State College a small city and huge college city!

State College is a very small town in central Pennsylvania with a great countryside. The town itself is probably smaller than the Penn State's Campus. It takes you nearly 15 minutes to walk downtown while if you travel over campus on a diagonal path it will well take more than 30 minutes. Different bus loops shorten your journey during the daytime and weekdays. It is not a matter of big surprise though, because Penn State is one of the largest universities in the United States. University Park alone accommodates nearly 45000 students, half the town's population. All together it has 85000 students spread out in different campuses in the state of Pennsylvania.
The reason for this entry was to share this idea that small college city such as State college, PA and Blacksburg, VA and many others in the US are from a series of city in which the economical activities and businesses are defined by the students needs and requirements. These cities imply one the most important type of cities which has been established in the US in their current shapes for the first time in history of urbanization; working out based on a incoming financial resources as service cities. Instead of any type of dormitory towns which usually serve larger cities around them, college cities serve students and their dormitories based on students' financial resources independent of larger cities surrounding them.