LAC accessible with no car

DigitalDad
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:51:19 +0000

emmahamilton:

How possible is that, depending on the school?

The answer is partially in your question: Depends very much on the school, and how its situated relative to the college town, and how connected the college/town is to the primary areas of interest.

My daughter visited a number of high-school friends at their NE LAC colleges, most near smaller cities/college towns, and I remember them getting around by car pretty much the entire two days or so she was there each time - whether to “go into town”, or to do an afternoon trip to whatever qualified as a nearby POI.

On the other hand, those at urban colleges benefited from well-connected public transport, whether trams in Boston, subways in DC, etc. and no one owned a car (nor would there have been space to accommodate nearby parking)