Talk:State College, Pennsylvania

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The population numbers for State College seem low. According to the stastics listed on the Penn State web site stastics, there are approximately 41 000 students alone at the University Park Campus, including 33 000 undergraduate full time students. With faculty, staff, families, local business employees, the number seems like it should be higher.

• I imagine that not everyone who goes to Penn State lives in the town, therefore the numbers for the town would be lower. The numbers for the town come from the US Census.

Contents 1 Social aspect 2 History 3 Transportation 4 Strangely Named Places in PA

[edit] Social aspect

Would it be reasonable to add information about the active (student-driven) social scene of State College? Perhaps a listing of the notable bars in the area.

[edit] History

Can't we also say something about Mike the Mailman?  Not a bio, just a reference because he cares so much about the students temporarily residing in his zip code. --Jerseygator 03:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Transportation

This article could use a section on Transportation similar to this one, located on the Tallahassee, Florida article page.

I'm not sure a parallel section would be appropriate, but CATA definitely deserves a reference. Not all college towns are so lucky. --Jerseygator 03:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Strangely Named Places in PA

I removed this category tag because... well... there's not really anything strange about "State College". Feel free to rebut this if there's something strange that I'm not noticing. --Thisisbossi 04:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC)