Research Summary

Here are some of the questions that I asked a bunch of people when I interviewed them.

1. did you grow up in Abilene?

2. did you know anyone older when you came to acu?

3. If so, did they show you around and tell you where need hangout spots/activity spots were?

4. Do you have any relatives who live in Abilene?

5. When you first came to ACU, how long did it take you to find out some neat hangout spots? Activity spots?

6. Do you like camping or biking/being outdoors? If so, do you know of any good biking trails, camping sites, etc? How long did it take you to find it? How did you hear about it?

7. Did you have a hard time at first finding out where things in Abilene were?

8. Did you mainly just stay on campus your first year at ACU, or did you venture out and try to find new things?

9. How long did it take you to find some great “hold in the wall” Abilene restaurants? How did you find out where it was and if it was good?

Almost all of the people I interviewed did not grow up in Abilene, and a huge majority of the people said that they found out where good hang out spots in Abilene were by talking/knowing an upperclassman at ACU, or by asking someone where places were that lived in Abilene for a while. People are also very particular when it comes to eating at “hole in the wall restaurants.” Usually those types of restaurants are really run down and look somewhat “sketchy” so they didn’t want to go there unless they heard from someone they knew that it was good. As far as outdoors activities… they found out some places on their own like skate parks, etc. but as far as the out of the way, more “hidden” places, they again had to find out from upperclassman or older friends.