<p>^ I dunno. It depends on what kind of city, access, and college the OP is after.</p>
<p>I agree, Sarah Lawrence may have a more desirable location than Poughkeepsie, especially if NYC is your idea of the ultimate urban environment. However, SLC in other respects would not be everyone’s cup of tea (not because it isn’t a great school). </p>
<p>The Philadelphia-area Quaker colleges are in pleasant-enough (if not very exciting) settings, and within close range of Philadelphia.</p>
<p>If you want the kind of LAC where you can step off campus and immediately be in a reasonably attractive urban environment, I’d suggest Barnard (women only), Colorado College, Eugene Lang, Macalester (bitterly cold winters), Rhodes … or Rice (not strictly speaking a LAC, but very small for a university). Barnard is closer to the action than SLC, plus it gives you most of the resources of Columbia University. If you want a school with an edgier atmosphere (Open Curriculum, arty students), you may prefer SLC.</p>