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Beach resort vs. gray horrible England...hmm...
To study at the LSE. And because while California is beautiful, culturally I don't really fit in there.
Stanford is truly beautiful, with all those palms, etc. - however, Cambridge's architecture is certainly more impressive.
I prefer Stanford's weather, though
- needless to say, it's not the most important thing in college. I think there's a super-nice college in Florida with a _great_ campus (you can see the sea from your room). Most regrettably, it's not quite as good as Stanford. Ah well 
I prefer Stanford's weather, though
- needless to say, it's not the most important thing in college. I think there's a super-nice college in Florida with a _great_ campus (you can see the sea from your room). Most regrettably, it's not quite as good as Stanford. Ah well 
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Beach resort vs. gray horrible England...hmm...
Grey horrible England any time.
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BTW, where do you fit in?
Not many places by the looks of it!
(Only joking)I wonder what the facilities are like in American universities. I've always wondered what it would be like to study at one.
CamRules
BTW, where do you fit in?
Big, cosmopolitan urban places like New York and London. I told my friends that I could stay in California only if I lived in San Francisco and never left city limits
The people are kind of superficial and way too laid back for my tastes. And it's also kind of weirdly segregated in a way I never experienced in the NYC suburban area where I grew up.shady lane
Big, cosmopolitan urban places like New York and London. I told my friends that I could stay in California only if I lived in San Francisco and never left city limits The people are kind of superficial and way too laid back for my tastes. And it's also kind of weirdly segregated in a way I never experienced in the NYC suburban area where I grew up.
The people are kind of superficial and way too laid back for my tastes. And it's also kind of weirdly segregated in a way I never experienced in the NYC suburban area where I grew up.Is the stereotype really true? And by segregation do you mean racial?
My uni was built in 1891, any casinos resembling it are cheap imitations
Looks like a Scientology centre to me....
My uni was built in 1891, any casinos resembling it are cheap imitations
1291. Or bits of it. Winner!
Those Scientologists are absolute MENTALISTS. I saw that Panorama thing; what a bloody joke.
Stanford does look nice; I never even knew what it looked like. Although, I do prefer Cambridge (unsurprisingly). Re Cancun: lol it does actually. But like a rich sophisticated man's Cancun.
Stanford does look nice; I never even knew what it looked like. Although, I do prefer Cambridge (unsurprisingly). Re Cancun: lol it does actually. But like a rich sophisticated man's Cancun.
Is Cambridge a very small town? I always imagined it to be just like Oxford, but I hear it's more like a village? So it's just the college buildings basically?
It feels like a small town in the middle, that's the main difference. If you leave the centre (the uni area, basically) it actually goes on for ages and feels a lot more like an actual city. It is smaller than Oxford, but not by as much as it might feel like on first impressions. 120,000 compared to 150,000 according to wiki.
The centre really can feel like a rural market town but with a few more shops, people, and fancy buildings though.
The centre really can feel like a rural market town but with a few more shops, people, and fancy buildings though.
There is a lot more to the town than the university, but the whole "bubble" phenomenon sort of restricts you to the university unless you actively seek to leave the bubble. When I live out of the bubble but in the city during vacation time, I very rarely enter the university quarter!
It's not too huge outside though, and if it wasn't for the university it'll just be a town.
It's not too huge outside though, and if it wasn't for the university it'll just be a town.
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