The State University of New York Binghamton

Date: Feb 09 2004
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
Yuck! I really hate this place with a violent passion. Do not go here if you are from a big city or even the suburbs of a big city because the upstate life is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY boring!!! It sure ain't Brooklyn up here or even Westchester or Nassau County for that matter. There is NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING to do in Binghamton and not even anywhere to walk to…all we have for town is this big ugly highway (Vestal Parkway) with a bunch of strip malls with chain restaurants, not to mention it takes at least 10 minutes to get off this monstrocity of a campus by foot. The townies are mostly toothless hicks and hate Binghamton students. Once I heard a local call a synogogue a "Jewhouse". I heard the Binghamton chamber of commerce actually proudly advertises that Binghamton was once the New York State Ku Klux Klan headquarters. Eating the campus food is going to make you want to die. Don't be fooled by the administration's PR bullshit and how Bing is the "Ivy" of the SUNYs. That is such a crock of shit, most people here hate it and are only here because it's cheap. The natural beauty of the area isn't even all that breathtaking, just a couple of dirty little rivers and slippery walkways in the winter.