Princeton too isolated and subarban-y?

Lizardly
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:08:09 +0000

I am an old fart, but I chose Princeton because it was in a bubble. I am a woman, and wanted a place I could walk around in at night and feel safe, and I was poor, so I couldn’t afford to go out in the city, any city, on weekends. I wanted a quiet, more bucolic setting where students made their own fun and activities.

You can go into the nearby cities from Princeton, but we were too busy and I was too poor to do it very often. This was back when NYC was dangerous and scary, too, fwiw. I can remember riding the bus in and witnessing a knife fight as soon as I got off.

My own kids went to college with more ability to spend money. One is in a more urban environment and likes it, the other chose an isolated school, much to my surprise.