Even the most prestigious group of American universities -- the Ivies -- don’t have all campuses in big cities. Cornell and Princeton are in small cities and completely dominated by these universities.
It’s definitely a stark different from Canada, where, yeah you only have this a bit in the Maritimes.
In Ontario, the closest I can think of to this kind of experience is Kingston. But Kingston’s a lot larger and even though it does feel like the city is sort of purpose-built for Queen’s students at times, there are other things going on, including most notably, military. Kingston is more like an Ann Arbor or Madison than Manhattan or Lawrence or Ithaca or State College, though.
In Manitoba, there’s Brandon University but it’s more like your Northern Ontario examples where it doesn’t really dominate the city so much.
Oh, for sure. What struck me about Manhattan is that it's basically in the middle of a cornfield. I haven't spent any time in Ithaca (I've merely driven by) or Princeton, but New Haven and Providence are at least within commuting distance of major global cities so it seems a bit less random than some of the western land grant universities.
I agree that Kingston (or Waterloo) is probably the closest thing we have to a college town in Ontario. Brandon is an interesting example, though I'll admit I've never tried to walk around Brandon. I visited a few times while I lived in Winnipeg, always by car. Lethbridge is another Western Canadian example that feels at least somewhat like a US college town.
Yeah a lot of the Ivies are still in larger cities. Even New Haven and Providence are Ottawa and Edmonton sized. But then there’s Ithaca, which really sticks out for how isolated it is, relatively speaking. Even Princeton, though a small town, is basically sandwiched between the edges of Philly and NYC sprawl.
Lethbridge is another good example. It’s downtown isn’t nearly as vibrant as Kingston’s with students and staff, but it has significantly more going on than you’d otherwise expect. Similarly sized Red Deer is not nearly as vibrant.
In Alberta, there’s also Camrose, which has the UofA’s Augustana Campus. It’s a small satellite campus, but in a town of 20,000, it makes an impact, and is at least partly why the downtown main street is somewhat busy, despite all the big box stores that’ve opened up.
Even the most prestigious group of American universities -- the Ivies -- don’t have all campuses in big cities. Cornell and Princeton are in small cities and completely dominated by these universities.
It’s definitely a stark different from Canada, where, yeah you only have this a bit in the Maritimes.
In Ontario, the closest I can think of to this kind of experience is Kingston. But Kingston’s a lot larger and even though it does feel like the city is sort of purpose-built for Queen’s students at times, there are other things going on, including most notably, military. Kingston is more like an Ann Arbor or Madison than Manhattan or Lawrence or Ithaca or State College, though.
In Manitoba, there’s Brandon University but it’s more like your Northern Ontario examples where it doesn’t really dominate the city so much.
Oh, for sure. What struck me about Manhattan is that it's basically in the middle of a cornfield. I haven't spent any time in Ithaca (I've merely driven by) or Princeton, but New Haven and Providence are at least within commuting distance of major global cities so it seems a bit less random than some of the western land grant universities.
I agree that Kingston (or Waterloo) is probably the closest thing we have to a college town in Ontario. Brandon is an interesting example, though I'll admit I've never tried to walk around Brandon. I visited a few times while I lived in Winnipeg, always by car. Lethbridge is another Western Canadian example that feels at least somewhat like a US college town.
Yeah a lot of the Ivies are still in larger cities. Even New Haven and Providence are Ottawa and Edmonton sized. But then there’s Ithaca, which really sticks out for how isolated it is, relatively speaking. Even Princeton, though a small town, is basically sandwiched between the edges of Philly and NYC sprawl.
Lethbridge is another good example. It’s downtown isn’t nearly as vibrant as Kingston’s with students and staff, but it has significantly more going on than you’d otherwise expect. Similarly sized Red Deer is not nearly as vibrant.
In Alberta, there’s also Camrose, which has the UofA’s Augustana Campus. It’s a small satellite campus, but in a town of 20,000, it makes an impact, and is at least partly why the downtown main street is somewhat busy, despite all the big box stores that’ve opened up.