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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The scenery and nightlife are probably closer to what people think of as San Bernardino than what people think of as LA (beaches, downtown, Hollywood, etc).
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I don't understand the point of these sweeping generalizations. Most people in LA County don't live near the beaches, Hollywood, or Downtown. The county overall is extremely complex and diverse in landscape. San Bernardino County is similarly difficult to characterize as it hosts some of the wealthiest communities in SoCal as well as some of the poorest and underserved.

Claremont is simply its own place as a town dominated by colleges. I can't think of any other place nearby with that same emphasis. [/quote]

You forgot the "etc."

The point isn't just that Claremont is closer to San Bernardino County than to the beaches, downtown, or Hollywood.  It's closer to San Bernardino County than to any of the other LA County areas most people from out of town have heard of.  When you map the edge of Pomona College to the edge of San Bernardino County on Google Maps, it's like 500 feet.  [b]I for one feel it's a bit misleading to tell people the colleges are in LA County without making clear it's really on the border[/b], further from anything else in LA County they may be familiar with than to the start of San Bernardino County.

I like the Claremont Colleges.  I personally would not want to live in Claremont itself again-- I already did.  I found it hotter and to have worse air quality than most other parts of LA that I have lived in, though that's mostly an issue in the summer, not during the academic year.  The online almanac I'm looking at the moment says 61 unhealthy days in 2021 for San Bernardino, 26 for Los Angeles.  If you've lived in Claremont, you know the air quality there is far more accurately described by the San Bernardino figure.  Here's the link:

http://www.laalmanac.com/environment/ev01a.php

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Why do you keep posting as if families won't go see this for themselves? If they are truly interested in something more like Pepperdine or USC or UCLA - they will go to LA and see all of those schools PLUS take a trip to Claremont if they are interested in the 5 C's...(or not if they aren't). Students/families will make their own decisions on what it is they are looking for.  You act like you are sparing people from some grand misconception or some horrible fate - as if the Claremont Colleges (and the rest of DCUM) have a campaign of deception and are trying to "trick" people about Claremont. These schools are far too popular for there to be such a disconnect between reality of Claremont's location. I know you don't understand, but there ARE students who LOVE the location of Claremont and LOVE these schools....whose primary intention isn't to go to the California coast.  [/quote]

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