This should help you to understand why my friend is the way he is. He can't help it. They are all like him. L. Ron Hubbard must be involved somehow. The most infuriating thing is that you can explain this to them, using reasonable facts, citing example after example of things that are better, and they will stare you in the face with all the conviction in the world and sincerely , vehemently argue with you and believe in their heart that you are misguided.
Every college town has one.
It faces campus. It has restaurants. It has bars. It has a Kinko's. It is in no way, shape or form any different from any other college main street you've seen, only 5 times smaller.