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TylerGuin

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  1. TylerGuin

    Auburn, AL

    Hi there! I attend Auburn University as an undergraduate, but I have been here for 4 years now so I know a bit about the area. It's a small town, with all the benefits and drawbacks inherent to that distinction. A huge portion of the population are students, which means almost every business caters to students, the university staff, or the massive amount of tourists. Booze is easy to get, cheap tasty food is served all night, and the girls here are famously attractive. The locals (and students) are very welcoming, and I've been amazed at the hospitality I've experienced everywhere. If you've never been to a small town, you might be in for a shock-- strangers will start conversations with you, shopkeepers greet your personally when you walk into their stores, and nobody ever hesitates to help a stranger out. If you are not into American football, then you might not know about the gigantic rivalry between the University of Alabama (the "Crimson Tide") and Auburn University (the "Tigers.") In Alabama, college football is king, and these two universities are the best in the nation. Last year, AU won the national championship, beating the favored Oregon Ducks. This year, UA won, beating their long time rival LSU. It's a big deal here, and games will draw huge crowds. The excitement can fill the entire town for a week before an important game. Even if you're not a fan of football, it is definitely worth attending a game while you're a student here. The trailer park post is correct, especially for graduate students. Owning a trailer is very affordable and doesn't carry the stigma here that it does elsewhere. Trailer parks are not associated with high-crime poor areas of town. Essentially, a student will purchase a trailer and rent a spot in a park near campus. This allows him own his own home and do with it as he sees fit. Also, trailer parks tend to be much quieter than many of the apartment complexes, where students are known to party all night. Luckily, undergraduates tend to rent away from graduate students. However, there is this strange "Montgomery myth" new students have that I don't understand. Montgomery is a wasteland, with less culture than Auburn despite being much larger. I think people tend to assume that Montgomery must have culture because of a few festivals and the fact that it is the state capitol, but after 4 years of living here and being a theater lover, I've never once had the desire to go to Montgomery and neither has anyone I know. Atlanta is a much better choice, and Atlanta's music/food/theater/shopping scene is well known. Hope you become an Auburn Tiger!
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