<p>"Yeah, Davis declared itself a nuclear-free zone back in the early 80s when I was there. I think it's something like a $500 fine for detonating any nuclear weapons within the city limits - which of course frightened the Russians into cancelling World War III."</p>
<p>Proof that deterrence really works! ;)</p>
<p>Haha, this is so true. My brother graduated from UNC-CH and stayed in Chapel Hill. He lives with multiple roommates, plays guitar, and doesn't work much. My parents stopped giving him money though.</p>
<p>My H and I don't exactly fit the mold described, but we moved back to our college town after making careers and lives for ourselves elsewhere. Maybe we were trying to recapture part of our youth without the multiple roommates, etc. I know many of our college friends envy our decision. It was a great town for a college student, and we've found it's been a great place for our children in many ways. Our town is frequently mentioned in publications as a top town for retirement as well. There is definitely an appeal to many college towns.</p>
<p>I got quite a chuckle out of this article. Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>It would be helpful if someone would post a couple of paragraphs. I can't read the article without registering for the Times online. And I can't remember my password at the moment...</p>
<p>Ha...I just returned to hot, humid, concrete-covered Houston this evening, from beautiful, "leafy", idyllic Chapel Hill. Gah...I wanna go back. Not just to Chapel Hill, but my college days and my youth. </p>
<p>Kids....enjoy it while you can.</p>
<p>College towns are great because they allow a slower-paced lifestyle while offering the intellectual & cultural stimulation of a city.</p>
<p>That's my one-sentence interpretation of the discussion. And my impression from having lived in and visited cities & college towns.....and small towns without anything resembling a college.</p>
<p>I really dislike the idea that people who are single, childless, living in smallish apartments, and still riding their bikes around (heaven forbid that somebody not have a <em>car</em>) are somehow irresponsible and immature. Or the idea that people who stay in the places where they went to college, or even go back to college events, are irresponsible and immature. Some of the people I know living this oft-criticized lifestyle have accomplished far more in the decade after they graduated from college than most of their critics will in their lifetimes. And the ones who haven't, aren't any less responsible than the white-picket-fence-in-the-suburbs crowd, they just live differently.</p>
<p>Ann Arbor is on there.</p>
<p>Son saw one of his professors riding his bike past the apt building around 5 pm when we were moving him in, H commented that he looked young, son said, Dad, he has a salt and pepper beard... I also think they ought to consider those who choose to take a looong time to get their bachelors degree so they can stay, some of the reported graduation rates are skewed by this, I bet. Also, Fargo may have made the list as many students from elsewhere in the state choose to stay instead of returning to their less exciting home towns.</p>
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<p>Not a lot. My brother did this many years ago as did some people I used to know, and out here we have Berkeley, where the feeling and action is quite prevalent. However, now it's expensive to live here on very little money there so they may have to move to Oakland (lol).</p>