Because all college students go skiing every single weekend? Come on man. Is there even good skiing in Boulder?

I can separate my love of Boulder the town from my burning, eternal hatred of CU the school, so here you go:

Boulder’s a short drive from some of the best ski mountains in the western hemisphere. The city itself is almost surreal, it’s so picturesque. The food scene is one of the best in the nation, there’s a thriving bar/party culture full of fit, mountain-scaling hotties. Colorado averages 300+ days of sunshine a year, and you’re far more likely to be attending a fall college football game in shorts and a t-shirt than you are in a winter coat. Balls-out music scene with something for everyone, a stupendous college radio station, about 27 microbreweries within the city limits…yeah. Boulder is kind of rad.

/Sincerely, the City of Boulder’s Chamber of Commerce

This. I’ll go to my grave blaming not only the Pakistanis, but us as well for not taking care of this shit when we had the chance.

I’m sure I’ll tell this story again when 9/11 rolls around, but here’s mine: my dad wakes me up early and says, “come see this! some asshole crashed his plane into the world trade center!” At the time I remember thinking, “Letterman is going to have a field day with this.” We sat in the living room watching, and one of the news anchors said it was a jet. I immediately thought, yeah, that’s weird. How do you screw that up if you’re flying a giant plane? Right as I was going to bring up terrorism to the old man, the second plane comes into view. It hits, I tell him, “this shit is planned,” and run to get dressed. I’m driving to school cause I work at the campus paper, calling my best friend who’s the EIC. He doesn’t believe me at first. “We’re under attack!” I keep shouting. He turns on his TV and he’s like, “I’m coming in.” I was the first person to get into the newspaper office, so I’m sitting in this corner office with all the lights off, just pouring over CNN.com and such. Spent the next 20 minutes like that before anybody else showed up.

BTW…about Columbine…I was out of high school when it happened, but my younger brother told me in the two weeks following the shooting that suddenly all the nerds and usual kids who got picked on were no longer made fun of. Shame that couldn’t have lasted. Did anybody else notice that happening?

Having been to Tempe many times, I think it qualifies as a college town. It’s near Phoenix but far enough away that the college kids only party in Tempe. The campus and surrounding area has tons of bars and restaurants.

My gf talked me into a week vacation in Scottsdale last summer. That area just seems like an unbelievable place to live with great food, hot chicks and a great laid back environment. It’s hot as hell, but I’ll take that dry heat over an Atl summer any day. Definitely could see myself living there.

You lucky slut. I’ve been dying to go out there forever, just never could find enough time.

My BFF lived in Tempe for a few years. It was bittersweet when she and her husband moved back to Chicago. I was out there every year for an ASU and Cardinals football weekend in October then back in March for the tournament, St. Patrick’s day and a spring training game.

Pretty much my exact experience; my roommate was sleeping and his gf called freaking out. Our tv was broke so I went next door to our RAs room we put it on and a few mins later tower 2 was hit. I was in the largest frosh dorm on campus and it was just completely nuts there. Girls with brothers/boyfriends/dads etc in the military crying…guys everywhere screaming talking about enlisting. People just all around freaking out; just everyone taken over by fear.

Then we let Tora Bora happen. I think (wish) we need to tell Pakistan to kiss our dicks and send troops, special forces and aircraft across the border.

I was a junior in HS. I was walking from an English Class to my 2 hour block gym class and I overheard someone talking about something in NY, but none of us in the gym class new what was going on. We played capture the flag (unreal) outside (it was a beautiful day in WI) for 2 hours, without a clue as to what was happening. After class, we changed, walked into the cafeteria, and all we saw was that helicopter shot of lower manhattan with all of the smoke/dust covering EVERYTHING. Someone standing next to me asked what movie everyone was watching.

And this is USCB’s fucking campus. Holy. Shit.

Campus is gorgeous. Isla Vista, where the students live, is fun to visit. It’s a fucking dump to live in though.

And this is USCB’s fucking campus. Holy. Shit.

My dorm roommate from undergrad got his first post-PhD job at UCSB. Always will be pissed I never got out there to visit him.

Boulder is an amazing town.

Oh, and he just left UCSB and took a job in Boulder.

I was a freshman in college. Had to take a PE class so I chose bowling. I was bowling with the TVs on and we watched it unfold for about 30 minutes while bowling not knowing what happened. When the second one hit, we left the lanes and bolted back to the dorms. A friend almost kicked in the door to yell, “it’s WWIII!!” I’ll never forget the footage from the Middle East and this one woman who was so happy. I can’t remember what country she was from (Syria is my guess) but she was overjoyed. I don’t think I’ve ever been that upset in my life. I would have killed that
women if i could have.

Pretty much my exact experience; my roommate was sleeping and his gf called freaking out. Our tv was broke so I went next door to our RAs room we put it on and a few mins later tower 2 was hit. I was in the largest frosh dorm on campus and it was just completely nuts there. Girls with brothers/boyfriends/dads etc in the military crying…guys everywhere screaming talking about enlisting. People just all around freaking out; just everyone taken over by fear.

Having been to Tempe many times, I think it qualifies as a college town. It’s near Phoenix but far enough away that the college kids only party in Tempe. The campus and surrounding area has tons of bars and restaurants.

You lucky slut. I’ve been dying to go out there forever, just never could find enough time.

I remember the drive to approach Madison. That view of those lakes is just breathtaking.

But it’s only the 2nd or 3rd largest city in the State because it’s a huge University with 40000 students and even more staff/faculty. You take UW out of Madison and you’re left with Springfield, Illinois.

Madison is the 2nd or 3rd largest city in Wisconsin and is the state capital. If you’re going to do this whole “it’s in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nothing” definition of a college town then Madison would also have to be excluded.

You know, I remember seeing that too, and I still don’t understand it.

She was so fucking happy. She looked like she was in her 50′s. The entire time we watched her I was hoping for the camera man to pull a scene out of True Lies and pull a glock out of the camera and shoot her. I was so upset watching it, but I couldn’t turn away. I was like watching the AUB-ORE title game in January.

the guy flying the second one just destroyed his building. The first guy crashed into his tower, the second guy evaporated while flying through his tower.

I lived in brooklyn, worked in queens. I rode to work on the subway, then both hits happened, then buildings came down. Just sat around watching news, looking out the window. About four o’clock, I rode home on the subway. They already had a few back running.
My brother spent 2 hours underground. He didn’t even know about the second tower until he was standing in the street after both were already collapsed.

Holy shit, completely forgot about Tempe. That place is fucking awesome. It’s better than Madison and I love Madison.

See.

I was a freshman in college. Had to take a PE class so I chose bowling. I was bowling with the TVs on and we watched it unfold for about 30 minutes while bowling not knowing what happened. When the second one hit, we left the lanes and bolted back to the dorms. A friend almost kicked in the door to yell, “it’s WWIII!!” I’ll never forget the footage from the Middle East and this one woman who was so happy. I can’t remember what country she was from (Syria is my guess) but she was overjoyed. I don’t think I’ve ever been that upset in my life. I would have killed that women if i could have.

I remember Palestinians jumping up and down for joy. I was like, “well send Israel another few billion dollars and a shipment of weapons to take care of you.”

Because all college students go skiing every single weekend? Come on man. Is there even good skiing in Boulder?

Dude, you are like an hour from Breckenridge, and yes, the trust fund brigade who goes to CU does indeed ski almost every weekend. Boulder is also stunning to see. Just a beautiful place.