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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I really wouldn't consider Milwaukee and Cleveland "college towns," in the same way that I would Austin. Hell, Austin and Columbus are the only real college towns--the rest are largish cities that happen to have schools there.
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I've lived in both Columbus and Milwaukee.
I agree that Milwaukee isn't much of a college town. On the other hand, Columbus is the second largest city in Ohio and is pushing 2 Million people in the metro area. I think that what gives it the "college town" reputation is that Ohio State is so huge in and of itself.
In my mind, a real college town is one like Lincoln or Ann Arbor -- or, getting away from the huge schools, Athens, Ohio, Oxford, Boulder and places like that where the school and town really are important supporters of each other.