<p>Looking at public U’s in New England and wondering which have good lively college towns with shopping, restaurants, bars etc? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I would say UVM, in Burlington, VT.</p>
<p>What is the town like around UNH? Do URI or U Conn have a town at all?</p>
<p>U Conn is said to be in a college town, but it depends on preference. cornell is also said to be in a college town (they have their own zip code!) but the areas are vastly different. IMO, if you’re at Uconn, you have to travel quite some ways to get to non-campus related activities (mall, etc)</p>
<p>at cornell (i’ve heard) there are things to do in the surrounding town outside of cornell’s established town.</p>
<p>UNH-- def not a college town</p>
<p>----from a CT resident’s perspective</p>
<p>Cornell’s not in the mix of schools were considering…I have not been to any of these campuses and am just trying to find out which of the New England publics have a town with things for students to do off campus.</p>
<p>Sorry, just realized you said public. But I was just giving perspective on the different types of “college towns.” </p>
<p>I think UMass Amherst. It’s not city like Boston or anything, but it’s its own little place. Everyone I know has fun there, there’s always something to do on campus or around Amherst/Northampton.</p>
<p>New England is chock full of private colleges so the phenomena of the great college town near a big state U is far less prevalent. Amherst is probably the closest.</p>
<p>Burlington, Vermont, on beautiful, Lake Champlain, has to be the best of the New England, public colleges’ towns. Hands down winner. Lots of shops, restaurants, outdoor activties and entertainment to be had in Burlington. And, UVM is the finest state university in New England.</p>
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<p>According to USNWR, stateuniversity.com, Kiplinger, and Washington Monthly, that honor would go to UConn (by rather wide margins over UVt).</p>
<p>Agreed ^^ it’s been UCONN for a long time.</p>
<p>Maybe UVM is not the strongest but it is still the finest.</p>