<p>Um.... New York?</p>
<p>Of course it's fast paced--- but it helps you develop the life skills you'll need later on (like how to ignore pan-handlers and jay-walking without killing yourself).</p>
<p>Chicago
Evanston
Boston
Bloomington</p>
<p>georgetown is pretty awesome, too. i would say georgetown, evanston, and cambridge all have a lot in common, the kind of features that make them great college towns:</p>
<p>quaint, suburban-like town with active populations, a plethora of restaurants, shops, and locales, literally right next to a major US city. and ALL ON BODIES OF WATER (with views)! It's the best of all worlds.</p>
<p>Boston
chicago/evanston
charlottesville
chapel hill</p>
<p>Nobody has said Madison yet!! Surprising.</p>
<p>Ann Arbor, Boston, Madison, Gtown, Chapel Hill, and Philly is awesome too</p>
<p>boston, Ann Arbor, Ithaca, and Philly with some reservations due to the crime rate.</p>
<p>San Diego is by far the best city in the world.</p>
<p>DC, Boston, New York, and Pittsburgh too because everything is so inexpensive there</p>
<p>I agree with New York and D.C because all of the oppurtunities. But have none of you spent time on the west coast? What about Seattle (campus location in Seattle is ideal + skiing, Canada, and the sound are all close by) and San Diego (best weather in the country, beaches, and Mexico)</p>
<p>Boston again. I'm so happy to be going to college in the greatest city in the world :)</p>
<p>Philly, Denver, Colorado Springs, Chitown, Seattle, D.C., Providence, Madison, Greensboro, Austin, Portland.</p>
<p>My D2 will be in Seattle at UW this fall. How can anyone not love Seattle?</p>
<p>i have no idea nikrud without a doubt its tops, way more oppurtunities than Portland, yet not as spread out as L.A. Who can go to "downtown" LA for fun?</p>
<p>you can't. unless you're willing to sit in stinking traffic for hours on end. haha i love about 30 miles southeast of downtown LA. my goal in life is to go to college somewhere with decent public transportation (preferably subways, i'm SO over traffic and freeways and driving).</p>
<p>perhaps i should check out seattle...</p>
<p>lol i know but sorry no subways in Seattle, and tons of traffic. But they do have an amazing buss system, and you could walk from the UW campus to downtown pretty easily, and if you don't want to do that the Udistrict is awesome anyhow.</p>
<p>I loved Seattle when I visited, but I've been told it actually is more dangerous than it looks. I'm sure the crime rate around UW is nothing like West Philly, Baltimore or South LA, but a friend of mine last year got mugged walking back to her dorm and I also heard a staff was killed in a gun shot near campus a few months back. But these are probably just isolated incidents at best.</p>
<p>Cambridge is absolutely amazing. Almost everything is in walking distance and the area is very secure. It's also beautiful to add on to that.</p>
<p>I've also heard Providence, RI (Brown), Evanston, IL (Northwestern) and Palo Alto, CA (Stanford) are great for college students: easy access to world-class cities (Boston, Chicago, and SF respectively) and beautiful campus environments that have a collegiate feel at the same time.</p>
<p>Boston and Philly (save for the crime rate...our mayor waits in line for an iPhone instead of, you know, doing mayor-y things like tackling the crime rate).</p>
<p>I would say that Gainesville whoops Miami. Of course it all depends on preference, but I don't think that Miami has anything on Gainesville in terms of being purely a college town. I live in Miami, but am dying to get out and try out Gainesville for 4 years...</p>
<p>UM isnt even in Miami--it's in Coral Gables which was a dump.</p>
<p>The Minneapolis/St. Paul area has tons of colleges and univeristies, is second only to New York for number of seats available for cultural events, is affordable for young people and is also a progressive area that has a great deal to offer as far as government and business internships.</p>