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It really depends on the atmosphere you want. College towns are great in many ways, with lots of interesting things to do and a lot of cultural events. However
by cortesoft 4y ago
It really depends on the atmosphere you want. College towns are great in many ways, with lots of interesting things to do and a lot of cultural events.
However, a lot of people move to college towns and don't realize/remember what college kids are like... they will be noisy at night, sometimes destroy property, throw parties, do stupid pranks... it isn't for everybody
- davidw 4y agoMost of that kind of thing is often limited to a fairly limited area. Worth learning where those areas are, though.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoYeah, the student ghetto. Regular folks live in the college-town-burbs.
- closeparen 4y agoYou can always organize with the other homeowners to curtail the college's operations! Seems to be a popular strategy.
- vineyardmike 4y agoSlowly suffocate the golden goose! Ever popular indeed.
- antupis 4y agoAnother option is those towns that are formed around some activity like skiing, hiking or surfing(Never surfed but I think it applies here also). They might be not cheap as some random rural towns but atmosphere and services are very good.
- i_like_apis 4y agoI have a relative who lived in Lancaster. She liked it. I visited there once and it seemed nice but I was only there for a few days. Also her house was huge.
- analog31 4y agoIt's easy to recognize and avoid the student neighborhoods. Find out where the professors and doctors live. Or even the graduate students -- not as wealthy but tend to be quite well behaved. Many are raising families while in grad school. I live in a college town -- mid sized city in the shadow of a major university in the Midwest. It has everything the OP wants, walking distance to supermarket and shops, easy to get around by bike, enough of an economy thanks to the university and hospitals.