The Smallness

[A.E]

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A campus that is not dominated by students with cars is one of Swarthmore’s big pluses, IMO.

Spoken like someone who never went there. Having draconian parking policies is moronic. If a student owns a car and wants to drive around, he should be able to. It shouldn’t be a big deal. And I guess it wasn’t for the kids who wanted to forge parking permits. But, really, should they have to do that?</p>

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I’m sure there are some spoiled preppies who complain about not being able to hop in their BMW convertibles, but give me a break. It’s the same distance from Willets to the mall as it is from the freshman dorm at Williams to the foot of Spring Street.</p>

<p>Walk. Or, god forbid, hop on the #109 bus (that runs every 20 minutes) from the Swarthmore station for the half mile ride up to Baltimore Pike.

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<p>I had a used Pontiac. It was good to have there. Know why?</p>

<p>Distance from Parrish to Genuardi’s: 2.0 miles
Distance from Parrish to AMC Marple 10: 3.6 miles
Distance from Parrish to WaWa: 2.6 miles
Distance from Parrish to Granite Run Mall: 6.8 miles
Distance from Parrish to Barnes & Noble: 4.8 miles
Distance from Parrish to Wine & Spirits Store: 2.4 miles</p>

<p>Know what else? The train doesn’t go to these places, and the bus won’t get you everywhere you might want to go in DelCo either. Have fun walking to WaWa at 2:00am in January. Or have fun hauling groceries two miles back from Genuardi’s (for those all too frequent times when the Co-Op just won’t cut it), or trekking 3.6 miles to see a new release at the AMC. Nevermind Valley Forge or King of Prussia or all the other regional sites of interest to many a student.</p>

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Some people probably find just about anywhere they find themselves to be “one of the nation’s most miserable places”.

I guess some people are that way… but I’m not one of them, so your argument is (as usual) irrelevant. I’ve only felt I was in one of the nation’s most miserable places in two cities: Philadelphia and Atlantic City.</p>