<p>Actually I think they just opened up a Best Buy in Lebanon. Isn't right across the street from Barnes and Noble?</p>
<p>Perhaps that's part of my problem - I never visited Lebanon when I drove through, only Hanover, so to me, Dartmouth really does feel like it's in the "middle of nowhere" a la Williams College or something like that.</p>
<p>I'll make sure to stop in Lebanon on my next trip up, pending a decision of course. Heck, I probably won't even have to worry about this with my luck :o</p>
<p>And I looked on their site, there is a Best Buy in Lebanon now, haha. My statement was more metaphorical than literal, though, but maybe I did even underestimate how much is actually there.</p>
<p>In terms of isolation, I don't think Dartmouth is anywhere near Williams. I remember driving to Williams and that place is really up in the moutains, very much secluded.. but also a gorgeous place.</p>
<p>Dartmouth always struck me as a comfortably "home-y" place.</p>
<p>Dartmouth isn't as isolated as you might think--there is indeed a Best Buy in West Lebanon, along with a ton of other "name brand" stores and restaurants. You can find almost anything you need in Hanover (though you may have to search a bit), and what you can't, you'll usually find in West Leb/WRJ.</p>
<p>As for me, I love Dartmouth for any number of reasons, probably the main ones being my fellow students--brilliant, yet affable, laid-back, and inclusive, (some of) the profs--I'm still in many intro classes now, and the best professors tend to be in the upper-level courses, and the hiking. I could go on and on, though...the bonfire, free movie rentals at the library, first-year trips, the DCMB, learning both in and out of the classroom, local dining options (off-campus, I mean, though even dining hall food could be far, far worse)...</p>