Talk:Kent State University

The main KSU campus is not quite what I'd consider an urban campus. Its setting compares to that of Ohio University (called a rural campus on WP), Miami University (a "small town campus"), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (an "urban campus"), and other campuses set in cities of populations in the range of 20 000 to 40 000. Urban campuses would be more along the lines of the nearby University of Akron. Perhaps another, new term could be found to designate these campuses which aren't quite urban, but are a bit more bustling than small town and rural campuses? -- SwissCelt 00:15, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I attended the KSU main campus for four years, and I'd agree with the above comment. Perhaps "college town" would be more appropriate? It's not really suburban, since both Akron and Cleveland are too far to really be considered the city, but it's not isolated enough to really consider it rural.

Actually, "today, Kent is the largest city in Portage County and according to the 1990 census, the population is 28,835." according to Kentohio.org The campus is certainly not urban, however the city is not tiny. I would also not say that it is rural, either. Northeast Ohio in general is a unique spread of suburban/urban growth. As the largest population center in the state, most of its cities are within 30min to one and a half hours drive from Cleveland. vkxmai 01:50, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]