whats the best college town in oklahoma?

[Pete]

Stillwater really is a nice little college town. I just like the area around OU better.

BTW, the "college town" thing is almost a completely foreign concept on the west coast. Most schools here are in bigger urban areas... And I personally don't care for that at all.

[bluedogok]

My perspective comes from the people leaving to "go to the city" to party instead of of staying in the "college town" to have their fun. Even in the early 80's when I was at OU and beer was still 18 many would leave to go to clubs in OKC for the weekend. Maybe it was because I grew up in OKC that it wasn't as big of an attraction to me. I found plenty of places to go in Norman, and my GPA showed that...

Every decent sized college in a big city has a "college area" around it, here in Austin there is The Drag (Guadalupe by the campus) that has a college feel but it just doesn't have that same appeal as some of the other districts in more traditional college towns.

Pete - yes, the college town idea does seem to be more of a Southern or Midwestern oriented thing.

[Bunty]

So Adanial, are you saying thatTahlequah, from being a smaller place than Stillwater, makes it a better college town?

[feconi]

In Stillwater, if your not from a small town or into drinking beer and red dirt music your not going to like it.

I'm not "in" to any of those things or from a small town, but I really enjoyed my time in Stillwater. So did nearly all of my friends, most of whom do not fit this stereotype. I suppose it's all about what you're willing to make of it. I kept myself very busy at OSU but had plenty of fun doing it.

I can tell you by indirect experience that is much easier to lure top staff and faculty to a college if there is a big city nearby.

Where the state of Oklahoma is concerned, I can assure you that OU's proximity to OKC has very little direct effect on its ability to recruit faculty--at least faculty worth recruiting, that is. I don't know what "indirect experience" you have, but my very direct experience in academia has shown me that it's hardly about the location, but almost entirely about--you guessed it--the money. Yeah, location might play a role in deciding between, say, UC Santa Barbara and Purdue, but between OU and OSU? Not like you're insinuating.

[Spartan]

It's also a matter of what kind of person you are. If your passions in life are skeet shootin and hog raisin and beer drinkin then Stoolwater is your place. If you like learning, music, and art, then Norman is your place.

[feconi]

Every decent sized college in a big city has a "college area" around it, here in Austin there is The Drag (Guadalupe by the campus) that has a college feel but it just doesn't have that same appeal as some of the other districts in more traditional college towns.

The Drag may not have the same quaint appeal as the typical college town, but I have to admit: of all the many universities I've visited, I've never seen such a vibrant college area as Guadalupe and west campus at UT. I confess, I spent my first year of grad school in west campus--let's just say I wonder how the undergrads here don't all flunk out.

[feconi]

It's also a matter of what kind of person you are. If your passions in life are skeet shootin and hog raisin and beer drinkin then Stoolwater is your place. If you like learning, music, and art, then Norman is your place.

Behold, ladies and gentlemen! The remarkable insight and wit of a product of the University of Oklahoma!

[bluedogok]

The Drag may not have the same quaint appeal as the typical college town, but I have to admit: of all the many universities I've visited, I've never seen such a vibrant college area as Guadalupe and west campus at UT. I confess, I spent my first year of grad school in west campus--let's just say I wonder how the undergrads here don't all flunk out.

I got into enough "trouble" in Norman, I probably wouldn't have lasted as long down here back then. In some ways it might be a good thing that I didn't move here when I was younger.

[Spartan]

Behold, ladies and gentlemen! The remarkable insight and wit of a product of the University of Oklahoma!

I try. And btw, at the moment, I go to a college that is very far from Oklahoma.

[Doug Loudenback]

It's also a matter of what kind of person you are. If your passions in life are skeet shootin and hog raisin and beer drinkin then Stoolwater is your place. If you like learning, music, and art, then Norman is your place.

But, on the other hand, if one has a propensity to drift into the zone of being a smart ass from time to time, such a person would naturally like Norman better.

[Spartan]

Of course.

[dismayed]

It's also a matter of what kind of person you are. If your passions in life are skeet shootin and hog raisin and beer drinkin then Stoolwater is your place. If you like learning, music, and art, then Norman is your place.

You forgot about Stillwater's world renowned animal "husbandry." Not sure if I'm referring to the degree or the activity. Oh wait, yep I'm sure.

[TStheThird]

Funny thing is, most of you OU fans posting on this thread most likely did not go to the University of Oklahoma. You are only arguing that it is a better college town because you like the football team. Congratulations!

[Caboose]

Funny thing is, most of you OU fans posting on this thread most likely did not go to the University of Oklahoma. You are only arguing that it is a better college town because you like the football team. Congratulations!

Even if that is true, how is it relevant? Or funny? Or remarkable?

I didn't attend school in Milan, but I would have no doubt the "fashion scene" there is better than in Stillwater. So what is the problem?

[CuatrodeMayo]

...and the ignorance runs wild...

[hagrid]

Even if that is true, how is it relevant? Or funny? Or remarkable?

I didn't attend school in Milan, but I would have no doubt the "fashion scene" there is better than in Stillwater. So what is the problem?

Problem? No problem, s-s-ssir! geez! Finding stylish clothes and gaunt-looking people with pursed lips strutting down a runway, do not a college town make! <sarcasm>

Funny, the OP asked what's the best college town and not what's the best college. But when you are 18, first time away from mommy and daddy, it doesn't matter if it's artsy fartsy Norman types or OSU hog-calling, beer-drinking rednecks, you WILL have fun. I know I did, and I went to Cameron when I was 17 and had a blast!

[Pete]

Apart from the OU/OSU pissing contest, are there other nice college towns in OK?

Someone mentioned Talequah but I've never been there.

[Doug Loudenback]

I've not been to Tahlequah in several years but I recall thinking that it a beautiful town ... of course, in that part of the state, it would be hard not to be. I don't recall much about the school.

[Caboose]

Problem? No problem, s-s-ssir! geez! Finding stylish clothes and gaunt-looking people with pursed lips strutting down a runway, do not a college town make! <sarcasm>

Funny, the OP asked what's the best college town and not what's the best college. But when you are 18, first time away from mommy and daddy, it doesn't matter if it's artsy fartsy Norman types or OSU hog-calling, beer-drinking rednecks, you WILL have fun. I know I did, and I went to Cameron when I was 17 and had a blast!

Are you sure you are responding to me? That really didn't answer my post. I know what the original question was so what difference does it make if someone who answered "Norman" went to school at OU or not?

[Spartan]

Apart from the OU/OSU pissing contest, are there other nice college towns in OK?

Someone mentioned Talequah but I've never been there.

UCO actually has a far better college scene than OSU. And of course, TU and OCU could be great, but at this moment in time, leave a lot to be desired for inner city "college towns". But they're getting there.

[feconi]

UCO actually has a far better college scene than OSU.

Your disdain for Stillwater and OSU is painfully obvious. Oh, but I'm sure you're speaking objectively and from experience here, right?

[Spartan]

That is correct.

[PennyQuilts]

That is correct.

Love someone of few words who isn't afraid to use them!

[onthestrip]

UCO actually has a far better college scene than OSU.

Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any more ridiculous, you go and say this.

[drumsncode]

I went to OU back in the Cretaceous Period, and I really loved the campus corner atmosphere. Two stores stood out in my mind, Toto's for pizza and the Gramophone for stereo gear. I miss eating there back when pizza was affordable for a broke college kid.

I think they also had Orin's Pizza, something like that?