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Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 2:08 PM
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In my opinion any urban university is best nestled near the city's central business district. Not necessarily in downtown, but an adjacent neighborhood. The 5 miles between Furman and Greenville may as well be 50. I think Wofford is much better placed. Others schools, like Francis Marion, seem out of place to me. What do you think?
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Francis Marion always seems out of place***
May 28, 2020, 2:14 PM
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quite possibly...
May 28, 2020, 4:28 PM
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I think he is rewording a little. Did he mean Francis Marion
May 28, 2020, 5:49 PM
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has some places that seem poorly located?
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Francis Marion is DEFINITELY not just poorly located.
May 28, 2020, 2:18 PM
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But lots of him are DISlocated.
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Re: Francis Marion is DEFINITELY not just poorly located.
May 28, 2020, 11:25 PM
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Whoa - we talking sex change here? I missed that memo.
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Western Carolina is kind of out of place.***
May 28, 2020, 2:20 PM
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Re: Western Carolina is kind of out of place.***
May 28, 2020, 4:28 PM
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But very beautiful
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 2:25 PM
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Florence is just sprawl. Glad FM is where it is. Traffic is bad enough.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 2:36 PM
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I think they all need to be outside of any city limits to prevent being landlocked. See USuC.
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No personal attacks. Final warning.***
May 28, 2020, 2:49 PM
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Re: No personal attacks. Final warning.***
May 28, 2020, 2:50 PM
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The last person I said that to was....
May 28, 2020, 3:44 PM
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RenegadeTiger®, and no one’s heard from him for months.
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Re: Also...
May 28, 2020, 4:30 PM
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guy?
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No personal attacks***
May 28, 2020, 5:02 PM
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 4:18 PM
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I'm not sure I agree with you.
Some city center schools make it work, but the ones that come to my mind don't. South Carolina is in the middle of Columbia. Ga Tech is in the middle of Atlanta and there isn't much I like about the GT campus or location. Tennessee is in the middle of Knoxville and I don't like that campus at all.
Furman was once in downtown Greenville and moved to their new campus in the late 50s or early 60s. Their campus looks terrific to me, has an adjacent golf course and fews like a nice enclave to me.
I'm really glad Clemson is not in Greenville or Anderson.
On the other hand, Texas works well in downtown Austin.
UNC Charlotte is out on the edge of town and has had plenty of room to grow in the last 50 years. These days they also have a light rail that gives every student a free ride to downtown and Southend of Charlotte.
So I see both positive and negative opportunities.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 4:25 PM
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Didn’t Furman used to be downtown, then moved to where it is.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 4:56 PM
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Furman was near downtown Greenville. Greenville High School now plays at Sirrine Stadium was was used by Furman before they moved to the new Paladin Stadium.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 6:11 PM
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The original Furman campus was across August St from G'ville High School. G'ville county offices now occupy a large part of the old campus. The current street names University St and Furman College Way signify what was once there.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 6:15 PM
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Furman was downtown until their new campus was built in the 1950s.
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They should have foreseen that 194 years ago
May 28, 2020, 7:07 PM
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Gville was surely bustling in 1826. Idiots... Better late than never. They should go ahead and move. Of course, Traveler's Rest is pretty up and coming lately. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9256814,-82.4331416/34.8564575,-82.396599/@34.8571171,-82.399559,15.75z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 28, 2020, 11:28 PM
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I grew up close enough to Furman to ride my bicycle there and use their gym equipment. We did that often and I always loved the Furman campus. That was in the 50's and early 60's though. I wanted to attend Furman and live at home, but the tuition was so high, I could only afford CLEMSON. I guess I got lucky being poor.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 29, 2020, 9:38 AM
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I’ve heard for more than a decade usc is trash for being in downtown Columbia.
But I agree with you.
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Furman is in a great location.
May 29, 2020, 10:39 AM
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Travelers Rest is a great town, and right next to Furman's campus. Downtown Greenville is only 10 minutes or so away. Plus you have the Swamp Rabbit Trail running right through Furman's campus.
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on Clemson, since it's a quintessential college town. It used to be considered rural, and is now classified as suburban, but it still 20 minutes to Anderson and 45 minutes to Greenville.
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Re: Furman, Francis Marion - poorly located in their area
May 29, 2020, 10:51 AM
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Furman and urban don't belong in the same sentence. That beautiful campus helps them maintain their aloofness!
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