<p>rank in "fun" factor please ...</p>
<p>Austin, TX
Burlington, VT
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh</p>
<p>Austin is the clear winner.</p>
<p>Unless you have a big problem with heat, yes, Austin wins. Burlington is probably last, although depends on which neighborhoods of Chicago/NY/Pitt we’re talking.</p>
<p>Depends on what you are looking for. I would say Burlington is at the bottom. With only 50,000 people it is barely a city. NYC is a great place to spend 4 years.</p>
<p>1) Austin (ultimate fun city IMO)
2) Chicago
3) New York (a lot of the fun stuff is way too expensive for me)
4) Pittsburgh (spend a summer there- the parts I were in were a little sleepy)
5) Burlington</p>
<p>Why not Portland OR?</p>
<p>More for post college hipsters and slackers.</p>
<p>^ And Burlington VT is a better college town? Please.</p>
<p>Those 5 cities (maybe “town” in the case of Burlington) are where schools are located that the Duckling likes. She’s decided against west coast. She’s an A-/B+ student, so not looking at the schools that are most often discussed on CC. She wants an urban experience, but still a campus within the city. She adores Chicago, is less enamored with NYC, and hasn’t visited Austin or Burlington yet. She visited Pittsburgh several years ago, but was so young she didn’t look at it in terms of living there. We weren’t sure if the large student population in Burlington would make up for being a small city. Schools are Champlain in Burlington, DePaul in Chicago, St. Edwards in Austin, Duquesne in Pittsburgh, and Manhattan College and Seton Hall near NYC. Also considering RIT in Rochester, and a few smaller schools.</p>
<p>We’re thinking of visiting Austin in June … it sounds extraordinary.</p>