10 Excellent College Towns: Unigo List

From our friends at Unigo: Many factors can sway your college decision, but location might just be the most important. We're not just talking about the weather, either. A school's location is the inherent culture surrounding the campus, and what that environment can offer its students. Don't worry though, if you are looking for great weather, we have that too! The perfect vista, town, or climate where you'll be truly happy is out there waiting for you. Here are ten of our favorites.

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Ye Olde Boston has plenty to offer, as the city is your playground. Like many of the schools on our list, the city is the campus. "You can go to Boston’s excellent Italian neighborhood in the North End," says one student. “Often, friends and I would go around the city to eat in ‘little Italy' up in the North End, catch a Red Sox game further south, or stay close and go to a local bar and shoot pool.” There are plenty of adventures, and you’re not limited because there are “good theaters, dancing and infatuating music.” BU’s most famous club would have to be the “Programming Council because it’s the biggest club on campus; definitely join if you get the chance! That's where students meet some cool kids that are progressive and open minded!” We agree with one student in particular, who simply said “Boston is not a college town, it’s a city.” A city you would be proud to call your home away from home.

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Ye Olde Boston has plenty to offer, as the city is your playground. Like many of the schools on our list, the city is the campus. "You can go to Boston’s excellent Italian neighborhood in the North End," says one student. “Often, friends and I would go around the city to eat in ‘little Italy' up in the North End, catch a Red Sox game further south, or stay close and go to a local bar and shoot pool.” There are plenty of adventures, and you’re not limited because there are “good theaters, dancing and infatuating music.” BU’s most famous club would have to be the “Programming Council because it’s the biggest club on campus; definitely join if you get the chance! That's where students meet some cool kids that are progressive and open minded!” We agree with one student in particular, who simply said “Boston is not a college town, it’s a city.” A city you would be proud to call your home away from home.

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[sonofsarek]

07:01 PM on 01/06/2011

Tulane? Anything in NOLA is garbage.

Athens, GA? Sorry, but anything in the deep south is disqualified. Too many cross burnings and lynchings to be considered "excellent".

[cosmiCataclysm]

09:38 PM on 01/01/2011

University of Missouri in Columbia, MO: beautiful, green, an actual college town!

[Sunnyhorse]

09:06 PM on 01/04/2011

You beat me to it -- I loved my time in Columbia and would happily live there again. The town just gets better and better.

[Running Bare]

06:02 PM on 12/30/2010

The University of Colorado in Boulder, in the heart of a seemingly progressive city, uses far too many pesticides to maintain an east-coast green appearance of their grass. For the past two years, they have sprayed a herbicide that is a relative of Agent Orange, the week of Bolder Boulder, where over 40,000 participants and fans flock to the university for an annual 10K road race on Memorial Day. I did not allow my daughter to even apply there.

[osofar]

12:02 AM on 12/30/2010

All of these colleges are not in "towns", they are in "cities". Another silly list of the demographically illiterate.

[Ortho Stice]

11:51 AM on 12/29/2010

There is a difference between a "college town" and a medium-to-large city with a college in it. NYC is not a college town. Bloomington, IN, or Gambier, OH, are college towns.

[MarauderF]

01:20 AM on 12/29/2010

UC Berkeley is the weirdest place on the planet. Everytime we stay there on the main street you can hear the weird howling of strangeness all night long, every night.

[suemag]

11:52 PM on 12/26/2010

Brunswick, Maine and Ithaca NY

[genrel1248]

10:26 PM on 12/25/2010

What?!?!? No University of Alaska-Fairbanks? Outrage!

[ThereGoesEvan]

12:18 PM on 12/23/2010

Really? UCSD? La Jolla? It's beautiful there, but it's a resort town. Greek houses aren't even allowed in the city. Not exactly a college town. Why is Westwood Village missing, though? UCLA students have tons of fun!

[K-Hoff45]

01:39 AM on 12/22/2010

no Syracuse?

[TheBlondeRaven]

08:40 PM on 12/21/2010

Problem with this list is that it doesn't emphasize how choice of college is individual. Not everyone loves NY and not everylove loves outdoor Colorado.

[TheJibreelaMonsters]

08:12 PM on 12/21/2010

UC Berkeley is not a bad place however it is near Oakland = scary!

[ssrelso]

11:31 AM on 12/21/2010

Williamstown.

[bessielil]

04:22 PM on 12/19/2010

Cities have their own personalities and histories and don't qualify as 'college towns.' Towns. Get it? Where the college(s) are primary employers, where lots of activities are free, and where pricey restaurants don't last very long. Come on. This slide show is filler and rather arbitrary.

[GinghamQuaker]

09:28 PM on 12/19/2010

Agreed. I like the feeling of a college "town".

[Deep77]

01:21 AM on 12/20/2010

In big cities like Philadelphia and Boston, colleges and university play a major role in the development of the city. The University of Pennsylvania is the largest private employer in the city of Philadelphia. Temple University is Philly's 2nd largest employer, next to the School District of Philadelphia. Drexel, U of Arts, and St Joseph's are also important employers in the city. There are plenty of free stuff going on at these universities and if you walk around campus, you feel no different than if you were in a real college town. For a lot of big cities, their colleges and universities are their lifeblood.

[Kay in KCMO]

01:53 PM on 12/19/2010

Hello Lawrence, Kansas!