Reply #45: I've heard some negative things about bloomington

[fishwax]

i was considering IU for graduate school, but heard negative reviews about bloomington from a number of my profs ... they argued that the dynamics of bloomington were very similar to the dynamics of my undergrad (dynamics I was trying to escape): that it offered all the cultural opportunities of a college town, but was fairly moderate for a college town, was surrounded by an ocean of red in a very red state, suffered the oppressive influence of religous fanaticism in the region, and had a horribly biased conservative/corporatist media (they may have been including the Indianapolis media in this assessment).

Anyway, this is not why I wound up not going to IU, and I've never been to Bloomington to assess the situation for myself, but it's colored my general thinking of the town.

I say all this not to bash your hometown, but because it's nice to get a different perspective, and I'm glad you enjoy it. :):toast: