East Coasters-How do you like Dayton?

OHKID
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:10 +0000

UD used to host an extremely large group of east-coast Catholics each year. Now, that number has dwindled some, but in turn has been replaced by a spike in in-state and midwestern interest in the school.

Still, the school is a great environment for the east-coast student. The large contingency of such students is still present on campus, and I’m sure your daughter will feel very much at home. Being one of the happiest schools in the nation, your daughter will not feel like an east-coast student: she will feel like any other student.

Obviously, the midwest and east coast have their differences, but I’d hardly say that there would be culture shock. Really, Dayton is a fairly cosmopolitan place, and actually looks and feels very similar to Philidelphia on a smaller scale, bizarrely enough.

There’s clubs downtown, a wide variety of theater, a great indie movie cinema, a popular “arts” district (and a popular “arts” 'burb - Yellow Springs), Brown Street and all of its college-related business, a great park system, two bustling malls and a lifestyle center, and all of this is accessible easily from campus by bus (yes, we have “cooler” electric trolley buses covering a fair portion of town).

So, there’s still a good, healthy dose of east coast excitement all in a nice outpost of midwestern coziness. What more could you ask for?