best college towns?

College Search & Selection
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<p>which colleges have nice college towns, or even just a few exciting streets nearby, with shops and restaurants and stuff?</p>

<p>(relatively selective schools, please)</p>

2

<p>Indiana University, Bloomington
U of Wisconsin, Madison
U of Oklahoma, Norman
Kansas U, Lawrence
U of Missouri, Columbia</p>

3

<p>The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor of course!</p>

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<p>I like Athens, GA. (and Bloomington, of course)</p>

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<p>I agree with Bloomington and Ann Arbor.</p>

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<p>Cornell in Ithaca
UT in Austin</p>

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<p>Princeton, NJ of course</p>

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<p>The University of California at Davis has a great college town feel. Although it’s not as selective, CSU Chico in Northern California has a great college town feeling, too.</p>

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<p>Claremont, CA. The downtown “village” has great shops, restaurants, and tons of charm. The streets surrounding the Claremont Colleges are full of Queen Anne style Victorian and Craftsman houses.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth-Hanover,NH</p>

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<p>boston hands down!!! i cant believe some of these answers! you know what’s in ithaca and hanover? NOTHING</p>

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<p>UNC Chapel Hill!!!</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor, MI
Athens, GA
Austin, TX
Boulder, CO
Bloomington, IN
Burlington, VA
Chapel Hill, NC
Charlottesville, VA
Columbia, MO
Gainesville, FL
Madison, WI</p>

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<p>Cornell University. Any other suggestions are inferior to such a school of this caliber :)</p>

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<p>Evanston, IL (the first lakefront town north of Chicago)
<a href=“http://www.evanstondowntown.com/images/stories/evmark/pdf/evm010_directory_k1.pdf[/url]”>http://www.evanstondowntown.com/images/stories/evmark/pdf/evm010_directory_k1.pdf&lt;/a&gt; shows that there are almost 90 dining places in the downtown area and within walking distance from Northwestern campus.<br>
There are also Borders, Barnes & Nobles, and Cinemark theater in downtown.</p>

<p>Just about half mile south of downtown, there is a little shopping/dining district centering around the Main Street subway station.
<a href=“http://www.mainstreetevanston.org/history-area.html[/url]”>http://www.mainstreetevanston.org/history-area.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Amherst, MA is often cited as a great college town. Also Northampton, MA.</p>

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<p>According to the Princeton Review, New York City is the best college “town” around.</p>

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<p>do you want a good college town or a good city filled with colleges? if the latter: boston, nyc, chicago and pittsburgh. If the former: chapel hill, ithaca, ann arbor, athens, etc. I’m sure I’m missing plenty of amazing collegetowns</p>

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<p>also im biased but i absolutely love charlottesville. very excited to be going there, its a great college town</p>

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<p>When we discuss “college towns”, I don’t include places like NYC, Boston or even Nashville. I consider places that basically exist because of the college. That said, I personally would hate going to college in NYC, or even Boston for that matter. But that’s me.</p>