college towns within larger cities?

College Search & Selection
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<p>i'm wondering which colleges have college towns that are within larger cities. basically, colleges/universities that have a distinct college feel around the college, but there's a lot to do outside/nearby too.</p>

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<p>The Claremont colleges are in Claremont, which in turn is a part of greater Los Angeles. </p>

<p>Davis, CA is the quintessential small college town, and Sacramento is not far away - an easy drive, although I'm not sure whether Sacramento (population 400,000) meets your definition of "a lot to do".</p>

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<p>Emory is a relatively self contained campus very close to Atlanta.</p>

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<p>I think Berkeley is considered kind of a town/city and it is on the outskirts of San Francisco...about a 20 min train ride.</p>

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<p>SMU (not that I am a huge fan of it) is in a "bubble" within the city of Dallas. There is a lot of nightlife in parts of Dallas that are not too far from SMU.</p>

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<p>A friend of mine goes to Haverford and goes into Philly all the time</p>

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<p>University of Chicago (Hyde Park)</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt. They refer to the campus as the Vanderbubble. While on the campus you feel like you are not in a city at all, step outside of the campus and there's lots going on right around the school and then a little further away there is downtown Nashville.</p>

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<p>To get to LA from Claremont is a moderate inconvenience. Have you considered UPenn or Columbia? Perhaps USC. What do you mean by "college feel?"</p>

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<p>Well, you do need a car. But then in SoCal you need a car to get from anywhere to anywhere else.</p>

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<p>Brown: The East Side of Providence is a towny feel unto itself... with Providence an easy 5 minute walk and Boston an easy 1 hour bus or train.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon is in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, which is the educational, cultural part of town. U Pitt is also in Oakland.</p>

<p>UPenn--West Philly, student friendly (improving) part of Philadelphia</p>

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<p>University of Washington:
The area around the UDub has a great college town atmosphere. "The Ave," which runs the length of the school on the west side is a hip-type street loaded with cheap/good eateries, student stores, movie theatres, bars, starbucks, funky clothing stores etc. University village, on the other side of the school, is a yuppie dream. It's an outdoor mall area--abercrombie, anthropologie, lucky, eddie bauer, starbucks, pottery barn, etc. Also home to a huge sportsbar and popular restaurant--a major student hangout. Across the street are all the intramural fields, IMA building (new, and simply incredible), arboretum, and Lake Washington--tons of fun.
The school is barely north of Seattle--maybe the coolest city for young adults ever... (not counting Boston..)</p>

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<p>Claremont McKenna is way out in the desert. Having nothing in common with Los Angeles. </p>

<p>Davis is a suburb of Sacramento. You can get to downtown pretty quickly and the delta is nice. Also quick gettaway to casino and skiing or summer at Lake Tahoe.</p>

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<p>Yeah . . . i do recall my enviromentla science teacher telling me that all students at some point or another feel trapped in Davis.</p>

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<p>Columbia is in NYC, but in a neighborhood called Morningside Heights and every other building within a five-block radius seems to cater especially to college students. Guides to NYC call Morningside Heights synonymous with "Columbia-ville."</p>

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<p>Boston College and Georgetown both have distinct campuses but are readily accessible to major cities.</p>

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<p>Claremont is not "way out in the desert". It sits at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains and is part of the greater Los Angeles area. Other LA-area towns of Pomona, Ontario, and West Covina are nearby. Pasadena is 15 or so miles to the north. Barstow is way out in the desert, not Claremont.</p>

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<p>I have to agree with Brown, the east half of Providence is a college town, but cross the river into Downtown Providence and you're in a city. And the river festivals they have are absolutely amazing!</p>

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<p>My son goes to RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), which shares College Hill with Brown University. The large number of students in that area definitely creates a "college feel", and the town-gown relationship (between the City government and the universities) is excellent. Providence is an amazingly cultured city -- plus Boston is only a 40-minute train ride away.</p>