<p>slecman: I politely disagree with your statement; that may be your opinion that Chicago isn’t a great “college city” but understand that Chicago is a huge draw for many students–huge urban city with plenty of things to do, vibrant nightlife, and lots of opportunities for internships and whatnot. Obviously one of the top 5 most populated cities in America, if not top 3.</p>
<p>A lot of other cities mentioned here, like Poughkeepsie and Durham pale in comparison. This thread is about “worst college cities” and I certainly disagree that Chicago would fit under this category.</p>
<p>Most cities aren’t focused on students, anyway. And those that are college cities where if you took away the university then the city would pretty much be nothing (like Syracuse or Cornell), aren’t considered great college cities either. Boston just so happens to have probably over half its population to be college students. Chicago has many universities too around and within it, but Boston probably has more. </p>
<p>Since you go to Northwestern, I would’ve thought you would’ve said Evanston isn’t a great college city, which would make sense, because it’s just another upper middle class suburb, and because NU isn’t in Chicago, to be technical about it. And NU-Evanston town-gown relations aren’t so hot either.</p>