Comments on: Uniquely College Park – Age and the Definition of A College Town http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: NOAAguy http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/comment-page-1/#comment-5134 NOAAguy Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:06:10 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/#comment-5134 This is very interesting and thank you for continueing the analysis. I would agree with Hellmut that some of the surrounding towns would likely be part of other college towns. I believe that part of the lack of a bimodel peak for graduate students is the choice of grads to live in the district. I know many GSs that live in DC because of the hip environment that it offers and the easy transport offered by the metro. Another college town that would be interesting to examine would be New Brunswick/Piscataway (Rutgers). Rutgers shares being on the outskirts of a major hip city, and is surrounded by towns. Many RU Graduate students chose to live in other surrounding towns (edison, highland park, North Brunswick, etc) or commute in from NYC or even the shore. New Brunswick has made great strides to become more of a work/live environment and feels much more comfortable about what they have to offer. This is very interesting and thank you for continueing the analysis. I would agree with Hellmut that some of the surrounding towns would likely be part of other college towns. I believe that part of the lack of a bimodel peak for graduate students is the choice of grads to live in the district. I know many GSs that live in DC because of the hip environment that it offers and the easy transport offered by the metro. Another college town that would be interesting to examine would be New Brunswick/Piscataway (Rutgers). Rutgers shares being on the outskirts of a major hip city, and is surrounded by towns. Many RU Graduate students chose to live in other surrounding towns (edison, highland park, North Brunswick, etc) or commute in from NYC or even the shore. New Brunswick has made great strides to become more of a work/live environment and feels much more comfortable about what they have to offer.

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]]> By: Eric Fidler http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/comment-page-1/#comment-4168 Eric Fidler Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:05:30 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/#comment-4168 In response to "The town also does not provide any entertainment that graduate students enjoy," we should also keep in mind that a good portion of undergraduates share the same dissatisfaction with the entertainment options here, too. In response to “The town also does not provide any entertainment that graduate students enjoy,” we should also keep in mind that a good portion of undergraduates share the same dissatisfaction with the entertainment options here, too.

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]]> By: Hellmut http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/comment-page-1/#comment-4161 Hellmut Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:02:05 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/263/#comment-4161 Fascinating analysis. I am wondering if the relatively small size of College Park has to do with the borders of surrounding towns. Elsewhere, neighborhoods like University Park and University Hill might actually belong to the college town. Here they belong to other jurisdictions, which is not necessarily a bad thing. With respect to graduate students, College Park is too expensive. The town also does not provide any entertainment that graduate students enjoy. Of course, there is the College Perk. If there was affordable housing and a whole town square with College Perk type businesses then there would be more graduate students. It would also be nice if the university would finally pay graduate employees a living wage. Fascinating analysis. I am wondering if the relatively small size of College Park has to do with the borders of surrounding towns. Elsewhere, neighborhoods like University Park and University Hill might actually belong to the college town. Here they belong to other jurisdictions, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

With respect to graduate students, College Park is too expensive. The town also does not provide any entertainment that graduate students enjoy. Of course, there is the College Perk. If there was affordable housing and a whole town square with College Perk type businesses then there would be more graduate students.

It would also be nice if the university would finally pay graduate employees a living wage.

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