College town satellites: Which college town located near a major city do you prefer? (live, America)

[Craziaskowboi]

Here's the list of college town satellites (and the major cities they orbit):

Boulder, CO (Denver)
Lawrence, KS (Kansas City)
Norman, OK (Oklahoma City)
Ann Arbor, MI (Detroit)
Tuscaloosa, AL (Birmingham)
Morgantown, WV (Pittsburgh)
Chapel Hill, NC (Raleigh)
Athens, GA (Atlanta)

Criteria to measure

1. Quality academics
2. Quality athletics
3. Student body
4. Downtown ambiance
5. Appeal of nearby major city

[DANNYY]

My top four would be:

1. Boulder (Denver)
2. Ann Arbor (Detroit) (Because I have cousins who live in suburbs of Detroit only 15 minutes away from Ann Arbor
3. Athens (Atlanta)
4. Morgantown (Pittsburgh)

There's nothing wrong with the other options, just that I like these more.

And I used to go to school in Ann Arbor, so it automatically qualifies for me! Wolverines YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By the way: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhh she's growing up so fast...

[Craziaskowboi]

Clearly I'm biased toward Athens and Morgantown.

[Drover]

Pretty esoteric criteria; all the same, I'm gonna go with my standby: Madison.

[EndersDrift]

Out of these choices its between University of Michigan and UNC Chapel Hill

1. Quality academics - University of Michigan
2. Quality athletics - UNC Chapel Hill
3. Student body - University of Michigan
4. Downtown ambiance - University of Michigan
5. Appeal of nearby major city - University of Michigan

[BPerone201]

Montclair

[jayp1188]

Ann Arbor is my favorite of the ones the OP listed.

I would add Madison, WI (Milwaukee) and Berkeley, CA (San Francisco) to your list as well. Those two are definitely my favorite college towns overall.

[rnc2mbfl]

Originally Posted by OmShahi

My top four would be:

1. Boulder (Denver)
2. Ann Arbor (Detroit) (Because I have cousins who live in suburbs of Detroit only 15 minutes away from Ann Arbor
3. Athens (Atlanta)
4. Morgantown (Pittsburgh)

There's nothing wrong with the other options, just that I like these more.

And I used to go to school in Ann Arbor, so it automatically qualifies for me! Wolverines YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By the way: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhh she's growing up so fast...

I am sorry but Morgantown, WV is not a satellite of Pittsburgh. It's 75 miles away. It's neither in Pittsburgh's MSA nor CSA. It's simply not a satellite college town to Pittsburgh.

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl

I am sorry but Morgantown, WV is not a satellite of Pittsburgh. It's 75 miles away. It's neither in Pittsburgh's MSA nor CSA. It's simply not a satellite college town to Pittsburgh.

Trust Me--- I'd love to agree with you, but Morgantown really isn't that far outside of Pittsburgh

it takes maybe a half an hour to get to Pittsburgh

But Morgantown's culture is not like Pittsburgh's

[CharlotteNCRepublican]

Ann Arbor!