcos(Texas State) for Texas. 

There is a reason they still have bus that goes from San Marcos to Austin every Thursday thru Saturday night just like many years ago.   A lot more college bars with cheaper drinks still around and now they hop over to west sixth, Rainey, ect to look for new sugar daddies.  

[66BUFF 2,554]

5 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

Santa Cruz or Malibu -- either would be fine. 

Fort Collins, Colorado is infinitely better than Boulder BTW. 

🖕

[BurntOrange&White 39,655]

5 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

There is a reason they still have bus that goes from San Marcos to Austin every Thursday thru Saturday night just like many years ago.   A lot more college bars with cheaper drinks still around and now they hop over to west sixth, Rainey, ect to look for new sugar daddies.  

Austin isn’t a college town my guy

[Bevo 13,527]

6 hours ago, Bodhi said:

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo or UC Santa Barbara are also in contention.  Your second statement is off the mark though.  Boulder is a better town, more scenic, is closer to everything, and provides access to the mountains in mins.  Cost of living is the only variable in which Fort Colins is better.

Chico also. And Durango.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,062]

Where does the designation from "town" to "city" start, in regards to population?  I'd consider anything over 5000 a city, as opposed to a town.

A lot of those are metropolitan populations and should in no way be called towns. 

[SimonBolivar 10,928]

7 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

 

And I recall Gainesville is a bit dumpy. 

It is, but I wouldn't know what else to put.

 

Tallahassee - lol

Orlando- fun, but far from a college town

Tampa- see Orlando

Coral Gables- hell no

 

[Lidig8r 1,856]

Manhattan, Kansas over Lawrence, Kansas?

Yeah ... NO.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,799]

Ames over Iowa City? 

This. Ames is fine but I was pretty impressed with Iowa city’s downtown area for college kids.

[alincoln 2,364]

Athens is the right answer for Ohio.  Agree with Lawrence over Manhattan and Iowa City over Ames.  Clemson should also be the choice for SC over Columbia and Stillwater over Norman for OK.  Those are the only glaring errors.  NC is a tough one due to the growth of the Triangle but I would probably still go Chapel Hill.   

 

[BurntOrange&White 39,655]

31 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Where does the designation from "town" to "city" start, in regards to population?  I'd consider anything over 5000 a city, as opposed to a town.

A lot of those are metropolitan populations and should in no way be called towns. 

I think if your team reside in any of the following it can't be considered a college town:
 

LA

San Francisco

Sacramento

San Diego

San Jose

Seattle

Portland

 

Phoenix

Las Vegas

Salt Lake City

Denver 

 

Houston

Dallas/Fort Worth

Austin

San Antonio

 

Minneapolis

Milwaukee

Chicago

Detroit

Indianappolis

Cincinnatti

Cleveland

 

New Orleans

Nashville

Atlanta

Miami

Orlando

Tampa Bay

Jacksonville

Charlotte

 

New York

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Washington

Boston

 

I think that's a fairly solid list

 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2021 by BurntOrange&White

[immamac 42,519]

I've had enough. Big game boomer posts will earn a ban. Stop spreading that guys idiocy. The topics he comes up with aren't bad, but his lists are complete and total garbage. His topics are fine to make threads about,  just don't include his posts.

[BurntOrange&White 39,655]

Just now, immamac said:

I've had enough. Big game boomer posts will earn a ban. Stop spreading that guys idiocy. The topics he comes up with aren't bad, but his lists are complete and total garbage. His topics are fine to make threads about,  just don't include his posts.

[texifornia 56,519]

28 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Where does the designation from "town" to "city" start, in regards to population?  I'd consider anything over 5000 a city, as opposed to a town.

A lot of those are metropolitan populations and should in no way be called towns. 

That's an incredibly low dividing line. Virtually any "college town" with even a liberal arts school is going to be well above it.

Edited May 5, 2021 by texifornia

[Bullneck 18,987]

14 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I think if your team reside in any of the following it can't be considered a college town:
 

LA

San Francisco

Sacramento

San Diego

San Jose

Seattle

Portland

 

Phoenix

Las Vegas

Salt Lake City

Denver 

 

Houston

Dallas/Fort Worth

Austin

San Antonio

 

Minneapolis

Milwaukee

Chicago

Detroit

Indianappolis

Cincinnatti

Cleveland

 

New Orleans

Nashville

Atlanta

Miami

Orlando

Tampa Bay

Jacksonville

Charlotte

 

New York

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Washington

Boston

 

I think that's a fairly solid list

 

 

 

"Alex, I'll take MSAs over 1 million for $400 please."

[closetojumping 62,245]

I spent 5 days near Fresno last September. There was a blistering fucking heat wave, forest fires everywhere, homeless hordes literally roving the streets. There was a prostitution ring being run out of the area’s nicest DoubleTree and I’m not kidding. Our fucking rental car’s AC broke during all of this. Good times. How is that not California’s? 

[BurntOrange&White 39,655]

12 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I spent 5 days near Fresno last September. There was a blistering fucking heat wave, forest fires everywhere, homeless hordes literally roving the streets. There was a prostitution ring being run out of the area’s nicest DoubleTree and I’m not kidding. Our fucking rental car’s AC broke during all of this. Good times. How is that not California’s? 

I was going off the top of my head, as you noted,Fresno is pretty forgettable. 

[Burt Macklin 18,998]

11 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I spent 5 days near Fresno last September. There was a blistering fucking heat wave, forest fires everywhere, homeless hordes literally roving the streets. There was a prostitution ring being run out of the area’s nicest DoubleTree and I’m not kidding. Our fucking rental car’s AC broke during all of this. Good times. How is that not California’s? 

My sources tell me it was just barely knocked out by the tropical oasis that is Stockton. 

[Hate 20,103]

My mistake...

Absolutely. The Grateful Dead played a legendary show there on 5/8/77!

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

12 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

1. NC - App.St.  Fail - UNC, NCSU, Duke? 

The Triangle is great, and I would rather live here than in Boone, but there are very few college towns in America that are even in the same conversation as Boone as a "college town". Hell, everyone in the Triangle vacations in Boone, for precisely that reason.

[ImissWallyPryor 9,045]

1 hour ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Where does the designation from "town" to "city" start, in regards to population?  I'd consider anything over 5000 a city, as opposed to a town.

A lot of those are metropolitan populations and should in no way be called towns. 

Glad you asked. Personally, I’d put the cut-off at 250,000 for the actual city or 400,000 for the metropolitan area. If the college population gets much less than 10% (5% for a small, private school) of the overall population, it just doesn’t feel like a true “college town” to me. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9,045]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

I've had enough. Big game boomer posts will earn a ban. Stop spreading that guys idiocy. The topics he comes up with aren't bad, but his lists are complete and total garbage. His topics are fine to make threads about,  just don't include his posts.

Can we have threads that mock his lists?

[Guest Lobo]

"Last spring, we did Europe in nine days.  And then we went to Bakersfield.  And then we ended up in Fresno.  Fresno?  No one goes to Fresno anymore."

-Johnny Jacobs

 

UNC-Asheville was a great college town when I used to visit there.  Word's gotten out though and that whole part of the country is getting overcrowded.

I was thinking for such a large state by population, mid-sized state by size, that my home state of Illinois of shit for college towns.  The OP has Champaign which is a shit mid-sized city and the campus is heinous.  It makes Oklahoma look pretty.  Can't really nominate any of the schools in the Chicago area since you can't call Chicago a college town.  Maybe Northwestern as Evanston is a fair distance from Chicago and is a great "town."  I'd have to say Charleston, IL, home to Eastern Illinois Univ. is about the nicest "College Town" in Illinois.  

You youngsters be grateful you got so many great college towns and cities in Texas.  Then again, we have some really shitty ones too.  California, as you'd expect, has so many great ones---it's almost not fair.  

Life could be worse, you could be stuck at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.  Conveniently located right next to East Saint Louis.  SIU-Edwardsville, no small town charm, all the big city violence and crime.  

 

[NTVTXN 1,432]

9 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

Why isn’t there a college in Scottsdale?

Because 99% of its inhabitants are old wrinkly/pruned-up sun baked raisins of human beings who obviously already “hit their number” and can afford retire in a such a place. 
 

TLDR- them old’s ain’t come to play schoo

[NTVTXN 1,432]

17 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Life could be worse, you could be stuck at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.  Conveniently located right next to East Saint Louis.  SIU-Edwardsville, no small town charm, all the big city violence and crime.  

 

[Doc Sam Beckett 5,784]

2 hours ago, alincoln said:

Athens is the right answer for Ohio.  Agree with Lawrence over Manhattan and Iowa City over Ames.  Clemson should also be the choice for SC over Columbia and Stillwater over Norman for OK.  Those are the only glaring errors.  NC is a tough one due to the growth of the Triangle but I would probably still go Chapel Hill.   

 

Columbia SC is horrible, maybe the worst submission on the list. Could be Clemson for SC, but I'd go Charleston. The chicks at CoC work hard at making sure nobody goes to bed solo who doesn't want to....or so I've heard 

[texifornia 56,519]

34 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Columbia SC is horrible, maybe the worst submission on the list. Could be Clemson for SC, but I'd go Charleston. The chicks at CoC work hard at making sure nobody goes to bed solo who doesn't want to....or so I've heard 

Holy Christ are the girls at CofC in another world. Best I've ever seen.