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.
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[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)
[edit] List sprawl
I added a cleanup tag for a good portion of the article. Although the article contains relevant information, an article written as a list is not an article. Please help me rework the lists into concise paragraph form. Thanks, GChriss <always listening><c> 18:02, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Notable Visitors?
Why do we have this section? Justify it or it will be erased. Amber388 23:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Population
I know this was discussed above but I agree that the population numbers don't match up. The biggest problem seems to be that the article is ambiguous as to whether it only refers to the borough or includes the four surrounding townships that are part of the municipality as well. It also is unclear whether it includes the student population. If you only include permanent residents of just the borough then 40k may be accurate. However if you include the students and the borough/townships, then 100k may be a closer to the truth. 10:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)SMaj
