Every time I drive through a small college town there’s something about it that makes me think “hmm, I could probably live here” and I don’t get that feeling when in other towns. Why is that?
Every time I drive through a small college town there’s something about it that makes me think “hmm, I could probably live here” and I don’t get that feeling when in other towns. Why is that?
Not at all. I did when things like weekday drinking or random hookups appealed to me, but “college town” is a denigration for a reason
I’ve never known “college town” to be used as a denigration, though sometimes students from big cities who go to school in college towns are eager to return to what those big cities have to offer and perhaps don’t enjoy the college town vibe as much as others.
Is “college town” agreed to be a denigration? I’d take it as a fairly complex descriptor that could be good or bad depending on your situation. I loved living in college towns. I’m not desperate to move back to one, but I could easily see myself retiring in one, and if you want a small town with more cultural and sporting options and a better educated populace than its peers, then putting up with some rowdy undergrads and a quirky mix of available businesses could be a perfectly sensible tradeoff.