Vassar College - City/Town/Community

Rating	Posted By	Comment
2 - Fair	elbeeen July 14 2009	Same as above. [View Full Report]
	imsolidmatter June 11 2009	Poughkeepsie isn't essentially remarkable, but it's definitely not as bad as some have described... Perhaps it's a matter of what you're used to being around. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	mathmom February 20 2009	Shopping and restaurants are closer to campus. Further afield you have access to good hiking, some historic sites and one of the best Culinary Schools in the US. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	morvoren November 26 2008	Didn't really get a chance to explore Poughkeepsie. [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	Keilexandra July 31 2008	Poughkeepsie is a rundown small city with poor town-gown relations. [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	studiomom July 09 2008	Town is not anything special. The residential campus would be the focus. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	Ricebunny April 02 2008	It seemed like a pretty nice community [View Full Report]
3 - Good	want2bIvy October 13 2007	Small neighborhood. Arlington, closest built-up area, seems good for shopping. Quaint country roads, forests, etc. You have to accept the semi-isolation. NYC is so close! [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	Hindoo August 24 2007	Poughkeepsie is a mid-sized industrial town. I’m not sure what its crime rate is, but I wouldn’t want my daughter taking midnight strolls off-campus. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	LookingFoward April 08 2007	IBID [View Full Report]
3 - Good	LookingFoward April 08 2007	IBID [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	littleathiest March 21 2007	A lot of strip malls and fast food restuarants. Nothing to write home about. The college did, however, offer daily shuttles to a mall and movie theatre and the train can be taken into NYC on weekends. [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	smile06 August 05 2006	Poughkeepsie aka Poughtown. Not a very wealthy community I'm guessing. [View Full Report]