Best College Towns in America....

[Woodpecker]

There are some nice restaurants and bars on Forbes Ave

 

[BobPSU92]

Be right back.

 

[AvgUser]

Pitt's stadium isn't on campus.

They don’t have a stadium!

 

[s1uggo72]

Harvard, MIT, BU and BC are close to each other. Parts of Harvard are even in Allston (the Stadium, b-school, etc.) right over the bridge. MIT is right across another bridge. BC and BU are right down the road from one another (a short ride on the green line), and undergrads often frequent the same bars.

 

[bdgan]

I respectfully disagree with your comments about Ithaca. I lived there for several years and it is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. The lakes and landscape are breathtaking. It is true there are some steep hills, and on occasion I would take a shuttle bus to the Cornell campus. However, I also took the Penn State loop shuttle to get to certain classes when I lived in East Halls as a student. The winters in Ithaca are manageable and are certainly not 2X the winters of State College as one poster commented.

Ann Arbor has a good atmosphere during the spring and summer months. The are many excellent food options which are international and very diverse. The main part of the campus is much denser than the University Park campus. The football atmosphere is very laid back and country club like compared to Happy Valley’s atmosphere which is far superior in my opinion.

The Berkeley campus in California is beautiful and very walkable. Their football stadium is tiny compared to Beaver stadium. Great campus atmosphere and a nice place to live for those who can afford it.

I totally agree that Ithaca is beautiful or as they say "Gorgeous". The Cornell campus is beautiful. the Ithaca College campus is just OK but the view over Cayuga Lake is exceptional. The downtown area walkways were redone a few years ago and the shops and restaurants are very nice. No argument there. My issue is that students don't walk into town like PSU students walk to College Avenue. It's about 1.7 miles from Ithaca College center campus to College Town and it's very hilly so you have to take a shuttle. Most kids don't bother except a few times a year. That's why I say it doesn't have the same kind of atmosphere as State College.

 

[Lion84]

Agree that Athens should be much higher - reminds me a lot of State College and Syracuse shouldn’t even be on the list at all - I have clients there and go regularly- you know what’s a fun thing to do in Syracuse?- packing up and getting the hell out of there - drab doesn’t even begin to describe it.