Wario Balotelli

[quote]if you believe there is a single type of "good college town" then yes, it isn't. i think you and mike are looking at this through the perspective of the cliched/typical college town [/quote] I didn't mean to imply a type. What makes a good college town for me differs from your definition...

[quote]I KNEW IT [/quote] Go on....

[quote]We're all also viewing this from the adult perspective. We've graduated, gotten careers, and pay taxes. The overall dynamics, infrastructure, and amenities of a particular city matter more to us. [/quote] If there is anything I am guilty of in this thread, it's this. I go to a fun college ...

[quote]naw brah LSU doesn't have enough art galleries, b/c art galleries are what all the kids are doing these days [/quote] :violin:...

[quote]baton rouge isn't my favorite town either, but you don't have that many legit medium-sized (over 150k pop, under 1M metro) towns with a legit/major university, either. orlando, tampa, and a variety of places in cali? [/quote] This is true, and I realize that BR is in a weird position. LS...

[quote]when i think of "college town" it's a very small (ignoring student population) town that dies in the summer and over christmas. BR has all of the objective things you listed ("coffee shops, art galleries, museums, nice outdoor spaces, bars, restaurants, music venues, diners,") except for mayb...

[quote] how would you describe Montgomery?[/quote] fricking awful. Way worse than any capital city I've ever visited. I would kill myself if I was ever stuck in this city. [quote]Or Detroit for that matter?[/quote] What the frick kind of question is this? This is a massive shithole. ...

[quote]"Getting away" in this context has nothing to do with cultural differences. It's about new friends, new people, new experiences. Going somewhere where no one knows you or expects anything of you. [/quote] Sure. It's more about finding the familiar in the unfamiliar, which is a common hum...

[quote]I've often heard commentators/pundits mention how one player wouldn't fare well in another league or how his skills are best suited to this or that, for example that the EPL requires a lot more fitness because you must play up and down the field. [/quote] Most of the time it's the commenta...

[quote]Fact 1: Alabama is a somewhat better school than LSU academically [/quote] I've worked at both institutions, and the difference here is negligible. Like in terms of teachers, students, curriculum. Some incredibly smart kids at both schools. Absolutely horrible administrations at both sch...