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Not to turn this into a Penn thread (since it’s not on the OPs list because of gross generalization based on extremely limited “data” :rolleyes:), but this misconception needs to be corrected. Penn is actually in a terrific location to explore the many cultural and entertainment offerings of Philadelphia, and is arguably closer and more accessible to the central business and cultural core of its host city than virtually any other comparable urban university, including UChicago and Georgetown. Penn’s campus and University City neighborhood are virtually adjacent to Philadelphia’s Center City, with its hundreds of restaurants, sidewalk cafes, historical sites and neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and nightlife. No other top urban university is closer or more accessible to the commercial and cultural core of its host city than is Penn. And yet with that, Penn still has been able to develop a 300-acre campus with lots of open green space (including the new 24-acre Penn Park that sits literally in the shadow of Center City’s skyline), secluded courtyards, and shaded walkways.</p>
<p>Plus, Penn’s own neighborhood, University City, has become one of the most interesting and popular destination neighborhoods in Philly, with a plethora of diverse ethnic restaurants and BYOs, leafy Victorian streets, and cultural institutions of its own, not to mention a boom in development of low-rise and high-rise condos and apartments and various retail and commercial establishments.</p>
<p>OK: Penn commercial over, and record corrected. :)</p>