Personally, I wouldn't say "the best years," but certainly it was a very unique time that stands out from everything before it, and everything after it. Perhap

Personally, I wouldn't say "the best years," but certainly it was a very unique time that stands out from everything before it, and everything after it. Perhaps this is partly from the excitement of being out on your own for the first time in life, so it's less about college than being "college aged." Then again, the real-life network effect of being surrounded by thousands of other exuberant young people can't be discredited entirely.