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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Threads like these are so interesting to me bc I didn't put much stock in towns when applying to colleges beyond the safety around campus factor.  I can't imagine writing off a school like Purdue due to the town, especially if I wanted to pursue engineering.  Purdue is its own town!

But anyway, different strokes.[/quote]

The fact it's an hour from the airport is a turnoff for us.  That gets costly to arrange travel at every break.  Not to mention, I'd rather my DD not be in an Uber/Lyft alone for an hour (I'd want the same for a DS).  very different than a 10-15 min ride for many schools.

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Not anymore! West Lafayette's airport is going to start having regional airline flights starting in May. That airport's technically located on campus (hence it being called the Purdue University Airport), and is only a ~5 minute drive from the center of campus.[/quote]

Well that will be awesome for Purdue students.  Assuming they can get to ORD or DTW from there makes kids life so much simpler
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For sure! The flights from West Lafayette (LAF) are to ORD and done in partnership with American and United Airlines, so plenty of connections. I believe the airport plans to expand to further routes (hopefully DTW, which it used to have flights to years ago), but is in the process of building a bigger airport terminal to handle those flights.

As a previous post mentioned, having such flights avoids the risk of getting stuck somewhere without a shuttle, so it'll be great[/quote]

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