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What's it like to live in College Station?

Brendenation
2y ago
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Disclaimer: I'm an Aggie and am inherently biased

College Station is actually, imo, a great up-and-coming town, especially for tech companies. It's (obviously) a college town, with some annoying drivers, but the people are largely friendly and the community helpful, in my experience as a student. The major "gotcha" is that there is solidly fuck-all in any direction for about 100 miles. There's a decent amount to do in the town, but a lot of it is directed at college students, and if it isn't in College Station, you will have to go pretty far to get what you're looking for.

Overall, even if you aren't part of the Aggie cult, I think it's a really neat place to live, if a little isolated. I live in Dallas now and still visit regularly, part of it still feels like home.

BioDriver
2y ago
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Aggie here

Bryan-College Station revolves around the university. During the fall and spring semesters it’s pretty lively, it slows down during the summer, and skids to a halt during the winter break.

The nightlife is college nightlife. Northgate is fun if you’re into college bars and a few more upscale places, but the median age will definitely be 21 or 22.

As another person pointed out, drainage is a huge problem and floods are not uncommon when the rain hits.

There was also a lot of construction when I graduated but I assume that’s since finished.

But ultimately it’s a college town. COL reflects that and you won’t have access to quite as much as you would in Phoenix, Houston, etc. But if you’re not interested in that it’s an affordable, safe place to live.

Easy-Adhesiveness337
2y ago
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It’s also a fair drive to a big city to do big city things. From a day-to-day it’s a fine place to live, lots of retirees are flocking to the area because it’s got basically what you need, but the night life is definitely driven by the college age crew.

Most of the retail and restaurants cater to the college crowd, but I’d you’re just out of school, it might work for you.

College Station, Texas has been named by Forbes Magazine as one of the best places to retire.