College town

A college town is a community (often literally a town, but possibly a small city or region, most commonly in the United States) which is dominated by its university population. The university may be large, or there may be several smaller institutions such as liberal arts colleges, or the residential population may be small, but college towns in all cases are so dubbed because the educational institution(s) presence pervades economic and social life. Many local residents may be employed by the university, many businesses cater primarily to the university, and indeed the students population may outnumber the local population outright.

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Town - City - Region - United States - University - Liberal arts colleges - Population

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Other characteristics of a stereotypical college town include a high number of people living non-traditional lifestyles and subcultures ("college town hippies") and high tolerance for such persons, an unusually active musical or cultural scene, and unusually left-wing politics.

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Stereotypical - Hippie - Music - Left-wing

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