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Statesboro is the largest city and county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States, located in the southeastern part of the state.
A college town, Statesboro is home to the flagship campus of Georgia Southern University and is part of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro Combined Statistical Area. As of 2016, the Statesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Bulloch County, had an estimated population of 74,722. The city had an estimated 2016 population of 31,419. Statesboro is the largest Micropolitan Statistical Area in Georgia. It is largest city in the Magnolia Midlands Region.
The city was chartered in 1803, starting as a small trading community providing the basic essentials for surrounding cotton plantations. This drove the economy throughout the 19th century, both before and after the U.S. Civil War.
In 1906, Statesboro and area leaders joined together to bid for and win the First District A&M School, a land grant college that eventually developed into Georgia Southern University.
Statesboro inspired the blues song "Statesboro Blues", written by Blind Willie McTell in the 1920s, and covered in a well-known version by the Allman Brothers Band.
In 2017, Statesboro was selected in the top 3 of the national America's Best Communities competition and was named one of nine Georgia "live, work, play" cities by the Georgia Municipal Association.

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Statesboro Georgia is a college town and is built around college students

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Depends on the circumstances of the individual. If they like a slow paced living environment Statesboro will be a good fit.

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Transportation, working-education flexibility and community engagement opportunities.

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The community or town doesn't engage with each other. It feels like everyone is for self.

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