What town is this?

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And a extension campus for OSU… so not much in the way of Uni’s for doing a graduate program. Pretty though, and quite a healthy tri community.

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So, people of slowtwitch, what town is this? I’m looking at graduate schools, and this is my ideal community where I’d like to live/study/train. Where is it?

Whatcha look’n at study’n?

Chris

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Palo Alto.

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Definately SLO. Just a great place and Cal Poly is a terrific school.

Ric

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santa barbara
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Yea you’re right, too many people here already !!!

I was just there last weekend. Boulder and the mountains were great. However, driving along the highways I saw nothing but awful sprawl. It’s too bad, the praries are pretty.

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Chapel Hill, NC
has a college - Go Tar Heels! doesn’t rain - well, we do have our share of afternoon showers during the summer and some other wet days, but on the “upside,” we’re in the midst of a pretty long drought temperatures 65 to 85 year round (not too hot, not too cold) - most days of the summer are pretty hot (it’s probably in the 90s right now), but you can ride and run outside pretty much all year small town (under 100,000 people, 70-80 would be great) - we have the size you’re looking for, plus with Durham and Raleigh close by, you can do most things great athletic community - lots of group rides, a masters group, good running etc. - I think we have a great athletic/tri community. You can hit a group ride almost every day and there are a few different running clubs and masters groups between UNC and some groups in Durham
What grad program will you be going into? Between Duke, Carolina, and State, we should have pretty much everything covered, of course you would be crazy to go to any school other than Carolina.

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Barry

You are 100% regarding the sprawl. Soon there will be continous delvelopment from C. Springs up to Ft. Collins. It is happening fast, and furious, just frightening.

DB

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We had very similar criteria and we picked Fort Collins, CO.

With the exception of your temp requirement, FC is a perfect fit. It gets a little warmer in the summer and a little colder in the winter but generally speaking, you can ride year round. The sprawl up here isn’t nearly as bad as Denver/Boulder/Longmont etc. Fort Collins has grown a ton in the last 10 years, but it still has a small town feel.

In addition to your list, for FC I would add:

  • Very diverse training opportunites (flat,mountains, offroad/onroad etc.)
  • Some altitude benefit (5000 ft)
  • Its great to live in a place where people actually want to live and enjoy their lives.
  • The cost of living is still reasonable in Fort Collins.

-David

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I’m looking to study English Literature. CSU Fort Collins has a pretty good program, as does CU in Boulder, both of which have shown up on this list.

California is nice, but its a bit crowded. I’ll have to check out SLO. Maybe it isn’t as crowded.

Got any English Literature grad school recommendations?

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I’ve read that the cost of living in Santa Barbara is 75% above the nation average . . . yikes!

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ashville, nc - but your gonna have to forget english lit
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“ashville, nc”

i don’t think that quite meets the temp requirements, but i agree, that oughta be on the short list.

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well if we don’t need to meet the temp requirement then I’ll throw Madison into the mix.

As to the temp requirement (and rain): HTFU

“ashville, nc”

i don’t think that quite meets the temp requirements, but i agree, that oughta be on the short list.

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not much in the way of universities in AshEville either is there?

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“well if we don’t need to meet the temp requirement then I’ll throw Madison into the mix.”

well if we don’t need to meet the temp requirement let’s here it for fairbanks.

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HTFU? After spending six years riding and running in every type of rain imaginable, I’m ready for nicer weather.

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English Literature

Well, that throws out the Monterey Bay area. No good Masters programs here.

This area meets a lot of the requirements you listed, but Master level programs are of short supply in the area.

SLO would be my second choice in CA. Here’s the link to their program:

http://cla.calpoly.edu/engl/englma/

Chris

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San Clemente, California. Nearest college is Saddleback Community, which is about 5 miles away, but there’s UC Irvine about 15 miles up the road.

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I’ve read that the cost of living in Santa Barbara is 75% above the nation average . . . yikes!

Only if you’re planning on buying a house here…I have a feeling someone in grad school isn’t going to be looking to do that :wink:

I’ll second the UCSB suggestion. There’s nothing like a campus with it’s own oceanfront…although Cal Poly SLO would fit the requirements pretty well too (but it’s not on the ocean.)