getting around Western Mass as a student

Techno13
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 19:48:49 +0000

Hello-- My D is considering Smith, which would be an excellent fit for her. Until now she has only been considering more urban/metro area schools. Sounds like the Northampton actually has a lot to offer a student, but how to they get around without a car? Are there reasonable ways to get into a real city? Are the buses between the 5 colleges frequent enough to be useful (and do they run late at night?) I don’t think she would want to feel stuck and I can’t get a good feel for how mobile the students are-- or does everyone else bring a car? Thank you! (Note: we are in NorCal, not at all familiar with Western Mass but are planning trip in the Spring, but we’ll have a car for that).