re: College Towns Better than BR

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Baton Rouge isn't a college town.

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This!

Baton Rouge is the freaking state capital. The definition of a "college town" is a town that's primary industry is the college. This is not true about Baton Rouge.

Oxford, OH
Chapel Hill, NC
Bloomington, IN

those are the best I've ever been to



basically any town that revolves almost completely around the school is going to be a better "college town." BR really isn't really what I think of when I say "college town." It's more of a "city with a big school in it," sort of like Columbia, Lexington, Tallahasse, etc.

In terms of town support for the team, several of the small college towns in the Big 10 are probably more united than many of those in the SEC. BR is a city unto itself, with/without LSU. A place like Iowa City is virtually ruled by the University of Iowa. I know. I was born there and left as fast as I could crawl. What the university wants, it gets - anywhere in Iowa City. It's the same in places like Ann Arbor and, to some degree, Columbus. I like BR like it is. There's enough of a town personality that can stand on its own.

NYC
Boston
Chicago
Seattle
San Francisco

Ft. Myers florida, 75 and sunny today, 162 very nice golf courses, within 40 miles, beaches, and very low crime rate.

I suppose it depends on your definition of "college town."

Austin
Boulder
Boise
Eugene
Athens
Nashville
Madison

I mean, I could go on.

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I would like to know the ones that people think are better than BR.

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Austin, Raleigh,
Nashville, & Lexington.

any city north of Tampa is way too cold, with cloudy, nasty weather.

Salmanca, Spain...then Nashville or Austin. Charlottesville should be somewhere in that mix too, but it just isn't as fun. Great college, great town, just really low-key compared to the other three that I mention.

But NOLA has nothing...absolutely nothing...on Salamanca.

Salamanca

On Salamanca:

"Salamanca is known both for its monumental sights and the University of Salamanca, which was founded in 1218 and is the oldest university in Spain and the fifth oldest western university. With its 30,000 students, the university is, together with tourism, the economic engine of the city."

"Many people continue to come from all parts of Spain to study at the University, and the students represent a significant percentage of the city's population (the University has 36000 students, approximately). The support of the student population is one of the most important economic activities in the city. These young people (also consisting of international students studying the Spanish language) provide Salamanca with a highly active night life, specially when school is in session on both weekdays and weekends. This has led Salamanca to be in the top list of cities with the highest bar per inhabitant ratios in Europe, second to Bilbao."

"A traditional Salmantinian celebration is the Lunes de Aguas, "Water Monday", the Monday after the Sunday following Easter. Originally this served to celebrate the official allowance of the authorities for the prostitutes to return to the city after Lent and Easter."

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