I want to thank the surprising number of people responding to this one,
although nobody had the research lead that I really was seeking.
I guess the subject is somewhat evocative of emotional comment,
considering what crucial years many spent in such places, and where more
than a few are still
Friends,
To be honest, I find college towns very depressing. Down the hill from Cornell
the rest of the place sucks. Of course, I'm so disgusted with higher ed that I
could not bear to live among so many academics, not to mention drunken students.
I've taught for a few weeks at UMASS and I
I think college towns are o.k., not that I live in one currently. Mostly, I
think it depends on which town you're talking about.
When I was in New Haven, it was upsetting how Yale looked like a bunch of
gothic or Georgian fortresses (called "colleges") complete with moats,
(ornamental)
I have my own prejudice about college towns. Most places today are strips
of freeway that connect tract houses and shopping malls. College towns
tend to be older towns. In a place like Chico, I can still get around
without a car.
An ideal location would have a wide mix of people, bookstores,
I was born in Ithaca and lived there, off and on,
until the age of 15. People used to wisecrack that it was
the "most centrally isolated place in the United States."
Barkley Rosser
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 09:08:59 -0400 Thomas Kruse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I heard from a friend that Utne
At 11:10 AM 4/24/98 -0400, michael yates wrote:
Friends,
To be honest, I find college towns very depressing.
--snip ---
We need to distinguish two things: the yuppiefication of the college
culture, and universities being the only engine that keep many cities
afloat. I agree that the
Well, I regularly spend parts of each summer in
Madison, Wisconsin, which the year before last _Money_
Magazine listed as the best place to live in the US. It
certainly is a lot more fun to hang around in than
Harrisonburg, VA, especially in the summer. But then, it
has never been
I heard from a friend that Utne Reader has called Ithaca, NY the best place
to live in the US. BUT: I remember also a Tompkins County Labor Council
(Ithaca Area) video on the enormous chasm separating "town" and "gown".
University towns can be groovy places; universities are often nasty
The university town's fitness as a place to remain in or move to
is one of the biggest little secrets in American life.
I'm wondering if anyone has undertaken a systematic study of the
growth and change occurring thus in the country's Eugenes and Ann Arbors,
and whether some magazine or journal
