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« Reply #2198 on: May 20, 2024, 07:07:06 AM »
does Runza have a rewards program like BWW?

I do like a hot fresh Runza once in a while but I don't eat fast food

BWWs gotta be much healthier

chicken fat with hot sauce and deep fried tots and Bud Heavy outta the tap
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« Reply #2199 on: May 20, 2024, 10:19:03 AM »
Ranking SEC college towns from worst to first (usatoday.com)

Meh, they have Nashville near last and Starkvegas in the middle?  OK.
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« Reply #2200 on: May 20, 2024, 11:08:53 AM »
my brother worked in Starkville for a few years while Jackie Sherill was there

he didn't seem to think it was very good

certainly didn't want to raise kids there

moved to Louisville
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« Reply #2201 on: May 20, 2024, 11:57:39 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 20, 2024, 11:08:53 AM
my brother worked in Starkville for a few years while Jackie Sherill was there

he didn't seem to think it was very good

certainly didn't want to raise kids there

moved to Louisville
I have visited Starkville about one and a half times, end it honestly didn’t seem all that terrible. Definitely small, definitely somewhat remote, but if you were wired a certain way, probably a good place to raise a family.

Probably a terrible place to be unmarried and 25.
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« Reply #2202 on: May 20, 2024, 11:59:04 AM »
the public schools weren't good there back in the late 90s
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« Reply #2203 on: May 20, 2024, 12:00:11 PM »
Never been to Starkville, but I wonder how it's higher than Oxford, if it was.  I don't think much of Columbia, SC.  They probably have odd criteria.
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« Reply #2204 on: May 20, 2024, 12:02:20 PM »
Columbia, MO?

No...
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« Reply #2205 on: May 20, 2024, 12:33:16 PM »
I think Athens is a good college town.  For one thing, it's large enough without being too large, probably about the best size overall.  But ranking them to me is click bait, we'd each have our own criteria and favorites, and what does it matter anyway?  I'd guess some Tech students thing Atlanta is a good college town.

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« Reply #2206 on: May 20, 2024, 01:23:37 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 20, 2024, 12:00:11 PM
Never been to Starkville, but I wonder how it's higher than Oxford, if it was.  I don't think much of Columbia, SC.  They probably have odd criteria.
They list Oxford ahead. Obviously it’s a just a silly ranking. 

Columbia has some pretty good stuff, but it’s got low curb appeal. Definitely more midsize city than pure college town, especially with the campus that is more integrated with the city than a lot of them.
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« Reply #2207 on: May 20, 2024, 01:42:21 PM »
It's not on the list because Texas isn't in the SEC yet, but even if it were, I don't actually consider Austin to be a great college town.  It's a great town, but not a great college town.

To me a great college town is centered on the college at its heart.  Austin is just too big, and the UT campus is all mixed up with downtown Austin.
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« Reply #2208 on: May 20, 2024, 01:57:45 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on May 20, 2024, 01:42:21 PM
It's not on the list because Texas isn't in the SEC yet, but even if it were, I don't actually consider Austin to be a great college town.  It's a great town, but not a great college town.

To me a great college town is centered on the college at its heart.  Austin is just too big, and the UT campus is all mixed up with downtown Austin.
That’s an interesting one. I feel like it definitely has a reputation, but it’s also enormous. And that might drown out the college parts a bit. I guess that makes Madison unusual because it has a state capital but also that college town vibe. 
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« Reply #2209 on: May 20, 2024, 02:11:17 PM »
Don't get me wrong, I mean, tons of bars and live music and several nearby lakes and a lot of outdoor green space, make Austin a really good town for college students.  I just don't consider it a college town.  So much other stuff going on all the time that has nothing to do with the university.

40 years ago, I would have said Austin was a great college town.
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« Reply #2210 on: May 20, 2024, 02:48:26 PM »
i think Austin has outgrown college town.  Honestly it feels more like Nashville or Columbus than Madison to me, and mostly for worse than for better.
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« Reply #2211 on: May 20, 2024, 02:54:27 PM »
Lincoln is more populated than Madison, I think. Minneapolis, Chicago, Lansing.

Madison feels like a college town to me. Lincoln, not really. 
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