Best Southern College Towns bracket

[Inhogswetrust]

I don't live in Fayetteville. I live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns. It's gorgeous here.

Fayetteville IS an armpit. Cheap bars and pawn shops.

My bad. I read your post as you living in Fayetteville, NC. The Blue Ridge area there is great. I've been all over that region. Very much like the Ozarks but just a little higher mountains.

Our Fayetteville is a nice college town and depending on which magazine you read, the 2nd or 3rd best place to live in the entire country (yeah, I know....the whole USA). And while I I'm absolutely crazy about Southwest Florida, and honestly have never been enamored with the Hill Country of Northwest Arkansas, my daughter absolutely loves it - and I do agree it is a very very nice place.

But that campus is a place I hadn't been to in eons...other than ball games. The last two times I have been up to see my baby girl, I have spent quite a bit of time walking around campus and I'm shocked at how neat it is. It has come a long way since my heyday. I'll tell you something else, I'm on all three major campuses here in Florida nearly every other week and while Miami is really nice, Florida State and the UF campus in Gainesville are nothing special at all. Very big, and very plain.

I guess my point is that it's a shame our Fayetteville isn't more widely appreciated. It is nearing the top 100 largest US metropolitan areas, and apparently beats the hell out of it's sister town in North Carolina. And the UA campus is comparable to most other SEC schools. Maybe as the area and the school grows, more people nationally will take notice.

I've been in Miami but not on the UM campus. I' have been on both the FSU and UF campuses and both are not near as nice as ours. You couldn't pay me enough (well at least it would have to be very high) to live in Miami. IIRC don't you live pin the Tampa area? If so I had two bosses a long time ago that lived down there. One in Clearwater and one in Ruskin. I know the one in clearwater is still there.

[The Divine Swine]

Why are we still trailing to the aggies?

[NaturalStateReb]

My bad. I read your post as you living in Fayetteville, NC. The Blue Ridge area there is great. I've been all over that region. Very much like the Ozarks but just a little higher mountains.
I've been in Miami but not on the UM campus. I' have been on both the FSU and UF campuses and both are not near as nice as ours. You couldn't pay me enough (well at least it would have to be very high) to live in Miami. IIRC don't you live pin the Tampa area? If so I had two bosses a long time ago that lived down there. One in Clearwater and one in Ruskin. I know the one in clearwater is still there.

Tallahassee is a decent town, but Gainesville is a colossal dump.  Kind of shockingly so.

[Inhogswetrust]

Tallahassee is a decent town, but Gainesville is a colossal dump.  Kind of shockingly so.

Agree on the towns, but then both campuses are not that great.........................

[SooiecidetillNuttgone]

My bad. I read your post as you living in Fayetteville, NC. The Blue Ridge area there is great. I've been all over that region. Very much like the Ozarks but just a little higher mountains.
I've been in Miami but not on the UM campus. I' have been on both the FSU and UF campuses and both are not near as nice as ours. You couldn't pay me enough (well at least it would have to be very high) to live in Miami. IIRC don't you live pin the Tampa area? If so I had two bosses a long time ago that lived down there. One in Clearwater and one in Ruskin. I know the one in clearwater is still there.

Miami is nice if you can make enough money to live in a nice neighborhood, and can afford the trips to South Beach, The Keys, concerts, restaurants, and other miscellaneous entertainment.

In other words, it's not a safe, neighborly place to live or grow up.
Now if this kind of lifestyle is your cup of tea, and you make at minimum about 80K......At minimum, then Miami can be great.

I lived in Homestead for 7 to 8 years, and I loved going to the beach down in the Keys, and when my friends would get me to go out, I had a lot of fun.

The women look great, especially if you prefer an international flare.

Unfortunately,  most of my paycheck went to rent.
4 years ago, my rent was $1300.00 for a 1600 square foot townhouse in a cookie cutter neighborhood.
But it was nice, not great, but nice.
Mainly, it was gated.

I've lived all over the country, and I've never felt as "at risk" as when I lived in Homestead, and the crime numbers backed that up.

As with everywhere I've lived, pick your poison. Every place has pros and cons.

[Inhogswetrust]

Miami is nice if you can make enough money to live in a nice neighborhood, and can afford the trips to South Beach, The Keys, concerts, restaurants, and other miscellaneous entertainment.

In other words, it's not a safe, neighborly place to live or grow up.
Now if this kind of lifestyle is your cup of tea, and you make at minimum about 80K......At minimum, then Miami can be great.

I lived in Homestead for 7 to 8 years, and I loved going to the beach down in the Keys, and when my friends would get me to go out, I had a lot of fun.

The women look great, especially if you prefer an international flare.

Unfortunately,  most of my paycheck went to rent.
4 years ago, my rent was $1300.00 for a 1600 square foot townhouse in a cookie cutter neighborhood.
But it was nice, not great, but nice.
Mainly, it was gated.

I've lived all over the country, and I've never felt as "at risk" as when I lived in Homestead, and the crime numbers backed that up.

As with everywhere I've lived, pick your poison. Every place has pros and cons.

Agree. Miami is one city I've felt not as safe. I've worked in the Detroit area and felt safer.

[DLUXHOG]

Why are we still trailing to the aggies?

I'm convinced that the Aggs have a script running that doesn't allow their vote to get below 51% as I've voted several times over several days and when their % approaches 51%, I go back to the web page and it all of a sudden it immediately jumps up to 52%....

[MO.Hog]

Beat the Aggies, but now we are trailing Baton Rouge.

[Arkamedes]

Voted. We've only got 40.4% of the vote but it's still early. Come on Hogville!

[BigPapaHawg]

Voted!

[LZH]

I've been in Miami but not on the UM campus. I' have been on both the FSU and UF campuses and both are not near as nice as ours. You couldn't pay me enough (well at least it would have to be very high) to live in Miami. IIRC don't you live pin the Tampa area? If so I had two bosses a long time ago that lived down there. One in Clearwater and one in Ruskin. I know the one in clearwater is still there.

Yeah I live a couple of blocks from Clearwater Harbor in Pinellas County. I love it down here. Miami is ok, but you would have to make quite a bit of money to enjoy everything there is to really enjoy there.

Miami is nice if you can make enough money to live in a nice neighborhood, and can afford the trips to South Beach, The Keys, concerts, restaurants, and other miscellaneous entertainment.

In other words, it's not a safe, neighborly place to live or grow up.
Now if this kind of lifestyle is your cup of tea, and you make at minimum about 80K......At minimum, then Miami can be great.

I lived in Homestead for 7 to 8 years, and I loved going to the beach down in the Keys, and when my friends would get me to go out, I had a lot of fun.

The women look great, especially if you prefer an international flare.

Unfortunately,  most of my paycheck went to rent.
4 years ago, my rent was $1300.00 for a 1600 square foot townhouse in a cookie cutter neighborhood.
But it was nice, not great, but nice.
Mainly, it was gated.

I've lived all over the country, and I've never felt as "at risk" as when I lived in Homestead, and the crime numbers backed that up.

As with everywhere I've lived, pick your poison. Every place has pros and cons.

100% spot on.

[The_Hog_Father]

We are running way behind The Corn Dogs... Go vote!  :razorback:

[Iwastherein1969]

we are down by double digits...apparently one of two things in our battle v the cajuns....1) there's just simply more of them, or 2) people in general think, "Pizz, by any other name (Baton Rouge), would smell as sweet"

[Arkamedes]

Just happened across this poll and did not see it mentioned anywhere on the board. Fayetteville is currently trailing College Station in this round, so I thought that good ol' Hogville would want to give the Aggies a beat down in this poll.

http://gardenandgun.com/article/best-southern-college-towns-bracket

Voted until my arm said, "No more!" Then I voted some more.

[TomBigBeeHog]

delete/clear your cookies and you can vote more than once a day........

I voted this morning bright and early. Lswhoo has a pretty good lead right now though.

DLUXHOG can you do me a favor and tell me the name of the movie in your avatar so I can look it up and watch it. Thanks.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

I voted this morning bright and early. Lswhoo has a pretty good lead right now though.

DLUXHOG can you do me a favor and tell me the name of the movie in your avatar so I can look it up and watch it. Thanks.

Not DLuxHog, but that movie is Open Range. Kevin Coster, Robert DuVall. It's on all the time. Good western.

[WPS007]

Voted still way behind

[MAL3]

delete/clear your cookies and you can vote more than once a day........

I see the Democrats have taught you well...

[The_Hog_Father]

I see the Democrats have taught you well...

Jeb Bush and the hanging chads say hello... But the sooner people realize that The Dems/Reps are two sides of the same coin that are only interested in keeping the populace divided and distracted so they can keep filling their pockets the sooner we awaken from this perpetual darn show.

[LZH]

Wasn't it in Louisiana years ago that dead people were voting? Now THAT'S progressive politics.

[The_Hog_Father]

Wasn't it in Louisiana years ago that dead people were voting? Now THAT'S progressive politics.

That's been happening everywhere forever... And it kills me when people want to go to computerized voting machines with no paper hard copy (no that this foolproof either).

But hey... Gun&Garden wouldn't cheat would they? Go vote for Fayettville over the corn dogs!! 🙌🏻🐗

[PintailKiller]

Trailing Baton Rouge now.  Baton Rouge is a dump.

[The_Hog_Father]

Baton Rouge, Louisiana  58.37%

Fayetteville, Arkansas  41.63%

http://gardenandgun.com/article/best-southern-college-towns-bracket

:razorback:

[Inhogswetrust]

Wasn't it in Louisiana years ago that dead people were voting? Now THAT'S progressive politics.

Memphis as well.

[KCHOGFAN]

Confused. No. Fayetteville Arkansas is more of a Wichita Kansas type place than a "southern" place.

I live in Wichita and I can assure this is not true. 

[Inhogswetrust]

I live in Wichita and I can assure this is not true. 

Not even close to the truth!

[SooiecidetillNuttgone]

Wasn't it in Louisiana years ago that dead people were voting? Now THAT'S progressive politics.

That's been happening everywhere forever... And it kills me when people want to go to computerized voting machines with no paper hard copy (no that this foolproof either).

But hey... Gun&Garden wouldn't cheat would they? Go vote for Fayettville over the corn dogs!! 🙌🏻🐗

A very interesting choice of words.

[Boardon Hamsay]

Voted

[AirWarren]

One down. Many to go.

[bythelake]

I give zero credence to these polls as we are very aware of how the voting is biased driven. 

[Arkamedes]

Last day to vote for round three! We're still about 10% behind. Everybody vote!!!!

Woo Pig!

[Cinco de Hogo]

I give zero credence to these polls as we are very aware of how the voting is biased driven.

I guess that s why "lil ole Arkansas" always does so well in them.

[geauxhawgs]

Nothing really "southern" about Fayetteville. But best of luck regardless.

What?! lol thats HILARIOUS. Need to travel a little more my friend

[geauxhawgs]

Also, I've spent a lot of time in the Midwest as a touring musician and, for what it's worth, Fayetteville would be lying if it claimed to be Midwestern. It's not too far off from some sort of a Midwestern culture, but it certainly ain't there. It's kind of in a league of its own in my opinion.

^^^agree^^^  even South Missouri & Southeast Kansas where Jerry Kill coached, has parts that feel pretty damn southern if I'm being honest. Starts changing outside KC & STL (the part that most people reference when talking about Missouri) just like it does the closer you get to Louisville Kentucky- Missouri is just a lot bigger state. They have the weirdest geography and most division culturally from the born & bred crowd, that I've seen anywhere in the country.

I don't care how fast the area grows or how big it gets. Unless an earthquake totally wipes that corner of our state out, it will always be part of the south just like it always has been. Similar to Nashville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Atlanta and Dallas. Yes, Fayetteville is in a league of its own...just like every other city in the South.


Woo Pig Yall!

[DLUXHOG]

what the hell is wrong with cheap bars??


PP

Seriously, He's referring to Fayetteville, North Carolina....