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To: Live2Sail who wrote (47894)	1/29/2006 1:19:52 PM
From: Tradelite	Respond to of 306849

Maybe what it takes to make a college town into a good permanent residence is one or more of the following... Having a good-paying state-funded job and pension from the local university (which a deceased relative of mine did have and which did lead to my family's long-lasting involvement in the University and in Athens).... Some type of adult-oriented entertainment or cultural events in the town, such as restaurants, movie theaters, museums, whatever else that doesn't ALWAYS involve interaction with a bunch of students/sports fans and young people less than half one's age... Access to good medical care. I'm thinking here of the difference between and among living in the Wash DC area where so many excellent research/teaching hospitals and institutions exist vs. (1) Athens, GA, where two hospitals exist but the University has no medical school (therefore the hospitals don't get the latest and greatest)so those who can afford it travel to Atlanta for medical care, and (2) a place such as Columbia, MO, where the University of Missouri medical school and hospital provide access to the latest and greatest research and facilities in that region of the state. Even in an outpost such as Greenville, NC, a major regional medical complexz has sprung up which is pretty impressive and presumably attracts bright university grads from Duke, NC State, Chapel Hill, etc., who in turn bring high educational levels, high incomes and high standards to a part of the state which used to be sorta.......well, nothing much to talk about except farms and factories. (3) Some economic underpinning, other than the fact that a University exists in the town which is gradually consuming more and more of the limited real estate in the town in order to expand the campus, which is happening in Athens from what I can observe.