What do ya think, been seeing Bjork on

[coach66]

Twitter pleading to his social media
mob to go vote for Oxford as Americas
best college town.

They just can't get enough and it
will never end. I can't wait for all
the tweets bragging about how they
were voted best college town in America.

you see how they do it, relentless.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

I have never seen a group of people that needs validation more in my life.

 

[tatedog]

I'm voting for Waynesboro as America's top college town. Nowhere have more college miracles happened.

 

[The Maroon Pug]

Lulz i see what you did there

 

[msstate7]

I'm voting for Waynesboro as America's top college town. Nowhere have more college miracles happened.

Likes

 

[BossDawg78]

It'll be bad enough if they don't win. But can you imagine how they'd act if Starkville got it?

 

[woozman]

Garden & Gun? Never heard of it...

 

[Xenomorph]

Sit back and make fun if you like...

..but they're making hay over rankings like that. If nothing else, they (and Oxford) understand marketing.

 

[WayboDawg]

I'm voting for Waynesboro as America's top college town. Nowhere have more college miracles happened.

From Waynesboro. I approve this post.

 

[aTotal360]

Agreed. They'll have every undergrad blogger in the country waxing poetic about the Skwaaah and the "award". No other college in the country put as much effort into shaping perception as OM.

 

[Beretta.sixpack]

You are correct.

..but they're making hay over rankings like that. If nothing else, they (and Oxford) understand marketing.

I live in oxford. Here are the things you need to know:

1. There is virtually ZERO difference between the towns of Starkville and Oxford
2. Perception is greater than reality in Oxford, and reality is greater than perception in Starkville (the marketing)
3. The one thing they understand and do better than most here, is that the town and the university work together as one.....that doesnt happen in Starkville, which leads to the perception difference.

4. and like xenomorph said, they understand marketing better than anyone, and for that, they will gather the rankings, validations, etc, and make a ton of money from it.

5. We envy it as State fans, bc we know the truth behind the perception.....we envy how well the town and university works together.....have no one to blame but MSU and the city of Starkville.

And I will vote for it.....for my property value

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Virtually zero difference? Come on now. I love Starkville and wish I could move back but their bar scene kicks ours in the teeth. Their restaurants are a little better; we used to be way behind in that aspect, but we are pulling closer.

 

[Arloguthrie]

By "pleading" do you mean where he retweeted a poll? Or am I missing the tweets where he does the pleading?

 

[coach66]

You are absolutely right, we need to join in.

Nm

 

[coach66]

I was trolling*, all BS aside we need to learn from you guys on marketing and

Self promotion, we suck at it.

 

[Maroonthirteen]

I have spent plenty of time in both towns. People will split hairs in comparing the towns but you are correct. There is not much difference in the towns. Your second point is the only difference in the towns. Because....people in NW MS and the Memphis burbs talk up Oxford and OM. People in east central MS tend to focus on Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama.

Also, I am finding up here in NW MS and the delta. There are a lot of Mississippians that have never been to Starkville and don't know a damn thing about it other than what some OM prick has told them.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Arlo needs "validation" that Bjork was pleading. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

 

[thekimmer]

I have always thought any kind of campaign to drum up votes for the best of anything is really bogus.

 

[AlSwearengen]

so, where do i go to vote against them?

 

[KurtRambis4]

I believe it's

a metro-sexual/hipster, yuppie magazine that your typical ole miss male reads.

From what I gather, they talk about the latest hip fashions in the clothing world. What the in cocktail for hipster yuppies is. The newest progressive rock band for ultra-hipster yuppies...etc etc.

You basically have to be really cool to dig it, man...

ETA: It's essentially the perfect magazine for your normal ole miss male.

 

[coach66]

I agree, what does it really mean when you vote yourself best of anything,

It's douchey

 

[MaroonNation]

"Confederate Homes & Gardens" actually

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Making it the most Ole miss thing ever.

 

[futaba.79]

This is what's perception...........

".that doesnt happen in Starkville, which leads to the perception difference."

State and Starkville partner up better than ever. In the past, that wasn't the case, there was a definite divide. But that's no longer reality. Look at the shuttle system collaboration and the Cotton Mill project as evidence. On the Board of Alderman there are two State employees and a State grad. The Mayor is from a big time State family and is a big supporter. Only one alderman is anti-State. Most of the old business men that looked at the school as a necessary evil are long gone. The cooperation is a lot better than you think.

 

[MaroonNation]

As your age increases the importance of "the bar scene" decreases. Starkville has done way more then Oxford in making it a town that appeals to married couples with kids. The times I've been to Oxford the bars are filled with 40 year olds chasing coeds.

 

[patdog]

Exactly. They typical MSU fan would rather ***** and whine about it, but the fact is perception is reality in a lot of cases. UM understands this and uses it, while MSU buries our heads in the sand. The truth of the matter is the Square is better than anything Starkville has, but I can't imagine it's anywhere near the best thing in any college town in the USA. Otherwise, the towns are pretty similar. But they market the hell out of Oxford.

 

[dawgstudent]

What makes Oxford > Starkville for married couples with kids are the public schools.

 

[RocketDawg]

I have always thought any kind of campaign to drum up votes for the best of anything is really bogus.

Especially if you can vote an unlimited number of times. Some people will vote thousands of times. Don't know if this particular poll is like that but was thinking about things like American Idol. Should only be able to vote once.

 

[patdog]

Which is sad, because Starkville public schools used to be outstanding.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I found this out the hard way. I purchased one recently without skimming through it. It's the most pretentious piece of garbage I've read. I can't afford anything they advertise for and I'm not a southern-hipster, so it was a complete waste of money. 9/10 people say that the experience is more enjoyable if you read it while wearing an ascot, drink a local gluten free microbrew beer that you've never heard of, while eatingan all-organic, grass-fed Mississippi-raised, beef burger, with a creamy garlic aioli sauce, smoked Gouda cheese from local cows, arugula and baby spinach, served on a fresh, made from scratch, baked brioche bun. Hipster 17s and their gluten free, organic bull ****. It's essentially the arc of the covenant for Mississippi Rebels.

 

[DerHntr]

What makes Oxford > Starkville for married couples with kids are the public schools.

^^^^This times 1,000

 

[coach66]

and here's another one, voting for themselves

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/fres...colleges-universities-ranked-students-n439981

 

[KurtRambis4]

You're about

right...just substitute the beef burger with veggie burger.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Best Vodka water in the U.S.!

 

[SkinkTyree]

Yeah! If you don't factor in public schools, property values, crime rates,

award-winning restaurants, festivals, and the music and arts scene, they're virtually the same town.

 

[NIC.sixpack]

From what I gather, they talk about the latest hip fashions in the clothing world. What the in cocktail for hipster yuppies is. The newest progressive rock band for ultra-hipster yuppies...etc etc....ETA: It's essentially the perfect magazine for your normal ole miss male.

Ha! I'm abnormal, then.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I bought it thinking it was about gardening and firearms. I didn't know I was buying a travel guide for Austin, TX and Charleston, SC

 

[thekimmer]

Especially if you can vote an unlimited number of times. Some people will vote thousands of times. Don't know if this particular poll is like that but was thinking about things like American Idol. Should only be able to vote once.

Reminds me of my school days when each class nominated a boy and a girl to run for king&queen or prince&princess of the halloween carnival. The winners were 'elected' based on how much money they collected. So pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters were put in collection jars all over town then someone's grandpa or rich aunt petunia dropped a c-note or two in the kitty to put their darling over the top.

 

[Palos verdes]

Twitter pleading to his social media
mob to go vote for Oxford as Americas
best college town.

They just can't get enough and it
will never end. I can't wait for all
the tweets bragging about how they
were voted best college town in America.

you see how they do it, relentless.

I hope everyone on here realizes that they pay for this type of publicity, just like they pay for blue chip football players that couldn't find MS on a map - let alone Oxford, Ms. Why would publications select Oxford as the best college town in America, over and over again?? No one that's not receiving incentive to do so, I can assure you. There are too damn many college towns in blue states that would receive this type of recognition, otherwise.

Oxford is a nice college town, but only a nitwit would consider it over the dozens of other college towns along the east and west coasts of the USA.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I'm just

saying that if you're into what's the latest fashion trends are, where the latest art showing is, and any other typical hipster/yuppie, pretentious/feminine dealings are going on, then it's probably perfect. To each his own.