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greedytacothief@lemmy.world 2 months ago
College towns usually mean that the town doesn’t have any identity outside of the college. In some ways that’s nice, because you have a big community right there. But in other ways the town won’t really do anything without the college.
Sorry it’s been a really long week and the brain worms are getting to my language center…
Bahalex@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Depends on the town. I grew up in and went to college in a small town - pop. 16,000 ish. It was the reverse, students came for mostly 3 reasons; it was as far from home and still pay in state tuition, it was (is?) a quirky place where no one really cared how high you flew your freak flag, or to for the pot.
The college brought in diversity and employment, but wasn’t really the identity of the place.