Running 2023-24 NCAA Basketball Thread

[BTExpress]

We're at 35,000 at Tennessee. You couldn't find a parking place when there were 25,000 in 1980.

 

[John]

Alabama was at 20,000 when I got to Tuscaloosa in the early 90s and there it sat for another 10-12 years until a new president and chancellor came in determined to ramp up out of state enrollment. Now it is around 37,000. Still puny compared to flagships up north but a shocking amount of extra bodies for me to comprehend on visits back.

UGA (now over 40K) and Athens (about 200K with students) are both bulging at the sides at the moment. And a proper UGA med school is coming. Athens still has tons of great qualities, but it's no longer the charming and cool college town it was in the 80s and 90s. And yes, some of that is a man in his 50s complaining about the damn kids and their $70K cars, living in a 4BR house near campus their parents bought for them. It's a city growing bigger and faster than anyone could have imagined, and the young artists and musicians that made this place really special for decades can't afford to live here anymore.

 

[dixiehack]

We're at 35,000 at Tennessee. You couldn't find a parking place when there were 25,000 in 1980.

Judging by my last few trips through Knoxville, that's what everyone uses I-40 for now.

 

[swingline]

When I went to Mizzou, total enrollment was around 20,000. These days, it's 30,000 or more. Giant apartment complexes (complexi?) have been built all around town to handle the increased population. Parking downtown, even with a bunch of garages, is still terrible. At least they got rid of the one-way streets downtown.

 

[tapintoamerica]

A lot of people would be shocked that the cozy University of Arkansas has grown to close to 30K — largely because of enrollment caps in Texas. Same boost has happened at OU and Okie Lite.

Also true for Oregon and Oregon State because of demand from California.

 

[BTExpress]

Judging by my last few trips through Knoxville, that's what everyone uses I-40 for now.

Speaking of Knoxville, can someone explain why Zillow thinks this 98-year-old tiny house --- where I lived in college and that sold for $160,000 six years ago --- is worth $876,800?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2021-Highland-Ave-Knoxville-TN-37916/41654813_zpid/

 

[da man]

Speaking of Knoxville, can someone explain why Zillow thinks this 98-year-old tiny house --- where I lived in college and that sold for $160,000 six years ago --- is worth $876,800?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2021-Highland-Ave-Knoxville-TN-37916/41654813_zpid/

Location, location, location?

 

[BTExpress]

I know a 20-minute walk to Neyland Stadium is priceless, but . . .

 

[micropolitan guy]

There are some older people in Microville who complain that OSU is now 24K on campus.

Psst, hey Boomer, Oregon had 1.5 million residents when you went to school. It's over 4.2 million now. And my kid deserve(d) a public education in 2016 just as much as you did in 1950.

 

[BTExpress]

If they went to school in 1950, they aren't Boomers. If they went to OSU even in 1960, they still aren't Boomers.

 

[dixiehack]

If they went to school in 1950, they aren't Boomers. If they went to OSU even in 1960, they still aren't Boomers.

On the opposite end of the age scale, I'm starting to see "Boomer" applied to Gen X folks the author finds disagreeable. I think the folks who brought us "rizz" have repurposed it into a generic insult for "cranky old people."

 

[BTExpress]

Jeez, you'd think they'd appreciate the $72 trillion they're going to inherit from us Boomers.