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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most location bias is just a matter of subjective taste (e.g. hot/ cold climate,  rural/suburban/urban, setting).  And of course, there’s also the silly parochialism of DCUM commenters and their spoiled offspring, who think coming from Bethesda or Vienna gives them standing to write off entire states or regions.   Whatever.   Objectively, I think the LACs with the worst locations are those located in cities or urban neighborhoods that might have been pleasant once upon a time but are now depressed or slummy.  Eg Clark/Worcester, Conn College/New London, Trinity/Hartford, Vassar/Poughkeepsie.  I think it’s hard to get enthused about those settings (unless maybe you’re a sociology major…), and I think a depressing or even dangerous setting takes a greater toll on the campus-bound LAC experience than it does on the large university experience.

But many people graduate from those schools with really positive experiences, while readily admitting “oh yeah, [city name] is a pit.”   I just don’t think location matters that much in the grand scheme of the educational experience, except maybe to chatty DCUM parents and a few unadaptable kids.[/quote]

You criticize others for making judgments and then make your own claiming you do so "objectively."  How is that any different from what others are doing? [/quote]

Conn College is not right in New London, which is admittedly not a great town. The area it's in is nice enough, and the campus (including a 500-acre arboretum) is beautiful.[/quote]

We checked it out, thinking that is where the students need to go to catch the train home (Amtrak station). Is that not where they go to bars & restaurants?[/quote]

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