Replying to To longboard or not to longboard...

So its summer, and I've been seeing multiple long board threads every day. Each one gets me more and more intrigued about this sport. My question to you guys, should I get one and try it out? I've got a few reasons why I want to try it, but I don't know if I'd be able to pick it up quickly.

So I'm really starting to wonder about it for college. I'm going to a fairly big college next year, about 35,000 undergrad students. So its a bigger campus. It's all flat though on campus but has mass hills once you get off campus. Everything is about 15 or so minutes to walk, but I figure longboarding around would be more fun and take less time.

NS, should I buy a longboard? I have no experience ever skateboarding, just because I've never been into killing myself to progress in tricks. But longboarding would be a fun way to cruise around IMO. Plus carving down a long wide street looks ridiculously fun.

*sparknotes: should I longboard in college? Never done it but I think it would be fun.