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[quote=Anonymous]We were looking for this too and there are fewer than you would think. Many have been mentioned earlier, but I thought I'd plus one:

Portland, Oregon with a population size around 650k has a few: Lewis & Clark, Reed, University of Portland though technically not a SLAC has around 4000 students so also small.
Macalester in St. Paul, about 300k population.  Near other colleges too which adds to the sense of lots of resources for young people.
I would count the undergrad part of Tufts as sort of liberal arts college-ish feeling also, so near Somerville/Cambridge/Boston--hard to decide where 'urban' ends in that area. 
University of Richmond, Richmond VA has around 225k people and UofR has both a nice 'removed' feel but close access.  VCU creates more amenities for students.
Kalamazoo College is in a residential area a few minutes walk from downtown Kalamazoo MI, a small-to-mid sized city 75k and adjacent to Western Michigan University a large public university. 
New College of Florida is in Sarasota, FL -- about 50k population--has some parts that feel urban and walkable.
There's a trend for young people/families to move to these smaller cities due to lower cost of living, desire for sense of community etc. so they are feeling trendier all the time--I noticed a difference between visiting colleges for my eldest and youngest (7 years apart)--massive growth in restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, boutiques if that's what your kid is looking for.

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