Auburn

Homecoming: Auburn is among America's top 20 fastest growing communities according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. AU alumni keep moving back there!

Toomer's Corner: This is the heart of downtown Auburn where campus and city meet. Toomer's gets 'rolled' every time Auburn wins a game! Toomer's Drugstore also has the best lemonade in the world!

Downtown Auburn: This is another view down College Street as seen from Toomer's Corner. Note the big orange tiger paw in the middle of the intersection.

Auburn University Hotel: Yes, luxury accommodation is actually available in little ol' Auburn!

e-Auburn: By1997, more than 75% of all households in Auburn had a home computer with internet access - way ahead of the national average.

A true college town: 34% of Auburn's workforce is employed by Auburn University!

Ralph B. Draughan Library: RBD has over 12 million volumes, making it one of the largest libraries in the United States.

KIM'S LIST OF THE BEST OF AUBURN

	The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
	Little league games at Felton Little Park
	Tailgating on AU's campus on football game Saturdays
	Walking through downtown Auburn on summer nights
	Strolling through the cool little boutiques on College Street and Magnolia Avenue
	Playing on the rocks in the water fall at Chewacla State Park

When I know I'm home... This sign stands at the corner of College Street and the entrance to our subdivision. [sigh]

Auburn Schools: Non-southerners often remark that I don't have much of an accent for a Southerner, or that I don't seem Southern. What they mean is that I don't seem like a redneck, and the irony in that is, of course, that they are showing their own ignorance. In any case, I feel like I got an outstanding education in the Auburn City Schools.

Here are a few facts about my alma mater, Auburn High School:

Students: 1100+
Graduates who go on to college: 90% +
Teachers with masters or doctorates: 71%
Drop-out rate: 0.5%
Average SAT score: 1211
Average ACT score: 24.5
Foreign languages spoken fluently by students: 23
Students who were born outside the US: 12%
Diversity of the student body: 54% Caucasian or Hispanic; 35% African American; 7% Asian; 4% other.
Auburn High places many of its graduates in Ivy League universities each year.

Auburn's Architecture: When I think of Auburn, I think of Georgian Revival architecture. This is Samford Hall, the main hall of the East Alabama Male College, which eventually became the great Auburn University. During the Civil War, when the college had to shut down, it was used as a hospital.

College Street: This view down College Street is one of the few things about Auburn that has not changed since we moved there in 1972. Ware's Jewellers and J&M Bookstore have been there forever!

THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND AUBURN

SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN AUBURN