<p>My reasons:</p>
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<li>The students are hospitable. I was offered alcohol within my first hour there.</li>
<li>The food is there is cheap. For breakfast, I had a croissant, oj, coffee, yogurt, and a banana. $4-$5 total.</li>
<li>Beautiful scenery (and I don't just mean the buildings ;))</li>
<li>There, I will better be able to stalk Toni Morrison.</li>
<li>Alumni support. Sure, they swoop down upon you like a big, vicious, orange and black army, but they're enthusiastic, nice, and very very rich. Which reminds me...</li>
<li>Financial support. Ask any student there. Princeton is rich - and generous. As long as you can convince them, they will pay for whatever you want (so long as it has educational value.) "I need to study rocks in France. For three weeks. Seriously."</li>
<li>There's also that whole "academic reputation" thing. Whatever.</li>
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