This is a general question, not about any school in particular:
My kids are in 11th grade, so just beginning to learn about colleges. A few preliminary visits have made it clear to them that they want schools that are either in cities or very accessible to them. My son, in particular, wants an urban feel as much as possible, while my daughter would probably be content with an active street near the campus and easy access to a city. But different college guidebooks will categorize the same school in different ways based on the local ambiance or population, and it's very difficult to tell what the actual feel of a place is based on population or guidebooks. There are towns of 5000 that have a more "urban" atmosphere than some very populous cities. So what have you and your kids done during the learning-about-schools-and-weeding-down-the-list phase that helped you get the feel of a town without visiting/before visiting? What sources were most helpful and accurate (for places that you later visited)? What metrics for a town or city are useful? Do you look at Google Street View? Many thanks for ideas!
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