Ruprect, my Dear Friend,
Nice to see you still spend time over at Bucky Ville ("my buddy sent a blip" -- you crack me up!).
Here's the apparent quote to which "your buddy" is referring:
"If he considers Corvallis a good fit then all of this uproar with him leaving begins to ring very true. Madison and Corvallis are polar opposites on the college-town coolness scale. Despite its small size, Madison comes off as pretty cosmopolitan and its reputation and one of America's best cities and best college towns is well known. Corvallis comes across as bucolic and very small-town. It reminds me of a slightly larger Whitewater without as much going on. As important as OSU is, to Corvallis the university may play second fiddle to the agriculture industry in the Willamette Valley. Don't get me wrong, Corvallis is a nice town, but it takes a backseat to Eugene, so you have a much better idea of how it would compare to Madison."
"Corvallis is a nice town" = "basically a sh-t-hole" in Ruprect-speak.
Based on your personal endorsement I looked for Corvallis (as well as Minneapolis) on
this list, but came up empty handed. Could you ask "your buddy" to double check it for me?
Cheers,
Archie
P.S. Sorry to hear that your wife is "
pass sey" but at least she's in good company, you cosmopolitan bastard, you.