<p>i’m wondering which colleges have college towns that are within larger cities. basically, colleges/universities that have a distinct college feel around the college, but there’s a lot to do outside/nearby too.</p>
<p>The Claremont colleges are in Claremont, which in turn is a part of greater Los Angeles. </p>
<p>Davis, CA is the quintessential small college town, and Sacramento is not far away - an easy drive, although I’m not sure whether Sacramento (population 400,000) meets your definition of “a lot to do”.</p>
<p>Emory is a relatively self contained campus very close to Atlanta.</p>
<p>I think Berkeley is considered kind of a town/city and it is on the outskirts of San Francisco…about a 20 min train ride.</p>
<p>SMU (not that I am a huge fan of it) is in a “bubble” within the city of Dallas. There is a lot of nightlife in parts of Dallas that are not too far from SMU.</p>
<p>A friend of mine goes to Haverford and goes into Philly all the time</p>
<p>University of Chicago (Hyde Park)</p>
<p>Vanderbilt. They refer to the campus as the Vanderbubble. While on the campus you feel like you are not in a city at all, step outside of the campus and there’s lots going on right around the school and then a little further away there is downtown Nashville.</p>
<p>To get to LA from Claremont is a moderate inconvenience. Have you considered UPenn or Columbia? Perhaps USC. What do you mean by “college feel?”</p>
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<p>Well, you do need a car. But then in SoCal you need a car to get from anywhere to anywhere else.</p>
<p>Brown: The East Side of Providence is a towny feel unto itself… with Providence an easy 5 minute walk and Boston an easy 1 hour bus or train.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon is in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, which is the educational, cultural part of town. U Pitt is also in Oakland.</p>
<p>UPenn–West Philly, student friendly (improving) part of Philadelphia</p>
<p>University of Washington:
The area around the UDub has a great college town atmosphere. “The Ave,” which runs the length of the school on the west side is a hip-type street loaded with cheap/good eateries, student stores, movie theatres, bars, starbucks, funky clothing stores etc. University village, on the other side of the school, is a yuppie dream. It’s an outdoor mall area–abercrombie, anthropologie, lucky, eddie bauer, starbucks, pottery barn, etc. Also home to a huge sportsbar and popular restaurant–a major student hangout. Across the street are all the intramural fields, IMA building (new, and simply incredible), arboretum, and Lake Washington–tons of fun.
The school is barely north of Seattle–maybe the coolest city for young adults ever… (not counting Boston…)</p>
<p>Claremont McKenna is way out in the desert. Having nothing in common with Los Angeles. </p>
<p>Davis is a suburb of Sacramento. You can get to downtown pretty quickly and the delta is nice. Also quick gettaway to casino and skiing or summer at Lake Tahoe.</p>
<p>Yeah . . . i do recall my enviromentla science teacher telling me that all students at some point or another feel trapped in Davis.</p>
<p>Columbia is in NYC, but in a neighborhood called Morningside Heights and every other building within a five-block radius seems to cater especially to college students. Guides to NYC call Morningside Heights synonymous with “Columbia-ville.”</p>
<p>Boston College and Georgetown both have distinct campuses but are readily accessible to major cities.</p>
<p>Claremont is not “way out in the desert”. It sits at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains and is part of the greater Los Angeles area. Other LA-area towns of Pomona, Ontario, and West Covina are nearby. Pasadena is 15 or so miles to the north. Barstow is way out in the desert, not Claremont.</p>
<p>I have to agree with Brown, the east half of Providence is a college town, but cross the river into Downtown Providence and you’re in a city. And the river festivals they have are absolutely amazing!</p>
<p>My son goes to RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), which shares College Hill with Brown University. The large number of students in that area definitely creates a “college feel”, and the town-gown relationship (between the City government and the universities) is excellent. Providence is an amazingly cultured city – plus Boston is only a 40-minute train ride away.</p>