<p>Blacksburg, VA
East Lansing, MI
Bloomington, IN</p>
<p>Santa Barbara, for those into the "another day in paradise" vibe. Ditto Santa Cruz, despite the separateness.</p>
<p>So how about a "college city"? The place with more college students per capita in North America is one that has not been mentioned: Montreal. It is home to five universities, two English, three French.<br>
My son, from a small town outside Boston, needed to spread his wings away from the familiar and so chose this great city. It is alive, vibrant, has a European flair, is stylish, cosmopolitan, bilingual. In the few short months he's been there his confidence has grown by leaps and bounds because he is successfully dealing with separating from home, friends while at the same time assimilating himself into a new culture. I'm very pleased for him -- only wish he could come home for U.S. Thanksgiving! C'est la vie.</p>
<p>Amherst, MA
Madison, WI
Cambridge, MA
Boulder, CO
Ann Arbor, MI</p>
<p>and even though this is 6-Burlington, VT is a really cool town too</p>
<p>obviously South Bend....kidding</p>
<p>Chapel Hill, NC</p>
<p>Checking In With Erin Andrews </p>
<p>Erin Andrews :: SportsChrome
Our new best friend, who has a hellish travel schedule this week (she covered Oregon-Arizona last night, will be at Northwestern-Illinois on Saturday and then at USC-Arizona St. on Thanksgiving night), was nice enough to answer some e-mail from Hot Clicks readers. </p>
<p>Justin in Baltimore asked Andrews what her favorite college towns are to visit. Andrews reply: "Austin, Texas: It's always a good time. The hospitality is great, the food is great and there's Sixth Street. Gainesville is another favortie for obvious reason. It's home. Madison Wisc., would be up there. Once again, it's hard not to have a good time there.</p>
<p>"I don't know what's so great about Ann Arbor. We don't have a McDonald's, Taco Bell, or KFC on campus."</p>
<p>There's a Taco Bell and KFC down Stadium at the intersection of Stadium and Liberty. MCDonalds is right there too, and there's a Mickey D's near the Meijer on Oak Valley. I know they're not exactly on campus...but if you really want it it's there.</p>
<p>When people here say "Boston", people are thinking about "Cambridge", an adjacent city...</p>
<p>Los Angeles is a great college town if we are talking about beauty schools.</p>
<p>I will put in my vote for Berkeley as being the best college town/city.</p>
<p>Boston/Cambridge is probably #2.</p>
<p>South Bend rocks... sort of.
Evanston is cool too.</p>
<p>"South Bend rocks"?? You're kidding, right?</p>
<p>bob, there ARE schools IN the city of Boston...</p>
<p>Personal opinion (though I haven't been to some of these, just going on perception and personal preferences):</p>
<ol>
<li>Berkeley, CA</li>
<li>Cambridge, MA</li>
<li>Ann Arbor, MI</li>
<li>Santa Barbara, CA</li>
<li>Davis, CA</li>
</ol>
<p>Am I the only one who think Cambridge is no big deal? It's nice, but I wouldn't put it near top 5.</p>
<p>I think Cambridge is a really interesting city. To me, it's like Berkeley, 'cept made east-coast and not quite as good. =)</p>
<p>(FWIW, I didn't choose it because it has Harvard and MIT.)</p>
<p>south bend hahahahahahahaaaaa are you serious?</p>
<p>:) i love burlington & boston.</p>
<p>Williamstown, MA
Bloomington, IN
Ann Arbor
Cambridge, MA
Chapel Hill, NC
Hanover, NH
Iowa City</p>
<p>NOT:
Berkeley...to many "outside agitators" and homeless slobs hanging around.
Charlottesville...did I miss something? There didn't seem to be much of a town there.
Evanston...isn't it a dry town?
Madison...too cold</p>
<p>Honorable mention has to go to Northfield, MN for being probably the smallest town to have two nationally known colleges (Carlton and St. Olaf).</p>
<p>Evanston hasn't been dry since the 70s and is now a pretty vibrant place.
Evanston</a>, Campus life, Freshman, Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University</p>