What are the best college towns?

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<p>What are the best college towns?</p>

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<p>madison, wisconsin
state college, pa
tempe, az
boston, ma
charlottesville, va
ithaca, ny</p>

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<p>San Diego, CA has gotta be up there....</p>

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<p>Ithaca? State college? I'd hardly call these "best college towns"</p>

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<p>Boulder, Colorado....CU</p>

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<p>boston....</p>

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<p>another vote for Ithaca. Notice the title "college towns" not "college cities."</p>

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<p>Palo Alto hands down the best. you've got the beach a 40 min drive away, SF a 30 min drive away, amazing weather 24/7/365, and university ave couldn't be more perfectly college.</p>

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<p>Equine, you mean to tell me you don't like Lewisburg???
:-P</p>

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<p>yep ithica.. but not b/c of cornell b/c every1 knows the ithica kids have more fun... and athens,OH (if youve been there then you know what im talking about)</p>

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<p>Chico, California.</p>

<p>It is a most excellent place.</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor, MI!</p>

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<p>If it wasn't for UC Davis, Davis wouldn't really be a town. About half the population is students, and another good chunk is the faculty/staff of the university. I've bumped into my professors at the grocery store before haha.
Everywhere you go, most people you see are college aged - the bus drivers, clerks at the store, etc.. it's pretty cool.</p>

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<p>Madison, Ann Arbor, Boulder, Austin, Chapel Hill, C'Ville.</p>

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<p>Northampton, MA</p>

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<p>Providence, especially around College Hill, is pretty wonderful.</p>

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<p>Montreal and Boston</p>

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<p>hopkinslax-- it has its charms (a very few!) but if not for bucknell, I wouldn't be caught dead here. It's like a 3 hour drive away from any city (worth visiting) and an hour and a half away from any remotley decent shopping lol it especially sucks when you don't have a car</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor, for sure.</p>

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<p>San Diego is a tourist town, not a college town, even though SDSU has a rep for being a party school.</p>

<p>Palo Alto is a good town for yuppies and Stanford certain does have its influence on Paly. But it is basically a bedroom community where Stanford and Hewlett Packard reside. Not really a good college town.</p>

<p>Can someone define what is a college town?</p>