> what is the draw of Galesburg IL? There are two liberal arts colleges in the Galesburg “metro” area that draw both students and faculty from elsewhere (ps -

> what is the draw of Galesburg IL? There are two liberal arts colleges in the Galesburg “metro” area that draw both students and faculty from elsewhere (ps - the big one has a special 5-year 2-campus 2-diploma engineering program gives you a BA from them as well as, for example, a CS degree from UIUC [1]). The student population and their locations support a “downtown” that no city of that size and location would otherwise be able to support and therefore likely draws a lot of the rural population for entertainment. We pass through there a few times a year on the way to our favorite camping spot. I’d say their biggest problem and much of the cause of the sprawl-style development is that there is a bypass road on the north side of the city built nearly to interstate standards, complete with on-ramps and off-ramps. But it is flagged as both a US highway and a state highway so the chance that Galesburg has any control over it at all is pretty close to 0. [1] https://www.knox.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/engineering https://www.knox.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/engineering