<p>I mean which of the 2 has a greater concentration of world class schools, world class research, social and cultural opportunities etc.</p>
<p>Undoubtedly the top two cities in the world. Which city is the "student city" king?</p>
<p>I mean NYC has Columbia, NYU, CUNY etc</p>
<p>London has LSE, UCL, KCL, Imperial, SOAS.</p>
<p>I’d never want to go to school in NYC unless I wanted to be in debt for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>after having done a lot of travel. london and the other places in europe i have been kinda suck. everything is old, and the people aren’t really that friendly. asia is much nicer. new zealand was also pretty nice.</p>
<p>nyc > london.</p>
<p>Never been to London but I think I would rather study there than NYC.</p>
<p>I’d rather go to London personally.</p>
<p>IMO, I think NYC is the best city in the United States and I’m not just saying that because I live here, but I’m not going to go there. </p>
<p>Anyway, It’s apparent that NYC and London are top cities in the world, so I honestly think either city would be nice. Both are expensive cities so you really can’t escape the money issue. Being that I live in NYC, I would say London just because I haven’t been there and considering studying abroad there my Junior year.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t want to go to school in NYC or London. I’d prefer a college town (and don’t even try to say either of those are “college towns,” we’ve been over this).</p>
<p>^ Perhaps why the OP said “college city”? lol As a whole, NYC and London are both just very large metro cities but there are certain parts of NYC for sure where there’s a definite presence of NYU and Columbia.</p>
<p>Whilst London and NYC arent typical “college towns”, they both have hundreds of thousands of students. They are both great cities.</p>
<p>I study in London atm and its awesome. I am also a writer with a US focus so know those shores well. NY is lovely, more energy then London but less history. Less magnificence.</p>
<p>I really wouldn’t want to go college in a large city</p>
<p>London is fun for like one semester, but I could never stay there for more than just a couple of months. I kinda feel the same about NYC, during winter the weather is way too cold and rainy. Personally, I prefer the west coast. Berkeley, UCLA, USC and MI.
but that’s just me =)</p>
<p>I think Boston is just about the best college city. I think on my Harvard or MIT tour they said 1 in every 4 or 5 people is a college student.</p>
<p>Oxford has like 40,000 college students out of a pop of 130,000. :)</p>
<p>I don’t know about London, but at least compared to American cities, NYC isn’t that college-y (unless you’re counting schools that solely concentrate on the fine arts). Especially for its size, places like Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, and the Bay Area have pretty significant student populations too. Especially Boston.</p>
<p>NYC, hands down. And yes, I am completely biased.</p>
<p>Definitely Boston, Harvard, MIT, BU, Northeastern, plus dozens of other smaller schools, and going out a bit you get BC, Tufts, and Brandeis among others. You’ve got a city with much of the attractions or a large one, but which is small enough that college kids are just packed in!</p>
<p>Boston is extremely strong in medical research, and as far as culture goes, the city is full of early American history. As I mentioned, with all these schools concentrated within it the social opportunities are also abundant.</p>
<p>Agree with Boston…and if anybody quibbles about the city proper, remember that parts of BC (the main campus overlaps the Boston/Newton line), Harvard (quite a few buildings, including the football field), and Tufts (medical and dental schools) are IN Boston, as well as are some MIT frats.</p>
<p>And it’s not just that the Boston area has quantity…it has quality:</p>
<p>Harvard–arguably the top university in the world
MIT–arguably the top technical university in the world
Wellesley–arguably the top women’s college in the world
BC–with recent addition of the Jesuit seminary ( <a href=“ignatianwiki.org - This website is for sale! - ignatianwiki Resources and Information.”>ignatianwiki.org - This website is for sale! - ignatianwiki Resources and Information.; ), one of the top centers of Catholic education in the world.</p>
<p>Boston is obviously a top tier student city. But it cant match London or NYC overall in terms of options available.</p>
<p>Boston can and DOES match London AND NYC in options available. </p>
<p>NYC: Columbia, NYU, CUNY (CCNY, Brooklyn, Baruch, Lehman, Hunter, Medgar Evars, CSI, City Tech, Queens), Cooper Union, Hofstra, Pace, Adelphi, St. Johns, LIU
London: Not exactly sure, someone wrote it above, it’s about 12 schools?
Boston: Harvard, MIT, BU, Northeastern, Tufts, Brandeis, Smith, Wellesley, BC, UMass (a bit out of the way), and whatever public colleges surround it. </p>
<p>The Boston schools typically are bigger than the New York schools, and the town is actually made with college kids in mind. The average age of Boston goes to like 23-24 that last week of August, and there’s a lot to do in Boston that is accessible for college kids that doesn’t revolve around a crazy nightlife.</p>
<p>I mean socially, culturally, artistically, entertainment wise when I said Boston cant match London/NY.</p>
<p>London has LOADS of schools, many FC and others specialized universities. Those that appeared in the world top 500 rankings include UCL, Imperial, KCL, LSE, SOAS, QMW, Goldsmith College, Brunel University, City University. Then you have RAMDA, RADA and a zillion other specialist schools. </p>
<p>The first 4 are all world beating schools. UCL/Imperial/KCL are ranked 4, 7, 21st and 80th respectively. LSE loses points as its only a SS school.</p>