The principal differences between Wesleyan and Haverford are scale and degree of urbanity. Wesleyan is approximately the size of Haverford and Bryn Mawr put together. Middletown CT is the traditional county seat of a densely populated stretch of towns and villages along the northeast corridor and Wesleyan is only a few blocks from its main street. Haverford and Bryn Mawr (as well as Swarthmore) are located in contiguous, highly manicured, Philadelphia bedroom communities.