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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Other LACs: Pomona College (1,690 students) and Claremont McKenna College (1,350) students are attractive due to location, majors offered, and part of a consortium.[/quote]

I went to Pomona and at least when I went there, the location wasn't that great. Incredibly smoggy all the time, like you're always sucking on an exhaust pipe. The town of Claremont isn't very interesting, nowhere good to walk to. Very far from the beach, 45 minutes drive to LA, out of the question unless you have a car. Same applies to the other colleges in the consortium.[/quote]

This is very helpful information.

About 8 or 9 years ago, I raised the issue of air pollution/smog with a former professor in the Claremont consortium. She dismissed any cncerns about smog so I thought that it might just be a problem during the summer months.

Thank you for the info.[/quote]

pretty outdated info- air quality is fine in claremont these days (we have a child with asthma attending), it's a beautiful leafy east-coast like college town that's completely walkable and constantly makes the list for best college towns in the state (see links below), and there's a train station to los angeles right next to pomona's campus

https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2022-08-16/best-california-college-towns-things-to-do
https://www.bestcolleges.com/united-states/california/best-college-towns/
https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/50-best-college-towns-america/
https://www.collegemagazine.com/college-magazines-top-10-colleges-located-in-amazing-towns/

the beach is very far, though. that is true. [/quote]

I'm a different poster who happens to have lived in the LA area most of their life.

Yes, the air quality is far better than it used to be.

However, it would be a mistake to say it's not an issue.  Especially when fires are factored in, which can be an issue for a few weeks every few years.

Air quality is a function of many things, including distance from the coast, temp, average rain, local and state regulations, etc.

The Claremont Colleges are in LA County but closer to San Bernardino County than, say, downtown.  In a given year, San Bernardino will have probably 50% more unhealthy days than LA county.  For 2019, I think the difference was something like 54 to  28, so almost a factor of 2.

The good news is most of the those bad days are in the summer.  But the bad air could still be a factor in Aug-Oct.  Athletes in fall sports are most likely to be impacted, imo.  I raised this as a concern to my child who plays a fall sport when they went through their college application process.

For most of the academic year, the CCs have fantastic weather to go along with great academics and a unique best of both worlds community feel (several contiguous small colleges with many of the benefits of a university).  But I would not say the air quality (or for that matter temp) is a non-issue, esp for fall athletes.  
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