Physics faculty and students may additionally access the KSU Electronics Design Laboratory, which is led by a full-time electrical engineer. You've got to be kidding. Nope, this is a great place to live. We are not one of the five boroughs of New York City. We average around 150 blue sky days per year, with summers warm, but not unbearable, and winters usually milder than the rest of the US Midwest.
Manhattan has clean water, clean air, clean parks, clean streets, and a low crime rate.
A great deal of decent housing is available within walking distance of campus. A car is not an absolute necessity, but your quality of life will be higher if you have one. Food costs are typical for American university towns. I have children. Private facilities exist as well.