“. . . North Carolina may have the best college town in America. Chapel Hill’s size, atmosphere, appearance, location, resources, and spirit are difficult to surpass. Yes, Williamsburg, Virginia, makes the more perfect postcard; Boston is more cosmopolitan; Palo Alto has ideal weather; Austin, Texas, is ascending . . . but Chapel Hill is the College Town.”

-- Richard Moll in The Public Ivys: A Guide to America’s Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities

 

Source: Richard Moll, The Public Ivys: A Guide to America’s Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities. New York: Viking, 1985, p. 85.