@homerdog you can check out the bus schedule here (have to add some spaces as CC doesn’t allow posting links):
www.transbridgelines.com / schedules/schedules-eff-dec-2017 / EastonEastDivided.pdf
From Easton bus terminal to Lafayette is 15-minute walk or 5-minute ride. The means is there; whether one likes to go to NY or not is, I believe, an individual choice rather than any other factor. Also international students do fancy NYC much more than American students 