<p>“…there are many things to do in the immediate area.”</p>
<p>Like what??? Especially without a car.</p>
<p>I’m not being argumentative here, I really want to know. My son was considering Wesleyan vs. Vassar maybe for ED, might be financially impossible but I was looking on CC anyway, the uncontradicted sentiment in the comparison theads I read here was that Poughkeepsie was horrible/ near useless and Middletown was (somewhat) better than it. I saw Middletown, that is not an impressive statement. The term “Vassar bubble” came up several times, it almost seemed like the kids felt somewhat trapped within its walls, to a degree, with, for all practical purposes, nowhere to go.</p>
<p>"Also, Vassar is in a suburban part of Poughkeepsie with a little area of shops and restaurants right next to the campus. "</p>
<p>I’ve been there, from what I saw “little” would be the operative term here, what I saw extends, what, two blocks? Or is there more.</p>