No way it's NEAR 3.5 miles. I've pulled a cooler from the game to downtown many times. 1-1.5 mi MAX. The 2nd pushpin in the pic is the exact spot Billy's picture is from. From the stadium, you have ~ .5 mi walk to the Cotton District. It's the more artistic, dive bar atmosphere in Starkville. This section has had the most work in the past 5 years of anywhere there, and is really unique now, especially on gameday. It's a ton of small bars, backed by small houses really close together, one way streets, and is a nonstop block party on gameday.
You keep walking another .5-1 mi in the same direction on the same road to reach downtown. It's plenty nearby to walk to, especially if you arrive early and park somewhere in the middle. .5mi to the closest bar, under 2mi to the furthest one. Downtown has also had a TON of work don in the past 5 years. It's being modeled in the same vein as the Square in Oxford.
I keep saying...this is not the same Starkville/MSU anymore. I graduated in 06, and a ton of the issues I had personally with the town and school have been or are being addressed. It hasn't "arrived" yet by any stretch, but it is improving at a fast pace. Students got organized in 2007ish and started a grassroots movement to establish residence up there for most incoming freshmen. In doing this, the school has essentially took control of the city government(school itself is as big as the town population wise). There has since been a ton of progressive changes and improvements made that would've been laughed out of the room previously. I know what it was before, and it more closely resembles an Oxford or Auburn now than the Starkville of 1990-2005...
Would be great for some of you to make the game this year and see how things have changed since your last visit!
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