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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We stayed at the chain hotel down the road a bit but came in for dinner and breakfast to the Downtown, which has definitely seen better days. DC did not love how the college seemed to flow right into the kind of downtrodden downtown area. [/quote] This thread is so interesting to me as far as how different people perceive the same place. I didn’t get “downtrodden” at all. Thought it was a charming little city. To each their own, I guess. At the same time, it’s right in the Allentown song lyrics: “And they're closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem they're killing time Filling out forms Standing in line…”[/quote] Lehigh definitely does not fit in DCUM's very tight band of acceptable schools. I agree with the party hard assessment, but come on, it's an excellent school. And sometimes, when the town is a little downtrodden, the campus culture gets even stronger. [/quote] I guess it helps that my kids have grown up in an area that’s a little downtrodden. They’re not fazed. If you grew up in a perfectly manicured neighborhood, maybe you notice these things more. [/quote] I think there is a difference between a downtrodden area in a fairly dynamic place (think Penn and West Philly or Columbia and NYC) vs. the entire area is downtrodden and pretty boring. I don't disagree Lehigh has much more going on then Lafayette or other local schools...but might as well just choose Bucknell (no, I am not the pipeline to the street guy) which is the equivalent of Lehigh plus the cute Bethlehem main street, and none of the other shit around it.[/quote] Or Franklin and Marshall which has Lancaster - cute small town, good food, arts, etc.[/quote]
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