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What's the Worst College Town in America?

Started by Admiral Yi, December 10, 2014, 08:46:12 PM

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Razgovory

St. Joseph Missouri was pretty dreary when I was up there.
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celedhring

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I spent two days in Tallahassee and it was enough to decline FSU. I also spent a few days in Bloomington during the mid-2000s and it was one of the most boring places on Earth.

But being an Euro, maybe the whole college town concept was too alien for me.

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Capetan Mihali

I've never been, but I hear State College, Penna. is a contender, at least if you are anyone but the target demographic.

EDIT:  Also: Storrs, Conn.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 11, 2014, 08:11:32 AM
I've never been, but I hear State College, Penna. is a contender, at least if you are anyone but the target demographic.

It is pretty country up there, though.  Thing is, PSU is large enough to be a self-sustaining city in itself.

Frostburg State, out in western Maryland--the panhandle part--is nothing but an endorsement of alcoholism.

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Quote from: celedhring on December 11, 2014, 03:50:52 AM
I spent two days in Tallahassee and it was enough to decline FSU. I also spent a few days in Bloomington during the mid-2000s and it was one of the most boring places on Earth.

But being an Euro, maybe the whole college town concept was too alien for me.

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Eddie Teach

Can a state capital really be a "college town"?
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CountDeMoney

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Tight call, but Advantage:  Seminoles.

derspiess

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 09:58:11 AM
Frostburg State, out in western Maryland--the panhandle part--is nothing but an endorsement of alcoholism.

That used to be my pit stop on my trips between WV and DE.  Dunno if it's still there, but Fat Boy's always had good sammiches.
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Rasputin

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 01:58:57 PM
I judge Florida university campuses by their serial killers.

Tight call, but Advantage:  Seminoles.

not a tight call at all...bundy had much more pinnache by any measure than rolling
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Zanza

Quote from: celedhring on December 11, 2014, 03:50:52 AM
But being an Euro, maybe the whole college town concept was too alien for me.
We have towns in Germany that are mainly defined by their universities and don't have much else, so the concept exists in Europe as well. Tübingen, Göttingen, Marburg etc.

MadBurgerMaker

Quote from: Valmy on December 10, 2014, 09:53:10 PMCollege Station

I was just up there about a month ago for the first time in a while.  The place is still awful.  It's a whole town made of nothing but strip malls and the Soviet type buildings of A&M. 

CountDeMoney

Quote from: Rasputin on December 12, 2014, 09:55:36 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 01:58:57 PM
I judge Florida university campuses by their serial killers.

Tight call, but Advantage:  Seminoles.

not a tight call at all...bundy had much more pinnache by any measure than rolling

Rolling had a higher batting average in a much tighter window.  He worked hard, closed fast.