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Chin Diesel said:
You missed the point entirely. When you leave Storrs you are immediately surrounded by cow and corn country. Yes, you eventually drive through it to major cities but Storrs is the very definition of a rural school. Doesn't make it bad or wrong, but it is farm country through and through. They even used to have cows on the campus at UConn. Generally speaking urban schools don't have dairy farms on their campuses.
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You get the point how you're never really far from civilization in the Northeast, right? The idea that Storrs is in the middle of nowhere is one of the stranger things and is usually said by people who really only know the Northeast.

If you told someone from Indiana that the Storrs area was farm country and they actually saw it they would laugh.
 
superjohn said:
You get the point how you're never really far from civilization in the Northeast, right? The idea that Storrs is in the middle of nowhere is one of the stranger things and is usually said by people who really only know the Northeast.

If you told someone from Indiana that the Storrs area was farm country and they actually saw it they would laugh.
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You're stuck in midwestern state of mind. Unless you go to Alaska you really don't understand what rural is in America and how far away you can be from civilization.

I'll let you fantacize your 50 shades of rural gray.
 
Chin Diesel said:
You're stuck in midwestern state of mind. Unless you go to Alaska you really don't understand what rural is in America and how far away you can be from civilization.

I'll let you fantacize your 50 shades of rural gray.
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I'm from the Northeast, I live in the Midwest. You're right, when you leave Bloomington and drive around Indiana it's really similar to when you leave Storrs and drive around.

You could've just said you've never been to Indiana.
 
superjohn said:
How is it different? You leave Storrs and you're surrounded by the rest of CT., you have Boston 1.5 hours away, NYC a little over 2 hours away, you're surrounded by nice New England towns, beaches aren't far, skiing isn't far. You leave Bloomington and you're surrounded by cow pies.
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Having made the drive through Indiana several times, this is correct.

There have been times in Indiana when I've had a quarter tank and had to start worrying about running out of gas.
 
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superjohn said:
I'm from the Northeast, I live in the Midwest. You're right, when you leave Bloomington and drive around Indiana it's really similar to when you leave Storrs and drive around.

You could've just said you've never been to Indiana.
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upstater said:
Having made the drive through Indiana several times, this is correct.

There have been times in Indiana when I've had a quarter tank and had to start worrying about running out of gas.
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Just remember the origin of this conversation was how quickly you get to middle of nowhere from the campus not how long you stay in it.

But as I mentioned earlier, y'all are stuck in double dare mindset of rural and I'm talking triple dog dare. Wait til you get a full tank of gas and worry if you can make it to the next gas station.
 
polycom said:
So, a thread gets created from some random twitter use and the OP gets reasonable discussion. But, try to have a basketball discussion on a basketball forum and it devolves into name calling incredible.
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You jinxed it. It's devolving. Topic du jour, "You wouldn't know rural if it bit you in the buttocks." We are a Chief "confirmed" and bad take on pierogis away from defcon 1 and getting this bad boy locked.
 
Chin Diesel said:
When you leave Storrs you are immediately surrounded by cow and corn country.
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Are you though? In Storrs, you have the university ag dept so there are fields and cattle, but once you leave Storrs, not so much. Corn fields? Not so much.

Storrs UConn
 
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Can some of you leave the NE and realize there is a whole world out there that isn't Storrs, CT? Everything is through the lens of UConn > everything else. Next someone is going to tell you UConn engineering is elite compared to the rest of the country.
 
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FatHank said:
Sold. Any apartment recommendations for me?? :p
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Get your own place:

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They should have moved the campus to the banks of the CT river. But that's getting way off topic
 
superjohn said:
You get the point how you're never really far from civilization in the Northeast, right? The idea that Storrs is in the middle of nowhere is one of the stranger things and is usually said by people who really only know the Northeast.

If you told someone from Indiana that the Storrs area was farm country and they actually saw it they would laugh.
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3.5 hours Bloomington to Chicago
 
polycom said:
Next someone is going to tell you UConn engineering is elite compared to the rest of the country.
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Elite? Not so much, but certainly not horrible.
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polycom said:
I knew someone would do it. I suppose I'm not shocked it was you.
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I am aim to please. Someone needs to give some balance to our resident Eeyore. Congrats on stepping into that role in the post Whaler/Jimmy era.
 
CL82 said:
I am aim to please. Someone needs to give some balance to our resident Eeyore. Congrats on stepping into that role in the post Whaler/Jimmy era.
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Says the guy who said Uconn "isn't that bad" at engineering tied for 75th in the country. I'm didn't step into any role, don't name call to change the subject.
 
polycom said:
Says the guy who said Uconn "isn't that bad" at engineering tied for 75th in the country. I'm didn't step into any role, don't name call to change the subject.
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So uh, do you think that UConn "is bad" at being ranked the 75th doctoral level engineering program in the country? I'm not sure about the point you are trying to make.

Lately you've been pretty negative. It is what it is.
 
CL82 said:
Are you though? In Storrs, you have the university ag dept so there are fields and cattle, but once you leave Storrs, not so much. Corn fields? Not so much.

Storrs UConn
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C'mon. Drive along 44 and there are all sorts of road side corn stands. And BTW, that fresh grown and picked corn is fantastic.

Sure, they're not "Bloomington, Indiana Sized" cornfields, but there are plenty around the Storrs area.
 
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