After graduating college, I moved to a town near UConn and now I’ve moved back to my alma mater in New Hampshire. Having lived in two different college towns since graduating, I’ve come to know what it’s like no longer being a college student while still living in a college town. There are some benefits but there are also some struggles.
Everyone on Bumble is from the college.
And if you went to a small school like me, everyone knows everyone in some way. And if they don’t know you, they’ve probably heard about you.
Dollar Drinks!
College bars have THE BEST (and cheapest) promotions! Because let’s be honest, college kids (and myself) are poor and want to get drunk.
You don’t compare to the college girls anymore.
They go out and look damn good wearing practically nothing. While you’ve got a career to uphold now and it would be awkward if you stumbled (sometimes literally) across someone important dressed like that.
Everyone assumes you’re a student.
This way, you get to save $2 on admission to college events because you can convince them you’re a student. To quote one of my favorite movies, “Bridesmaids,???…“Help me I’m poor!???
You continue to get older and the students stay the same age.
One day I’ll be 45 at my local college bar talking to the same bartender and I’ll look around and realize everyone around me is still just 21.
There’s always something going on.
There are always free events on campus and some even have free food! It’s never a boring night in a college town.
Things get sloppy.
The bars are usually full of sloppy college kids because they just turned 21 and haven’t yet realized that although it’s okay to throw up in the bushes outside a frat house it’s not the same at a bar.
The best restaurants with cheap food.
The midnight pizza slice specials for the drunk college kids are my favorite because they don’t discriminate against drunk college grads. You can also check great pizza deals at Pizza Coupons.
It’s turns into a ghost town when the students are gone.
Every summer it’s as if half the town literally just picked up and went their separate ways. Because they did. They packed up their shit in their mom’s mini van and went back home until next year leaving us townies begging them to come back so we’re not the only drunks on the dance floor anymore.
With the advantages and disadvantages, I wouldn’t change it for the world. It’s become my home away from home. I loved all four years at this college and I’m going to continue to love it.
