USA Today lists Lafayette among Top 20 college towns in the nation

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Other towns that made the USA Today list include Berkeley, Calif.; Boulder, Colo.; Eugene, Ore.; Ithaca, N.Y.; Lexington, Ky.; Oxford, Miss.; and St. Augustine, Fla.

Readers can for their favorite college town once per day online until noon on Monday, Oct. 6.

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In November 2013, Travel + Leisure magazine named Lafayette one of 20 America小蝌蚪APP檚 Best College Towns.

Lafayette ranked 17th; Burlington, Vt., was No. 1. Other notable college towns are Asheville, N.C.; San Luis Ibispo, Calif.; and Flagstaff, Ariz.

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