Laramie

Laramie, Wyoming is located in Southern Wyoming, about 2 hours from Denver and an hour from the state capital of Cheyenne.  Laramie is also the location of University of Wyoming, home of 14,000 students. Visiting from California was defiantly a culture shock.  I am looking at attending college at the university and really enjoyed the university.  It was a small town feel, built around University of Wyoming.  It is amazing what an university can do for a community, bringing in people and revenue.  The small town feel had lots of shops and dining to check out, and a country feel.  If you are looking for a big city with lots of people and clubs and big concerts this is not the place.  The campus was beautiful with lots of renovations and new constructions.  Wyoming is the only 4 year public university in the entire state, thus they get all the state funds for the university.  The university is also a division 1 sports school, who competes in the Mountain West Conference vs schools like San Diego State, Boise State and University of Nevada Reno.  All in all this was a lovely place that I think would be a cool place to attend college.