<p>Do you prefer a college in an urban area, or a suburban area? Why?</p>
<p>I'm a suburban girl. I dislike crowds, traffic, and city noise. Suburbs can also have crowds, traffic, and city noise, but it's less common and much easier to avoid. Cities are great places to visit for the architecture and culture, but I'd rather live where things are quieter and more open. Suburbia the the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>I've grown up in NYC and I want to go to college in a place that's not in the middle of a city (read: has a sense of campus and community and a nice home-y feeling) but has access (within an hour or so) to a decent-sized city. I want most of the social life to be on-campus, but I also want to be able to go out to a museum or to see a concert perhaps every month or so.</p>
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<p>some very good schools have a campus feeling even though they are in the city. rice comes to mind. i would prefer a college located in or very near a very large city, so urban or suburban colleges would be fine with me.</p>
<p>It all depends on the school you attend. I happen to think that my school (Chicago) has a lot of on-campus activity and the city is a side dish rather than the main course, whereas a school like Sarah Lawrence (in Bronxville, NY and about 25 mins. away from midtown Manhattan) seems to be a lot more city-oriented. I think that's partly due to the differences of the flavors of the student bodies-- proximity to NY is a big draw for SLC kids, while I don't know how many kids end up choosing the U of C because it's in Chicago.</p>