OT: Ann Arbor ranked #2 college town in US
A poll ranking of best college towns in U.S. has Ann Arbor #2. Ten B1G locales among list of 50.
Bucknuts excluded.
http://www.bestcollegereviews.org/50-best-college-towns-america/
August 17th, 2014 at 9:40 AM ^
Nice to see Ann Arbor that high - deservingly so IMO. Am I blind or was Austin, Tx missing from the list? Everyone alwasy seems to rave about Austin. Also, I think Ames, IA at #5 was about 40 spots too high.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
Only Texas town on the list was College Station at #21. They are also missing places/schools like UCLA and Northwestern and they have Athens, GA at #39 which is WAY to low.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
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August 17th, 2014 at 6:48 PM ^
Toned tanned beautiful people of whatever variety you prefer are wonderful, but no one here appointed you the arbiter of what's "undesireable" - I proudly downvote your post!
August 18th, 2014 at 1:29 AM ^
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August 17th, 2014 at 10:02 AM ^
Austin, TX is most definitely not a college town.
August 17th, 2014 at 2:24 PM ^
Seems like they did not run towns that are actually "cities" such as NYC. This could be why Austin and Columbus are excluded.
August 17th, 2014 at 9:42 AM ^
Michigan State is in Lansing, MI?
August 17th, 2014 at 9:46 AM ^
At least they didn't have Michigan being in West Ypsilanti.
August 17th, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
August 17th, 2014 at 9:53 AM ^
Whoa, whoa, whoa...they have Hartford, CT as the #17 best college town? As someone who lives near Hartford I strongly object. And they have it as the home of UConn....which, lol. Hartford is the home of UConn like Detroit is the home of the University of Michigan. UConn is in Storrs, CT which is a good 30-40min from Hartford (and in the middle of goddamn nowhere).
August 17th, 2014 at 9:56 AM ^
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August 17th, 2014 at 9:57 AM ^
I always hear Madison in the same breath as AA by those who have visited.
August 17th, 2014 at 1:43 PM ^
My daughter went to Wisconsin so I got to spend bits of time in Madison over her time there. It's a fun town and campus, but IMHO it's very different from A2. It's a much bigger city, and is the state capitol to boot.
Madison has 240,000 people and encompasses over 76 sq. miles of land, 94 including water.
Ann Arbor has 113,000 people and is just over 27 sq. miles in land.
It's always seemed to me that all you have to do is drive 10 minutes to the north, south, or west out of AA (assuming no road construction tie-ups) and you're in the country. Not so with Madtown.
August 17th, 2014 at 9:59 AM ^
Do they not know that there are serial killers there?
/s
August 17th, 2014 at 10:04 AM ^
August 17th, 2014 at 11:33 PM ^
Agreed re Bloomington, Indiana. Wayyyy underrated, especially when you consider Bloomington (Illinois) is 38.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:06 AM ^
SLO has been rated the happiest city in the country. The climate doesn't get much better and there is a great little downtown with lots of restaurants and bars backing up to a wooded creek. No big time sports, but a truly lovely place.
August 17th, 2014 at 11:12 AM ^
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August 17th, 2014 at 10:15 AM ^
Agree.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
Pfizer is still in Ann Arbor?!
LoL the author's knowledge of Ann Arbor is more than 7 years old.
August 17th, 2014 at 11:26 AM ^
I caught that too. The author loses all credibility with such a large mistake.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:36 AM ^
#1 in our hearts.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:51 AM ^
(1) This is not a poll, and there was no vote involved; it is a ranking done by one website (to draw clicks, possibly).
(2) Pfizer?!?
August 17th, 2014 at 11:46 AM ^
There's no possibly.. Totally click bait.
August 17th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
Duly noted and corrected.
August 17th, 2014 at 12:25 PM ^
found an old list and coppied it. This terrible and lacks a lot of accurate facts
August 17th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
*acurate
August 17th, 2014 at 11:06 PM ^
East Lansing: worse than Lafayette and Manhattan, KS.
About a quarter of that list is highly suspect.
August 17th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
The top 3 on this list could be in any order. I would put Madison at 1, followed by Ann Arbor, and then Boulder, but the one area that Boulder excels (skiing/outdoors) is not my thing.
Ames (5) versus Iowa City (9) is fairly amazing to me, but I admit I have never been to Ames. Iowa City is a blast.
Where this list breaks down entirely is the California analysis. Neither Santa Cruz nor Santa Barbara makes this list, but Claremont does. I have spent a bit of time in all three of these towns, particularly Claremont, and it is not even close. For a three block stretch, Claremont resembles a college town. But that is all you can say. It is the jewel of the Inland Empire, and the colleges are pretty, but it has a serious town/gown divide, and lacks both vitality and liveliness. But what is really just unconscionable is that Palo Alto does not crack the list. It is sterile, compared to places like Berkeley and Ann Arbor, but are there really 50 better college towns?
August 18th, 2014 at 1:05 AM ^
AA FTW!