Well, A2 Is “Sprawling”
“This sprawling metropolis can be called a million different things, but ‘college town’ isn’t usually one of them,” writes Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel of LA in the grip of Rose Bowl excitement. “It’s too big, too diverse and too distracted to be confused with Ann Arbor or Tuscaloosa or Gainesville, or someplace that lives and dies with the fortunes of the local college football juggernaut.” Tuscaloosa? What kind of comparison is that? They probably don’t even have the tastiest water in their region.
I hear those Crimson Tiders call Tuscaloosa “T-Town” - a little too close to “Tree-Town” for my comfort.
posted by FAA on January 5th, 2006 at 5:02 pmI doubt they have any artisanal cheese, either.
posted by Dave on January 5th, 2006 at 5:11 pmI’m totally living and dying with the fortunes of my local college football juggernaut. Definitely.
posted by Brandon on January 5th, 2006 at 9:32 pmI’m actually in the process of moving from AA to Pasadena for work, and I can say for sure that it doesn’t remind me of Tree Town very much. That is, it offers places to go in the evening and intelligent conversation when you get there.
posted by Nick on January 5th, 2006 at 10:10 pmSNAP!
posted by Dale on January 5th, 2006 at 10:53 pmand very cool resale shops.
posted by OFWinsurgent on January 6th, 2006 at 5:34 pmIt’s also directly adjacent to Los Angeles (and Glendale…) which probably has some influence on that.
posted by Mike on January 11th, 2006 at 5:47 pmSenior Fish in Glendale has the best fish tacos…ever.
posted by OFWinsurgent on January 11th, 2006 at 7:14 pmooops, I meant Señor Fish
posted by OFWinsurgent on January 11th, 2006 at 7:14 pmThis guy doesn’t know the meaning of college town. I think he’s thinking of “town which never existed until the university came into existence.” When I think college town, I think Ann Arbor (or Madison, Berkeley or Amherst). Did someone say tacos?…
posted by daniel on January 16th, 2006 at 7:47 pmPasadena, land of intelligent conversation and 650K homes under 1000 square feet.
posted by Seth on February 23rd, 2006 at 3:07 am