re: What the hell is so enticing about Auburn?

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That list is retarded

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Nothing can be completely objective, but the Places Rated Almanac is the most credible out there and factors in air, crime, schools, culture, climate, traffic, entertainment (including restaurants and bars), taxes, the political community, child mortality, infastructure (incl highway/road Safety and deaths), cancer/health issues, etc, etc. This list was before Katrina too. Baton Rouge and LA are much lower on objective lists now. Alabama communities are generally middle of the road, with areas in New England, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Oregon, Washington, etc at the top....but LA communities are of comparatively very poor quality. Anyone knows that LA and MS are 49th and 50th in virtually everything ranked from good to bad. I have 2 kids at LSU and 1 at Auburn right now. Any objective person, and I am objective, would rather live, work, drive and educate/raise kids in Auburn vs Baton Rouge. It isn't too far from Atlanta either. I certainly don't think you are retarded and you do a good job on this site, but Auburn is a great place and really beyond comparison with anything in South LA. The people of South LA, like most places, are almost all great people though. LSU sports brings out many good people too and has great tradition....its hard to top a baseball nat'l championship last year and 2 football nat'l championships in the last 6 years. Auburn was undefeated in 2004, but ended up ranked 2nd after not getting into the big game.

You should like a grandfather...how would any of that be appealing to a college student?

I think Baton Rouge is a good college town despite being the state's capitol. The capitol/downtown is where the idiots do business.

The fact that there are more restaurants and bars is the only difference I see between Baton Rouge and Auburn as far as "shite to do". Because when you really look at it, there's all the same "shite to do" at Auburn as there is in Baton Rouge. That was my original point when responding to The Hidden Flask's comments about strengths and weaknesses. Couple that with the fact that it's prettier, cleaner, less congested, and the entire "city" of Auburn is based around the university, I think you got something pretty damn cool. The only objective thing Auburn doesn't have that LSU does have is as stated before - 2 crystal balls , a casino, and the number of bars and restaurants. High rises, traffic, and interstate systems, I would think, for me would be considered a "negative" when referring to a college town and general atmosphere. If you want high rises, Atlanta is 1hr15 minutes away, the same distance basically from Baton Rouge to N.O.

I do like Walk-ons though.

I missed this thread - I'm looking at you Robinson

everybody lives in a trailer there

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It's a great rural college town. Probably second only to Starkville in this category.

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Does the future look bright with Saban's nuts looming over the whole state

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slo flo...malzahn is one of the top oc's in the country right now. you have no idea what you are talking about. the nutt/mustain/malzahn thing was a fiasco...trust me....malzahn has gone on to produce superb numbers at tulsa (yes less talented defenses but then again what was his talent level on offense to work with) at any rate auburn had a top 20 if not higher offense last year and will only get better. having said that i hope chavis holds them to under 10 but the kool-aid you are drinking about malzahns offense my friend needs to go back in the cooler for awhile