princeton_new_jersey white wave being nosey i'm not blatherstalking you, but please paint a picture of this place for us. 040306 ... z up on a line of hills beyond a small river (the millstone) the river is crossed by few bridges the university owns most of the riverfront on both sides there is a canal parallel to the river you can rent canoes in summer princeton is a university town without many bars it has no scene to speak of the campus is big and leafy it blends modern and very old well one building has cannon damage in it's facade from the revolutionary war we lost a giant maple to old age recently it was huge and much celebrated behind the university the town starts it rolls down into a slight valley on it's way toward the sourland mountains (scarcely hills to you western types) all of the old growth is gone we have mature regrowth to the south west the land slopes down to the delaware river (broad and shallow here) to washington crossing (yes that one) lot's of stone houses and old old woodframe (pre prairies style) the land is post agrarian with evidence of once vast estates clustered around the town are the and mansions of political and industrial families like cleveland, johnson etc. some of the townships here have resisted the sprawl that is so common in the northeast by zoning 3+ acres for new construction it seems rural the soil is mostly red clay we share philladelphia’s weather for the most part 4 seasons We are one hour inland and on the windward side of the sourland mountains (relative to the sea) there is a 2 stop extension to the northeast corridor transit line between princetown junction and princeton it stops on the university the university makes the culture here somewhat cosmopolitan 040307 ... white_wave this place seems familiar. it reminds me of a place i visited long ago. i've never been there but it strangely feels like i have. 040307 ... nom never been there, but nice description! 040307 ... z a place you've never been that you visited? 040307 what's it to you? who go blather from