This is true. And first year law school is intense.
Still, I can't help but chuckle at law students who think their situation is hard, when the only hard thing about law school is what after you graduate.
Different type of intense. I commute over an hour every morning to work, and while I definitely don't love it, I do it, but would have never done it while in 1L.
People do it, but I wouldn't recommend living in Lakewood if you're in Penn. Live in Lower Merion, it's actually a really nice community and anyone that lives there loves it.