<p>If you are from a big city you may find the city of Tuscaloosa lacking a nightlife. Still, the school is what makes the city so you will have plenty of fun as you meet people.</p>
<p>Greeks and non-Greeks tend to party separately, but as others stated, if you’re a pretty girl you can get in anywhere or if you know someone you can get in. There are so many parties on any given weekend (non-Greek and Greek) that you won’t have a problem finding a party on campus or near campus.</p>
<p>And campus is dead on non game weekends. Many students students do go home. All you have to do is look at how many empty parking spaces there are in the residential areas to see that. </p>
<p>The spring is a lot less “exciting” just because Alabama is a football school. The energy will be down but it’s pretty much the same thing still - partying. Intramurals had another great aspect to campus life. Intramural football and basketball are huge.</p>
<p>If you are not into partying you can still find other means of enjoyment in the city. And Birmingham is just 30/40 minutes away. I hate Birmingham but at least there’s better shopping up there.</p>
<p>On any given weekend, some kids are going to go home. But, the parking lot is not a good indication of how many went home or how many are still on campus. </p>
<p>First of all, mostly only locals have cars on campus. Some locals and many “non locals” do not have cars on campus. Secondly, many kids go places on weekends - to jobs, shopping in town, dinner in town, wherever - so their cars will be gone from the parking lot at various times of the day. Many kids are not going to just sit on campus all day weekend if there’s a car in the parking lot that will let them go elsewhere.</p>
<p>I do agree that the Spring is less exciting, but hopefully with the new basketball coach, Alabama can also become successful at that sport, too. If that team becomes a winning team, that will bring some excitement. :)</p>
<p>Again, I was there last weekend (no home game) and the campus wasn’t dead and the night hangouts were crowded.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that UAProphet isn’t a very sociable person. lol ;)</p>
<p>“First of all, mostly only locals have cars on campus.”</p>
<p>What?</p>
<p>Anyways, I pretty much agree with UAprophet, as I’ve experienced that as well, although I can’t speak towards spring semester yet beyond from what I’ve heard, and I’m not sure how what he said makes him non-sociable.</p>
<p>What I meant was that only those who live close enough to drive to Alabama have cars on campus. And, not all of them do have cars on campus. If you look at Lakeside’s parking lot and compare it to the number of rooms, there aren’t as many spaces as there are rooms.</p>
<p>Yeah, it isn’t bad at all. Maybe I should have said “relatively” because there are plenty of students still in town. It’s just that non football game weekends are so less crowded compared to the football game weekends that it really does seem dead.</p>
<p>It’s true that after a home game weekend of seeing every square inch of lawn covered with fans, it can look so different on weekends when it’s an away game or there is no game. </p>
<p>There’s definitely not enough spaces over at Lakeside. You’re really lucky if you can get one. The ones that can’t go to the parking lot across from the dining hall. </p>
<p>I’d be willing to bet the vast majority do live within driving distance, though. A car isn’t a necessity around here, though, but it sure is nice.</p>
<p>And yeah, I’d have to say relatively as well. It’s not like EVERYONE goes home, but compared to football weekends and during the school week, it does get relatively quiet.</p>