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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would pick Stanford over Harvard any day and I’m a New Englander who loves Boston. I think Stanford sounds like a much more fun and dynamic place to be. And the weather is Palo Alto is amazing[/quote]

Yeah, I always wanted to be an undergrad on a campus bordered by a mall, a mausoleum, a high school, and a golf course![/quote]

I was an undergrad at Stanford with no car and no money.  Most of our fun was on campus, with some local haunts, but we went into "the City" frequently, went to LA for games, had dances at Half Moon Bay, Carmel, dates in Monterey and Santa Cruz, ski trips to Tahoe, etc.  There is no shortage of fantastic places near Stanford.  If you want to be in an urban setting, maybe BU is the place for you...[/quote]

Somebody certainly had a car and/or money to support that lifestyle![/quote]

NP. There's a lot of stunning natural beauty in the bay area and hiking that is easily accessible in the Bay Area if your friend has a car or if you are able to rent a car that can be done pretty cheaply.  It doesn't necessarily need to cost an arm and a leg to take a weekend trip to Monterrey or Half Moon Bay or go hiking in the Redwoods.  There's even a ton of gorgeous trails on the peninsula that are easily accessed from Stanford (Rancho San Antonio for example).  There's also a ton of backpacking.  Taking a trip into SF doesn't need to be super expensive either.  The only thing on that list that is expensive are ski trips to Tahoe and games in LA.  But it's not like skiing isn't a thing on the East Coast as well.[/quote]

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