Alternative criteria might be what percentage of working adults are employed by

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Dec 9, 2019
3:38:57pm

Gustav All-American

Alternative criteria might be what percentage of working adults are employed by

the school. Not sure exactly what number that should be though.

Also, no town is a college town whose college is a commuter school.

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Criteria for whether a town is a "college" town:

gwalker

12/9/19 3:23pm

Arguably, every SEC school except Vandy and every B1G school except Minnesota

The Chelsea Dagger

12/9/19 3:31pm

Northwestern not a college town. Madison is borderline.

Baron

12/9/19 3:33pm

I can see both arguments for Northwestern, because Evanston does have a distinct

The Chelsea Dagger

12/9/19 8:40pm

Most of the Big 12 also: Manhattan, KS; Ames, Iowa; Lawrence, KS (again);

gwalker

12/9/19 3:46pm

Another criterion might be: the extent to which the city's identity is tied to a particular college team, or even

Bob Vance

12/9/19 3:36pm

Alternative criteria might be what percentage of working adults are employed by

Gustav

12/9/19 3:38pm

Provo 100% is a college town

cougarnerd

12/9/19 3:49pm

Easy. If it's not San Diego, Houston, Memphis or Cincinnati it's a college town.

JmThms

12/9/19 3:56pm

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