Pitzer College
- Local Atmosphere

Perfect Location

I live in LA and must say that it's nice not to be so close, but to have the option of such a large and diverse city so near and easy to get to from Pitzer! In the mean time, Claremont, Pomona, and the Claremont Village provide students with a small/college town feel without being isolated from civilization.

Small and Isolated but Some Necessities Present

Claremont is a very small town whose village is a three block by four block radius. Grocery stores are farther away. The town has various restaurants, a couple bar type places, a movie theater, three coffee shops, and four resident homeless people. It is definitely not a place one would go to spend their afternoon.

Pitzer, 5-Cs and Claremont

I went to Pitzer in the early 2000s, before the new refurbishment. When I was there the campus was half arboretum-esque/half SF style inner-city with cinder block walls covered in murals; perfect for the neo-hippy mentality. The other 4-C's were gorgeous in comparison to Pitzer at the time, However, I hear Pitzer has become the leader in leed certified buildings and I assume the campus has improved (and I have learned the neo-hippy mentality is slowly fading out). Claremont is like a small, clean, safe 1950s-type of suburban community (small music venues, restaurants, clubs, bars, etc) which is situated inside a Pomona lower-income community (more restaurants, bars, shopping malls, cinemas, etc). Once outside the immediate areas (typically by car, but can take train to certain parts) you can venture off to LA or spend time exploring the desert on camping trips. The Claremonts are proud of being situated in the proximity of all these options.