{"id":6290,"date":"2013-12-03T00:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T05:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2013-12-03T07:18:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T12:18:31","slug":"harrisonburg-is-the-5th-best-college-town-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=6290","title":{"rendered":"Harrisonburg Is the 5th Best College Town in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Downtown<\/a>Travel & Leisure published its list of America’s Best College Towns and Harrisonburg was judged to be one of the best<\/a>. Because of course it was. The Friendly City officially ranked 5th on the list. As alums, we don’t need anyone to tell us that Harrisonburg is a great college town. While we could go on and on about the many things that make it so, Travel & Leisure gave the ‘burg high marks due to the high quality of its biking and beer. Can’t argue with that.<\/p>\n

Harrisonburg was one of five Virginia towns on the list. This of course proves what I’ve always said, that the Commonwealth is the most college-towniest state in the Union. Or something like that.<\/p>\n

Finishing in the top five is definitely an accomplishment though.\u00a0Presumably Harrisonburg would have secured an even higher spot, had it scored better on the “degree to which it smells like dog food after even moderate precipitation” portion of the rankings. Regardless, it’s nice to see our favorite college town get the recognition it deserves.<\/p>\n