Do You Call One Of The Top 25 Best College Towns To Live In Home?

Jared Borislow10 years ago

The only thing harder than dragging somebody away from their college town after the best four years of their life is convincing them that your college town is better than theirs. We all obviously think ours is the best (why do you think I chose Madison, Wisconsin as the featured image for this article), and will listen to absolutely nobody who contradicts our ignorance. If I get any inclination at all that you’re about to say something negative about Madison, I’ll plug my ears, shut my eyes and say “LA-LA-LA-LA-LA” faster than I would if I was barricaded in a studio apartment while my two great-grandparents made sweet, sweet love.

But enough about octogenarian sex. Here’s the list of the best college towns to live in that you’ve been waiting for.

From SmartAsset:

1. Princeton, New Jersey
2. Kearney, Nebraska
3. Boulder, Colorado
4. Bozeman, Montana
5. Cedar Falls, Iowa
6. Cambridge, Massachusetts
7. Ann Arbor, Michigan
8. Grand Forks, North Dakota
9. Ames, Iowa
10. Madison, Wisconsin
11. Boca Raton, Florida
12. Laramie, Wyoming
13. Iowa City, Iowa
14. Fort Collins, Colorado
15. Santa Barbara, California
16. Chapel Hill, North Carolina
17. La Crosse, Wisconsin
18. Salem, Massachusetts
19. Berkeley, California
20. Edmond, Oklahoma
21. Missoula, Montana
22. Norman, Oklahoma
23. Orem, Utah
24. Kennesaw, Georgia
25. Stevens Point, Wisconsin

My thoughts:

1. Kearney, Nebraska at number two? Really? I’ve never been there, but this tourism promotional video is the first thing that comes up on YouTube when you type in “Kearney, Nebraska,” and it does the opposite of its intended purpose of making me want to visit Kearney.

2. Three Wisconsin cities on the list doesn’t surprise me. It really just speaks to how underrated Madison is at the 10 spot. It’s such a great city that it can bump La Crosse and Stevens Point into a top 25 best college town list even though they’re both over a hundred miles away. What’s that? My logic is flawed? LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA.

3. Way too much Iowa on this list.

Let’s hear your thoughts on this list in the comments section..

[via SmartAsset]

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