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the 6th Ave. district is 5 blocks, Proctor district is 7 block, old town is about 12 blocks, so there are lots of places to go. Downtown is 5 minutes by car.
Around campus it is almost all student housing so there are tons of parties. Having a car, though, which freshman can have and is free, makes it much better. being in tacoma is ok. its kind of ghetto, but there is some stuff to do. being 25 minutes from seattle is awesome.
I donno, i guess it is what you make of it. We spent lots of time in Seattle, some in Portland, trips to Vancouver, skied as much as we could. There were always parties in the houses around campus so it seemed like there was always stuff to do. Denver is sicker than Tacoma, by far, but I like Portland, Vancouver, and Seattle all more than Denver, so the trade off is fine with me. The UPS campus itself is awesome and you spend most of your time on it, so i enjoy that, but what you have access to outside of tacoma is awesome.
So, the sum that all up....Tacoma is ok, lots of parties, but that is about it. Denver would be sick, but being so close to all the sick cities in the PNW is, in my opinion, sicker.