Ann Arbor #2 college town for food

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<h1>1 Berkeley, California</h1>

<h1>2 Ann Arbor, Michigan</h1>

<h1>3 Madison, Wisconsin</h1>

<h1>4 Ithaca, Cornell</h1>

<h1>5 Chapel Hill, North Carolina</h1>

<h1>5 Oxford, Mississippi</h1>

<h1>7 Boulder, Colorado</h1>

<h1>7 Princeton, New Jersey</h1>

<h1>9 Burlington, Vermont</h1>

<h1>10 Eugene, Oregon</h1>

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<p>Lol Mississippi. What? There’s no way that Oxford is better than Westwood, CA or Austin, TX when it comes to food.</p>

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<p>whenhen, the city of Westwood does not exist. It is not a city. It is part of LA, which is no college town. Austin is a city with close to 1 million people, and while the general population tends to be young-ish, it is arguably not a college town either.</p>

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<p>Ann Arbor does have some pretty good food for a small town. But the list excluded every major city. If you included schools around Boston, New York, DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, LA, et al. then Ann Arbor would be pretty far down the list.</p>

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<p>^Well good thing those all aren’t college towns.</p>

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But then you wouldn’t be going to school in a college town.</p>

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<p>Don’t know anything about Oxford, Mississippi. I’m surprised Princeton made this list. Maybe it’s changed, but the last time I spent any time there the local food scene was quite bleak. Probably a function of so many undergrads being so invested in their Eating Clubs that it squeezed out the local restaurant market. To be honest, I’d put places like Iowa City, Champaign-Urbana, and West Lafayette above the Princeton I remember. Also, Northampton, Mass. deserves a shout-out.</p>

<p>I’d say Ann Arbor is placed about right among college towns.</p>

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<p>I will personally confirm, there is a very very big gap between #2 and #3.</p>

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<p>^ Say more, Vlad. I’ve always liked Madison as a college town, but I must admit I have rarely had a satisfying eating experience there. But I always assumed it was my unfamiliarity with the place. Are you saying there’s not so much “there” there?</p>

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<p>You can get something good in Madison, but it’ll have to be at a sit-down restaurant where you pay $20 with tip. Stuff that’s fast food-ish is okay at best. At the $8-$11 price point, you can get much better food in Ann Arbor than in Madison.</p>

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<h1>1’s got wine and cheese for tailgates. That’s fine I guess, but I think I’d prefer beer and brats.</h1>