| If you're looking for a college like or college life atmosphere, Cal Poly SLO is the better choice. San Luis Obispo is basically a college town, a really nice one, something I would prefer over the smoggy brown/yellow/gray LA area. The beach(Pismo Beach) is closer, about 10 miles away if you're a beach bum. Then there's the crazy events they have there, such as Mardi Gras which ended last year with police in riot gear shooting tear gas or just driving an hour to Santa Barbara for Halloween weekend (which is crazy as hell).
Cal Poly Pomona on the other hand is almost the exact opposite in college life/atmosphere. CPP is basically a commuter school, meaning that there are less students then SLO that live on campus and the rest commutes to school. Don't even bother about parties, weekends on campus are dead and the only real parties are the lame Frat Parties. Nothing really special happens in CPP either, no crazy event's like Cal Poly SLO's Mardi Gras or UCSB's Halloween. The only good thing is that it's in the LA area, so you can go clubbing or whatever you like to do. If you're already from the LA area, then you're probably bored.
If you lived in the LA area your whole life so far, I recommend entering a new environment rather then going to CPP Pomona. You'll probably find it a much better experience away from home (living in the middle of nowhere are some of you guys said it) rather then staying in the SoCal area. |