Car culture at liberal arts colleges – which schools are best places to live without a car?

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Campuses good for biking

This is an offshoot of a discussion of campuses where you do not need a car. I think there are many different possible interpretations of this concept, so I suggest people just make clear what they have in mind. In this case, I was personally discussing biking campuses as seen through the vision of my S24, and I think for him it is not so serious as things like competitive teams, racing tracks, highly technical mountain trails, or so on. His vision is more practical (just getting around campus or perhaps nearby commercial areas) and recreational (just taking rides somewhere nice). I also note he is not looking for the sort of large public university (or larger private university) campus where a bike may be a near-necessity, more where it could be a convenience on a nice day. With that caveat in mind, of the ones we visited, I think the ones that stood out most clearly were William & Mary, Carleton, and WUSTL. W&M and Carleton both have relatively spacious, but not too spread out,…