Colleges excel at: - common spaces - dense housing - walkability - community eating - socialization Eating, sleeping, working, and socializing is all, just fro

Colleges excel at: - common spaces - dense housing - walkability - community eating - socialization Eating, sleeping, working, and socializing is all, just from a distance/time/transportation/logistics standpoint, markedly optimized over "real" life. And people are much happier in college towns. Even in far flung rural areas, major college towns are massive draws and economic engines. Why do all those minimum wage professors accept their lot in life? Living in a college town is a huge positive.