Do Princeton students ever go out of town on the weekends? Location seems tricky

[Anonymous]

Harvard/MIT has Boston...Yale has train to NYC's Union Station...Chicago has Chicago...Stanford has SF...Penn has Philly and DC and NYC access. Even Brown has Providence and Boston somewhat close.

Is Princeton as isolated as it seems?

[Anonymous]

People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

[Anonymous]

Also not sure where Union Station in NYC is. And it’s not that easy to get from Palo Alto to SF without a car. It’s a pricey Uber.

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Anonymous wrote:People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

...by car? It's 60 miles.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

...by car? It's 60 miles.

Train station - Princeton Junction

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

...by car? It's 60 miles.

Train station - Princeton Junction

Thanks! For some reason this wasn't coming up on google maps.

So do students go to NYC much or not really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

...by car? It's 60 miles.

Train station - Princeton Junction

Thanks! For some reason this wasn't coming up on google maps.

So do students go to NYC much or not really?

IF they can afford it.

[Anonymous]

I went to Princeton undergrad and the train commute to NYC isn't bad at all. There's a tiny train station on campus ( the dinky) that goes to/from Princeton junction (~5-10 minutes) and from there it's a little over an hour to NYC. That being said, I don't think most people go into the city all that often (maybe a few times/year on average), because there's usually lots going on on-campus. Obviously there are outliers, but speaking in general. The residential colleges also periodically will offer trips into NYC (via bus) with significantly discounted Broadway tickets or similar event and dinner.

[Anonymous]

It's hard to imagine thinking of Princeton as "isolated".

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Anonymous wrote:It's hard to imagine thinking of Princeton as "isolated".

Really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People commute daily from Princeton to NYC. You can also get to philly easily.

...by car? It's 60 miles.

Train station - Princeton Junction

Thanks! For some reason this wasn't coming up on google maps.

So do students go to NYC much or not really?

IF they can afford it.

A round trip train fare is ~$30 so not exactly cost prohibitive for most Princeton students as an occasional outing. Plenty of cheap/free things to do once there.

[Anonymous]

Princeton itself is such a great town!

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Anonymous wrote: And it’s not that easy to get from Palo Alto to SF without a car. It’s a pricey Uber.

Caltrain?

Princeton is closer to NYC than New Haven.

Is geographic illiteracy a qualification for the HYPSC crowd?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: And it’s not that easy to get from Palo Alto to SF without a car. It’s a pricey Uber.

Caltrain?

Princeton is closer to NYC than New Haven.

Is geographic illiteracy a qualification for the HYPSC crowd?

What is HYPSC? lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard/MIT has Boston...Yale has train to NYC's Union Station...Chicago has Chicago...Stanford has SF...Penn has Philly and DC and NYC access. Even Brown has Providence and Boston somewhat close.

Is Princeton as isolated as it seems?

The reality is they don't. Even most Penn or Columbia kids do not go into Philly or NYC respectively too often eve though the schools are literally in the city. For Princeton it is even harder. People usually stick around.