Student ghetto

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A student ghetto is a residential neighbourhood, usually in proximity to a college or university, that houses mostly students. Student ghettos arose from the rise in post-secondary enrollment after World War II. Many colleges and universities became unable to house their students, while homeowners in adjacent neighbourhoods sought refuge from the influx of students. Such neighbourhoods often filtered down from faculty and other affluent (permanent) residents, as the housing stock in these areas deteriorated.

Many local governments have worked to control the spread of student ghettos and improve their appearance.

An interesting hybrid of this the University of Dayton Ghetto in the U.S, where the school bought formerly privately owned houses in an adjacent neighborhood to house its upperclassman. Today over 95% of the houses in that area are owned by the school. Additionally, a high-end example of a purpose-built, student residential neighborhood is The Cotton District in Starkville, Mississippi, which was privately developed by a former university faculty member who was elected the city's mayor in 2005.

1 Examples
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3 See also
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[edit] Examples

Scottlandville (B.R community) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Southern University)
Cathays in Cardiff, Wales, UK (Cardiff University)
Central Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh)
Collegetown in Ithaca, New York (Cornell University)
Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota (University of Minnesota)
Fort Wood in Chattanooga, Tennessee (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Allston, Mission Hill, Fenway-Kenmore in Boston, Massachusetts (Primarily Boston University but also Harvard University and Boston College)
Hyde Park in Leeds, UK
Hyde Park in Chicago, IL (bounded by E 53rd, E 55th, S Greenwood Ave and S Kimbark Ave, as well as the area immediately surrounding the intersection of E 55th St and S Hyde Park Blvd) (University of Chicago)
Home Park in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech)
The Student Ghetto in Kingston, Ontario (Queen's University)
McGill Ghetto and Concordia Ghetto in Montreal, Quebec (McGill University and Concordia University)
The Mile Square in Oxford, Ohio (Miami University)
Old Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky (University of Louisville)
Southside in Berkeley, California (University of California, Berkeley)
University City in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University Hill in Boulder, Colorado (University of Colorado at Boulder)
University Hill and University Neighborhood in Syracuse. New York (Syracuse University)
Isla Vista near Santa Barbara, CA (University of California, Santa Barbara)
The College Ghetto in the Pine Hills section of Albany, NY (University at Albany)
Eben Street, Main Street, the Beau Rivage townhomes, and Campus Terrace apartments of Glassboro, NJ. (Rowan University)

[edit] References

Gumprecht, Blake. "Fraternity Row, the Student Ghetto, and the Faculty Enclave: Characteristic Residential Districts in the American College Town." Journal of Urban History, v.32, no.2, January 2006.