Washington has two of the best college towns in the US, report finds

[Suudy]

Pullman second only to Bozeman (which is boggling to me).

Washington has two of the best college towns in the US, report finds

A new report from RentCafe ranked the best college towns in the U.S. across metrics of affordability, academics and health.

www.kitsapsun.com

 

[UberCougars]

RentCafe to the rescue! Have we seen their TV $$$$ offer yet?

 

[cr8zyncalif]

These are always pretty subjective, but I love seeing their results.

 

[M-I-Coug]

Bozeman area has...

1. Bridger Bowl (skiing/snowboarding, 30 minutes away)
2. Glaciar National Park
3. Yellowstone
4. Big Sky (Major Ski Resort) 52 minutes away

Pullman area has...

1. Crested Butte
2. Palouse Falls
3. Boyer Park

Ya think?

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Bozeman area has...

1. Bridger Bowl (skiing/snowboarding, 30 minutes away)
2. Glaciar National Park
3. Yellowstone
4. Big Sky (Major Ski Resort) 52 minutes away

Pullman area has...

1. Crested Butte
2. Palouse Falls
3. Boyer Park

Ya think?

And colder than shit winters. And WTF is "Crested Butte"? You mean Kamiak or Steptoe Butte(s)?

And poor little Pullman has Lake CD'A (60 minutes to the Chatcolet dock). Closer than Palouse Falls BTW. Pend Oreille another hour away, Dworshak Reservoir 90-ish minutes away, if that. Mt. Spokane, 49 degrees North, and Bluewood ski resorts all within 2 hours. And Schweitzer Mtn. And the rather smelly old Snake River has way more than Boyer. The Dunes for instance, 30 miles of cruising downstream. Lots of blackberries along the way. I used to pick them along shore from the boat. Or go to Wawawai, and cruise up to Clarkston and head up the cleaner Snake, check out all the Lewiston sluts on the beach at their park, then up past Asotin to where the river runs free (watch for rocks). Yeah, nothing outdoors to do in Pullman.

 

[M-I-Coug]

And colder than shit winters. And WTF is "Crested Butte"? You mean Kamiak or Steptoe Butte(s)?

And poor little Pullman has Lake CD'A (60 minutes to the Chatcolet dock). Closer than Palouse Falls BTW. Pend Oreille another hour away, Dworshak Reservoir 90-ish minutes away, if that. Mt. Spokane, 49 degrees North, and Bluewood ski resorts all within 2 hours. And Schweitzer Mtn. And the rather smelly old Snake River has way more than Boyer. The Dunes for instance, 30 miles of cruising downstream. Lots of blackberries along the way. I used to pick them along shore from the boat. Or go to Wawawai, and cruise up to Clarkston and head up the cleaner Snake, check out all the Lewiston sluts on the beach at their park, then up past Asotin to where the river runs free (watch for rocks). Yeah, nothing outdoors to do in Pullman.

Yep, meant Steptoe Butte. Crested Butte is Colorado.

MSU has a major ski program, including both alpine and nordic teams that compete with Colorado and Utah. These teams train and compete in the Big Sky region, including Bridger Bowl Ski Area and Big Sky Resort. Again, Bridger Bowl is 30 minutes away, NOT 90 minutes away, like the ski areas in Spokane.

Uhh, you can't compare Ski Bluewood with anything. It's not in the same conversation.
Right about (the late Duane Hagedone) Lake CD'A, but you cannot compare the Inland Empire to Glacier, Yellowstone, or Big Sky.
It's not Apples and Apples.

Only Cosmic Crisps are.

And by the way, MSU is the only university in the U.S. that literarily has gun racks in their dorms. Go to Glacier, hoist up your food, and carry bear spray.

You. Don't. Do. That. In. Spokane/Pullman/Eastern Washington

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Yep, meant Steptoe Butte. Crested Butte is Colorado.

MSU has a major ski program, including both alpine and nordic teams that compete with Colorado and Utah. These teams train and compete in the Big Sky region, including Bridger Bowl Ski Area and Big Sky Resort. Again, Bridger Bowl is 30 minutes away, NOT 90 minutes away, like the ski areas in Spokane.

Uhh, you can't compare Ski Bluewood with anything. It's not in the same conversation.
Right about (the late Duane Hagedone) Lake CD'A, but you cannot compare the Inland Empire to Glacier, Yellowstone, or Big Sky.
It's not Apples and Apples.

Only Cosmic Crisps are.

And by the way, MSU is the only university in the U.S. that literarily has gun racks in their dorms. Go to Glacier, hoist up your food, and carry bear spray.

You. Don't. Do. That. In. Spokane/Pullman/Eastern Washington

Or Phoenix. Poop head.

And I've been to Glacier. My older sister manned a fire lookout post/cabin up there for a summer. And I've boated on Flathead. Big F-ing lake for a 17 ft boat. Had a buddy that flew small planes in the town south of Flathead. Bastard took me and then wife over that island that has goats and dive bombed them, scaring the F out of me, then took us over the mountain range to OMG nowhere. Snow packed in June.

And Bluewood, etc? Sorry Jean Claude Killy, but Bluewood is/was plenty of excitement for me. Motorhome in the parking lot overnight, ski right to it, kids learned to ski on the bunny hill. Little shits, took to it like nothing.

 

[Observer11]

Yep, meant Steptoe Butte. Crested Butte is Colorado.

MSU has a major ski program, including both alpine and nordic teams that compete with Colorado and Utah. These teams train and compete in the Big Sky region, including Bridger Bowl Ski Area and Big Sky Resort. Again, Bridger Bowl is 30 minutes away, NOT 90 minutes away, like the ski areas in Spokane.

Uhh, you can't compare Ski Bluewood with anything. It's not in the same conversation.
Right about (the late Duane Hagedone) Lake CD'A, but you cannot compare the Inland Empire to Glacier, Yellowstone, or Big Sky.
It's not Apples and Apples.

Only Cosmic Crisps are.

And by the way, MSU is the only university in the U.S. that literarily has gun racks in their dorms. Go to Glacier, hoist up your food, and carry bear spray.

You. Don't. Do. That. In. Spokane/Pullman/Eastern Washington

Dropped my daughter off in Moscow and the car parked next to us had a gun rack with a shot gun on it.

Kind of like how Pullman used to be.

 

[fingerdisco]

Bozeman area has...

1. Bridger Bowl (skiing/snowboarding, 30 minutes away)
2. Glaciar National Park
3. Yellowstone
4. Big Sky (Major Ski Resort) 52 minutes away

Pullman area has...

1. Crested Butte
2. Palouse Falls
3. Boyer Park

Ya think?

GNP is 4-5 hours away from Bozeman depending which side you go to. Using that distance radius, Pullman has Mt. Rainier NP and North Cascades NP on its resume.

 

[Coug90]

GNP is 4-5 hours away from Bozeman depending which side you go to. Using that distance radius, Pullman has Mt. Rainier NP and North Cascades NP on its resume.

for the most part people that do these lists have certainly never been to any of these places and have done minimal research at best.

I think we can all agree Pullman is unique as a college town in that there’s really nothing around it for hours…as far as bigger colleges go 20+K students there’s only a few like it in the country if that.

 

[Observer11]

GNP is 4-5 hours away from Bozeman depending which side you go to. Using that distance radius, Pullman has Mt. Rainier NP and North Cascades NP on its resume.

Bozeman is a great college town if your daddy is a tech billionaire member of the Yellowstone Club and you’re into overpriced western art created by someone who fled from the Bay Area.

 

[COUGinNCW]

GNP is 4-5 hours away from Bozeman depending which side you go to. Using that distance radius, Pullman has Mt. Rainier NP and North Cascades NP on its resume.

I think he was confusing Glacier with Yellowstone.

 

[UberCougars]

I watched a “Ski Meet” between 20? Universities this winter. MSU kicked butt.

WSU had a few good skiers but the team seemed pretty small.

UW had three times the number of skiers than anyone else but they sucked. You could see a lot of comradary among and between the teams but I didn’t see anyone interacting with UW. They stayed together mired in their awesomeness.

 

[CougSinceBirth]

Bozeman is a great college town if your daddy is a tech billionaire member of the Yellowstone Club and you’re into overpriced western art created by someone who fled from the Bay Area.

You must be fun at parties.

 

[Observer11]

You must be fun at parties.

You're damned right.

My friends are in low places.

 

[CougSinceBirth]

You're damned right.

My friends are in low places.