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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks, if depressed PA urban areas are your thing, then look at Lehigh Valley colleges.

I consider their locations the worst of both worlds.  They are located in depressed, small cities with little to do for a college kid (and even next to nothing right by the campus).  Crime doesn't really touch the campuses...but it is not far away.

The reason I would pick Lehigh is that it actually has a bunch of stuff going on, even if that is lots of fraternity parties or what not.  It is much larger than the other schools, which adds to its appeal. Downtown Bethlehem is quaint for 50 year old couples for a nice weekend around the holidays (which is maybe why parents like it)...but again, not much for 18-22 year olds.

There are so many college options in dynamic or quaint or interesting places.  I just don't see the appeal of Lehigh Valley schools.

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I wouldn’t say that the location is an attraction, but I also don’t think kids should be isolated from what normal American life is. My kid has grown up in a blue collar part of the DMV, but he goes to a private school and also sees a lot of very wealthy families/neighborhoods. I’d absolutely appreciate him spending four years in a place so different from home.

I went to college in Boston. I rarely left campus. We did go to the movies occasionally or to a bagel joint. Everything I needed was on campus, and Boston was just immaterial. People are different and need different things but at least for my family an upscale suburb or city isn’t one of them.[/quote]

This is one of the stranger brags I have read.  You went to college in Boston...and you never left campus except to go to a bagel shop?  That sounds very sad and a waste of four years in a pretty cool place for someone 18-22.[/quote]

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