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I love how you Brit’s think just because the drinking age is 21 that we all wait till we are 21 to start drinking 😂
Yes, when I was in school in the dorm, someone would announce that they're "Going on a run". We'd give them money and they'd bring us whatever. I still remember the horrible taste of Mad Dog and Seven Up!
Lol Dave even says “we start at 13 around here” but somehow thinks we waited til our legal age.
@@aryaready4492 Dave's a Moron what do you expect smdh.
IKR? I don't anyone who didn't start drinking in their mid-teens.
The legal drinking age is when drinking becomes boring
Just spotted Mike in College Town USA .. He's a little trashed but he is well, hopeful to return soon
I saw him too. He came in third in the twerkathon.
@@Jackholiday1025 he was here too University of Tennessee. Got 4th place in the butt chugging contest
16:29 I grew up next door to a gun club. People would come over and ask me what that loud noise was. I was always like, “what noise? Oh, that’s guns from the gun club.” Got so use to loud shots everyday I completely didn’t hear anymore.
Lol!! Not able to drink until 21? You can’t buy alcohol… that doesn’t stop anyone from drinking. I think the 21 thing actually made binge drinking for minors even worse
We do drink before college, I think the main reason for high levels of drinking incidents is due to the fact that a lot of college students can be bad influences and encourage extreme drinking. Also at many parties around college campuses alcohol is likely to be provided by the party, therefore it’s free. Many people see this and try to drink as much as they can to get their moneys worth. As you guys mentioned though, there are more substances than just alcohol being utilized in some cases.
I was confused on why Dave questioned whether kids drink here in America before college. He said in the UK kids start early, why would he assume America would be different? Tons of kids smoke weed here as well, why wouldn’t they drink?
I wasn’t a heavy drinker in high school whatsoever, but literally 95% of the people I knew in all walks of life drank pretty regularly. At parties, or just small hangouts with friends etc. there were a few that didn’t drink but only smoked, but yeah drinking was incredibly common no matter which social circle you’re in.
I agree. My experience is similar to yours. I'm in college right now and everyone I know has drunk alcohol before going to college. Some have done it under the supervision of a parent throughout the years and some have done it alone or with friends. So, for a lot of students, they aren't drinking alcohol for the first time once they are in college. When I was in high school, I only knew one girl that hadn't drunk alcohol before. Obviously, I didn't know everyone in the school personally, but out of everyone I got to know over 4 years, she was the only one that hadn't drunk alcohol.
Drinking at 13-14 years old is NOT part of American culture.
I agree, I often wonder why they think teenagers here don't drink or have access to alcohol. The law is there but there are ways around it. Think about it, there are laws against drug use also, but it doesn't stop the use of drugs at all.
Dave is kinda dumb; not as dumb as Sophie, but he's up there.
Kids do plenty of practice drinkin in high school....most have experience pukin and reloadin before they hit college. Its pretty easy to get alcohol here as a kid
Iowa State University alumni here. I love Ames. It is just about a 40 minute drive north of Des Moines. Most of the time the town loves the university. Plus most of the town tends to be fans of the university’s sports teams bringing the town and university together
Rutgers in New Brunswick is a college town and Health Care hub with 2 large hospitals, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Headquarters
My favorite college town ins Denton, TX, home of the U of North Texas. Amazing town full of art and music, food and fun. An hour from Dallas/Ft Worth, 30 mins to the OK border, the top of the Golden Triangle of Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Denton. Also a county seat, so it has a really sweet courthouse square surrounded by restaurants and music venues. Played a lot of shows there. Back in 2003-2004 my band had a house with a skate ramp in the backyard, and we'd host traveling punk and hardcore bands with shows at the house, giving th money to the touring bands. College towns are cultural centers to a huge degree.
you should go to a college football tailgate and see why theyre like that at 5 pm tailgates can start 8 hours before the game
a lot of these places also lose a TON of their populations during the summer months
i live in champaign / urbana il . the commercial area of the college is called campus town . the townies dont usually go there .
The nice thing about a college town is often they are set up so that you can walk (or bike) to most areas of interest, and have access to the necessities without requiring a lot of driving. I have family that lives in Bloomington, Indiana where Indiana University is located. The town has a population of about 80k, and around 35k of that is students and faculty of the University. The downtown area is about a 15 minute walk from several of the larger dormitories on campus, and there’s a shopping mall about 15 minutes in the opposite direction.
I went to college in Santa Barbara, California and the local college community is called Isla Vista which is approximately a one square mile area containing apartments, condos, duplexes, etc, and campus is about a 5 minute bike ride to the south. There a number of eateries, a couple grocery markets, and (most importantly) over a dozen bars in the area.
If you had to drive your car, street parking was terrible, so it was usually better to just ride bikes around, unless you needed to go to do major grocery shopping at the supermarkets.
I can also personally attest to Cal Poly SLO being a decent college town. I had friends attending there while I was at UCSB, and I drove up a few times to hang out. Then after I graduated and was still living in Santa Barbara, a couple of my former college roommates went to SLO for grad school. By then we were in our mid to late 20’s, so we weren’t looking for frat house parties, but we’d walk downtown to hang out at the bars or see bands playing at a local venue. Other times we’d drive out to the coast for a few hours and just enjoy the scenery.
If you’re wanting a good ‘college town’ experience, definitely stick to places with populations around 100k or less, where the student population makes up at least 20%. There’s easily 100 good options in the US that fit the bill.
Dave comparing frat houses to some off campus party house like crack houses is hilarious. Yes frats have parties but are also heavily regulated by the National Interfraternity Council (IFC) and each frat has a national hq that governs chapters across the country. Frats have charters and member councils, they have specific philanthropic causes and do charity fundraising and community activities. They hold lectures and meetings on leadership, etc. Frats get charters revoked and kicked off campus when they get in trouble. Sororities are similar, governing body is National Panhellic Council.
It’s a real misconception that America doesn’t have a significant drinking culture. I mean, the cocktail was invented there.
The difference is just a couple minor things: generally people don’t drink in the middle of the day unless they’re off work. Though I’m a lawyer and lawyers often have drinks at lunch.
Second, it’s a massive binge drinking culture. So daily drinking in moderation like you’ll find in France or Italy just isn’t a think. Americans drink a lot. But they drink to get drunk and it’s generally just a social, gojng out thing.
I would surmise that most Americans start drinking in high school, rather than middle school but definitely not college. There are very few people who are being introduced to alcohol in college.
Then there are the exceptions around the country where the alcohol culture is very intense. Boston, south Louisiana, parts of the Midwest (Wisconsin).
The USA is so vast and diverse culturally that it’s very rare that it has a singular “culture” surrounding things like you would see in England for instance. You’d have to get it down to the state, not the whole country.
Dave, ignore the drinking age here. I would guess large portions of American kids drink for the first time around 13-16yo.
(what it was like when I was that age anyway) There are many parents who buy and allow a little drinking in their homes on the weekends because they know kids are going to do it anyway so may as well have it happen in a safe controlled environment.
This dude really said "drinking culture" 😂calm down bro😂
Rather amusing given it came from a Brit.
It’s worth noting that all of these college towns are within 30 minutes drive of a major city, allowing some regional advantages to balance big city with smaller college town.
We would love to invite you out to Lawrence, Kansas - one of the college towns listed in this video. A 100,000 person town located about 30 minutes west of Kansas City. It fits a lot of what was discussed here. While our football program isn’t the best, our basketball is second to none and absolutely worth the visit
Hey! I hope to be visiting there soon when my UCF Knights come into town!!!
Not all are within 30 minutes drive to larger city. Mizzou is two hours from KC and STL. My sons attend ole miss, 1 hour from Memphis, and Auburn, 1.5 hours from ATL.
Home of Wilt Chamberlain's college career with the Jayhawks
There are schools in LA, Chicago, New York but they are mostly in small cities. I went to Oklahoma state in Stillwater, ok.. about 47,000 population with 25,000 students.
I lived in Bloomington Indiana, home of Indiana University, for 2 years (2nd on his list). It's definitely a college town. Exactly like he explained. Sunday morning, Frat Row houses all had toilet paper in their trees and trash everywhere. They cleaned it up pretty quick to keep the school off their ass. A lot of the schools have cracked down on the crazy parties so it's not as bad as it used to be.
My daughter now attends Indiana University and it seems much more tame. However, we did let her start drinking at home at 16 so she wouldn't go wild when she got to college. It's always the most sheltered ones that go tits out when they get away from their parents.
Many people consider "The Grove" at University of Mississippi the pinnacle of tailgating. There are probably videos of them
Come to Madison, State street,camp randall jump around,fall in wisconsin you will not be disappointed. Love the channel cheers
Daz, you need to introduce Dave & Mike to the 20 beautiful campuses video you did over on OBDaz.
Also worth noting. In my state you're allowed to drink with your parents at 16 but not in public.
If you want to see the best college football atmospheres in a moderate-size town either go to the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa or the University of Tennessee in Knoxville great schools, great fans, smaller towns compared to the size of the schools.
I live in Nashville Tennessee which technically could be called a college town. We have 8 Universities and dozens of separate colleges offering more specialized fields of training in this town. The largest is Vanderbilt University which is the only one truly in the downtown area so their sphere of influence for the students would be closer to downtown. The other schools are spread out all over the town so basically each area of Nashville that has a university is like a small college town within itself.
I'm sure some of the kids go downtown occasionally to party and attend sporting events with the Nashville Predators of the Tennessee Titans etcetera, but like most of us, they know downtown Nashville is now mostly for tourists or people attending events.
Home to the University of Georgia, Athens, GA is one of the best college towns in America. Good food, good music, plenty of bars and great football team (currently back to back National Champions 2021, 2022)! The University has some history too as it was established in 1785. I would highly recommend a visit to Athens. 🍺🏈
I've lived in the County next to Athens all my life and my hubby retired from Athens Clarke Co. During the 80's everyone hit the 40 Watt. The music scene was great in the 80's. Use to hit the town and enjoyed the cheap food and of course drinking Half of my family either work for UGA or their are retired. Heck I still enjoy the cheap but really good food.
College Park/State College PA - home of the Penn State Nittany Lions, a college town on steroids. Nothing would be there without the university. It's a lovely small town with a massive university and an even more massive football program/stadium. And a bit over and hour from me. Come to Central PA!!
I'm going to retire to my college town. East Lansing home of Michigan State University. Everything is walkable, I can see a football, soccer, hockey, field hockey, gymnastics, baseball ect . We also have museums, plays and other forms of entertainment for cheap. Also the food at the cafeterias in the dorms is all local. Michigan State is a land Grant college, therefore they are heavy in agricultureal science, lots of farm land all around.
There’s a video there for you guys.
All three of you take a trip to watch a college football game and do a vlog.
I grew up in a college town, heck one of our most well known shopping centers is called, College Town Shopping Center. My Great Aunt was a founding trustee of the college too. Having said that, so many college towns in my experience suck for local residents. Yes, colleges bring employment. The colleges also bring extensive growth in crime, house & apt fires, disturbing the peace & atmosphere of the local community. The once residential neighborhoods get bought up by the slumlords for off campus housing &/or colleges either buy out other homes & business or worse yet, if it's a public college they use government eminent to steal homes & business. All of which drive up housing costs. Similar to how The Vail Corp. is destroying ski towns. Only The Vail Corp is targeting the deep pockets of skiers, colleges are targeting the deep pockets of cheap federally backed student loans. Another difference being The Vail Corp has an incentive to make the community attractive, colleges have ZERO incentive to do so, they tend to only care if the campus looks goods. Just look at Yale University & New Haven, CT... New Haven, CT is total 💩 show but Yale University is gorgeous. My grandparents house that my grandfather bought in the 1930s & lived in til is dead in 2006, is now located in the new student ghetto. Since the new campus housing is located in the old student ghetto.
I have worked near colleges in NJ, PA, DE, NC, SC & nearly every college campus has destroyed the "town" for the local community.
Office Blokes, I don't know why you guys think teenagers don't drink here until the age of 21, but let me clear that up. Teenagers here drink alcohol with their friends all the time, It's just not legal until the age of 21. By the time they get to college, they are well-versed in the art of drinking and can teach their parents a few things.
The only people that I know of that were "well-versed in the art of drinking" were either kids with Irish-American parents who wanted to look cool. The rest probably had a beer or two but it was never an actual hobby prior to 18.
San Luis Obispo (SLO) has a transportation system called the SLO Bus.
SLO is also surrounded by some great wine country. That ought to help lubricate the place.
I went to the University of Central Florida in Orlando, which has around 70k students! It's one of the largest in the nation and when I went there, Playboy magazine rated us the #1 party school in the country! LOL! Go Knights!
Oh and Florida has over 130 colleges and universities both public and private including 12 state universities of Florida, which includes my UCF, FSU, Florida and USF.
Probably after a football game in boulder. I went to KU in Lawrence KS and even tho our football team sucks, its an all day drinking event. like very common to have a "nap" at 9pm to reload before going to the bars later. Basketball games are a different story tho lol
Boulder is known for its wild parties, which is why my friends and I stayed put and just played video games 😂
Hahahahahahaha drinking in the US starts well before 21 years old. I know no I e who started after 21, most around 14 15
If Daz wants to experience a true college football game in a small college town, I would recommend Homecoming games for Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee or University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville. Tallassee is where I went to college (FAMU) and stayed for years to work after graduating.
Since there are 2 major universities (FSU&FAMU) in town it does get a little crazy when you travel towards the campus side of town, especially during a game, but once summer/spring break comes around it's pretty quiet and slow. I think college towns are a great place to raise your family.
Go to Ann Arbor for a Michigan Football game, you won't be disappointed with the City, Uni or Atmosphere.
I currently live in Columbia, Missouri which is a college town along I-70 halfway between St Louis and Kansas City. Here, there are student residences all around town and the city bus runs through campus heading southbound. This town is actually growing as lots of people and families move here without the intention of attending the university or college.
I grew up in Columbia, Mo. my dad was a prof. Loved everything about living in college town. Just visited in May. 😊
College house parties are a very big thing here simply because most college students aren't 21. We don't have the option of going to bars until our Junior year. Yes, binge drinking is definitely a thing - I guess y'all don't watch American movies?
I think you're right and most people don't start regularly drinking until they're away from mom and dad at college, but it was never hard to find parties in high school.
High school sports and other activities forbid alcohol/weed, so you'd get kicked out of athletics/band/etc for getting caught at a party. Most kids didn't want to risk it and didn't go to parties often.
Bloomington Indiana, home of the Indiana University Hoosiers, is a great college town ⚪️🔴🏀 you guys should check out Bobby Knight losing his temper and throwing a chair across the basketball court
Don't know if it's true, but they say back in the day, when the Nebraska Cornhuskers had a home game, the stadium was the 3rd largest city in the state, Might be a college town.
Philadelphia has 52 universiities in the area
Columbus Ohio is considered to be a college town by a lot of people in the US and Ohio State is the largest employer in the city, but what they don't realize is Columbus has a population of 906,528 (Columbus metro area population is: 2,138,926).
The University of Central Florida is on the outskirts Orlando, but the campus has everything and is basically its own city. Students can literally do almost everything to live without having to leave campus.
Auburn, Alabama!
Most people in America start drinking in their early teens...
Drinking is a serious problem in most high schools and middle schools in America..
Same with Marijuana.
One to the university Tennessee you guys and watch tennessee play Alabama or Tennessee vs Florida. Great college town and will be one of the best games you ever see
This was actually interesting
I think Boston where Harvard is, and UNC and NC state are beautiful college towns.
Roughly 80% of college students - four out of every five - consume alcohol to some degree. It's estimated that 50% of those students engage in binge drinking, So you are talking about nearly 40% of students involved in binge drinking in the US. Cheers!!!
Most Americans that are going to drink are already drinking sometimes regularly by 15-16-17
I suppose it's the social circle you have. Most of my friends didn't drink until university. Only a select American-Irish families let their kids drink, but then again they did it becucase "they were Irish."
Not often you hear someone advocate for the right of 13 year olds to drink
We start drinking early too.. Dave acts like he's a superior drunk.
Alcohol is a big problem in American high schools and middle schools.
5pm! Try people start drinking at 6am for tailgating for the football game and continue after the game is over. Not mention Marijuana is legal in Colorado.
Every single person I associated with growing up started drinking at like 14 lol It’s pretty uncommon to not be getting drunk before 21
And that's pretty sad.
As much as some people don't want to accept it, college towns are some of the most diverse areas in the country. Most everyone is concerned about what they are doing and don't get involved with what others are doing. That's how it should be nationwide.
Diverse and divided.
Who doesn’t want to “accept it”?
@@BP-or2iu Leftists, who hate when anybody who disagrees with them can earn money to eat or even draw breath.
I lived next to a uni for years. Had an apartment right on Greek row. I got it because it was cheap but I was not a student but I loved living there everything was close, I could walk to everything I needed within just a couple of blokes. And it was always entertaining to see all the stunt's that the kids where up to.
Meh - got my masters from Clemson in SC. Total college town. Really not much going on there. Atlanta is 2 hours away. Greenville is 45 minutes.
I live near Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to the University of Michigan. It's a great town. Lots of things to do and lots of diversity in a small to medium size city.
Mississippi State that is located in Starkville Mississippi , is booming on game days.
The University of Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson, is one of the most gorgeous schools in the country. In fact, the school is not considered a 'campus' like other schools -- all property is referred to as 'The Grounds'. I have close friends who played football -- Saturday night football parties with the football team. Great memories. (1988-1992)
Daz needs to go to Iowa City, Iowa. It is the home of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Their football team has one of the most rabid fan bases of any school in the country. Iowa City is the textbook definition of a "college town". Even though it has fewer than 75,000 people, it is a surprisingly diverse and cosmopolitan city, with a huge arts scene.
College Station, Texas home of Texas a&m. Is a good one. Im not an A&M fan but thats a College town that is quickly turning into a regular town lol.
Good Afternoon, Blokes! I'm a senior at WVU (Go mountaineers!) and Morgantown is quite an exciting place to live in. Be sure to give us a visit sometime and try one of our countless pubs!
I grew up in Ann Arbor and it was alot of fun. You basically have access to anything in a small city. Although Ann Arbor isn't the sleepy little town I grew up in anymore.
You blokes mention college football games and how half the school shows up to them. In many college towns w unis in a major football conference, the towns "population" will double or triple on game day
College Station, TX (Texas A&M University) = Heaven on Earth 👍🏈🤠❤
Amen
Some college towns are definitely more relax with the drinking age enforcement for 19+. They don't call them the Drinking Illini for nothing.
How many times did he change his shirt?
@officeblokesreact college sports is important bcoz if you have no professional teams ( states like Alabama ) it acts as a way to bind the state tighter
im halfway through but dang thanks for giving me something fresh and interesting to watch youtube overlords
Remember the USA the drinking age is 21 years old. Most students are under this age.
Is there a high number of college students, or a number of high college students?
Here in the US, people build real estate developments near dairy farms, pig farms, etc. Then the residents complain about smelling shit.
It seemed odd to me that when you ran down a list of British college towns, you didn't mention Oxford and Cambridge. What am I missing?
In Dayton, Ohio, there is a Dayton Ghetto. I didn't even realize other areas that called their areas ghettos. I earned my undergrad degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, which has for many earned the title of stone cold sober university of the nation.
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Absolutely love everything about it (for 4 months of the year) EDIT: the drinking culture here in Wisconsin probably outweighs the UK I won’t even lie. We have a saying here. There’s a church on every street corner. For every church there’s a bar.
Come visit Madison Daz, I guarantee you won’t regret it
I lived in Madison for about a decade and miss it dearly. Some of the worst weather, but best times. Some places are great because of the climate, says a lot about a town that can be great despite it :)
Greek life isn’t always what it used to be like with kids dying from hazing. I went to a college town that was dubbed the biggest party town in the country before I got there. A kid pledging for a house died in a creek bed and one of the colleges banned their Greek like. Lots of houses in the town you could tell used to be huge party spots that weren’t filled with frat party guys anymore
Surely not Clemson?
Pasadena California is one too
I went to Iowa State.
The college drinking culture in the US is pretty robust but not quite like the UK where college age students may have been drinking for years. Also, drinking is much more a cultural social activity there than here. Here, people are not as likely to leave work and stop at a bar or pub before heading home. Also, I don't believe people drink alcohol with their meals as much here as in the UK. Remember, the US is quite a religiously influenced country compare to the UK and Europe and heavy drinking is mostly shunned. Especially among females. ♣
I don't know where in America you live. lol
As an American, sorority and frat houses and the entire Greek scene is something I never understood either. Never saw the appeal personally.
I was NOT a fraternity member however at the university I attended the fraternities did provide an alternative to campus housing and dining. At the time I attended, the school really only had enough on-campus housing for a minority of students. It required freshmen to live on-campus so beyond that most students had to find housing in the surrounding city. There was what the video described as a "student ghetto" but living in a frat house was a more attractive option for many and the frat houses also provided meals (each had a full time cook employed).
Most of the large colleges were started in the 1800s when the state governments granted land for that purpose.
This dude went to Cornell and calls Ithaca an update town?? UGHH
Come to a CU game
You were a bit wrong when you said older people don't want to live in college towns. Not only are they often attracted by the attractive appearance and things like dining of many of these towns, but there's a trend of colleges offering educational options to seniors. Many retired people actual want to spend their copious free time studying subjects they've just always wanted to know more about. I once studied weather forecasting for no reason than that it interested me for example.
The only thing that has changed is that they don’t go to class anymore but still take the loans
Yee
Nothing has changed in the college experience. Social media just documents it. These kids are not missing out on traditional college in the US
M I Z Z O U! (Columbia, Missouri AKA CoMo)
Frat and sorority types are the worst
Burnt chrysler went to florida state the movie “Van Wilder” was based off him
College girls
College girls? Oh, and beer.
I don't want to offend Mike but he looks a little thin today
i think we’re all done with mike. you care more about hare hunting then this…huge mistake
Ithaca: ten square miles surrounded by reality.
I live 20 miles up the road, and Ithaca is notorious for being ...let's call it "bizarre". Ithaca Commons, in particular, is a place you don't want to be after dark, though daylight isn't devoid of sketchy characters.
Ithaca is a nice place to visit, especially the gorges in its surrounds, but you'll always take a sigh of relief when you leave.
Cornell sucked. I learned my pronouns and looked at slides of my history teacher in drag. Now I load ups trucks 😎
@@Anonymous-lg5jg what was your major?
I am given to understand the Ag portion of the university is still good.
@@rhoetusochten4211 industrial and labor relations. It was a class about the history of consumption. It was everything but. But of course, you're required to take two history classes. Because reasons.
@@Anonymous-lg5jg i love history, personally but I agree that the cross training should be elective, not mandatory.
@@rhoetusochten4211 same. Favorite subject but useless for the major
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