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 neighborhoods 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 Dayton, Ohio, 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.

Examples

United States

• Cedar Village in East Lansing, Michigan (Michigan State University)
• North Bottoms in Lincoln, Nebraska (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
• Scottlandville (B.R community) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Southern University)
• Campustown in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Central and South 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 (Most Boston-based universities, particularly Boston University and Northeastern University)
• Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee (University of Tennessee)
• Hobart Lane in Amherst, Massachusetts
• Hyde Park in Chicago, IL (University of Chicago)
• Home Park in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Tech)
• The Mile Square in Oxford, Ohio (Miami University)
• Southside in Berkeley, California (University of California, Berkeley)
• Cecil B. Moore area, North Philadelphia
• University Hill in Boulder, Colorado (University of Colorado at Boulder)
• University Hill and University Neighborhood in Syracuse. New York (Syracuse University)
• Isla Vista in Goleta, CA (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Westwood in Los Angeles, CA (University of California, Los Angeles)
• The College Ghetto in the Pine Hills section of Albany, NY (University at Albany and College of Saint Rose)
• Portions of NW 13th Street, Main Street, and University Avenue in Gainesville, Florida (University of Florida)
• Eben Street, Main Street, the Beau Rivage townhomes, and Campus Terrace apartments of Glassboro, NJ. (Rowan University)
• College Hill in Pullman, Washington (Washington State University)
• North University Park in Los Angeles, California, directly north of USC.

Canada

• McGill Ghetto in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (McGill University)
• Kingston Student Ghetto in Kingston, Ontario, Canada (Queen’s University)
• Westdale, surrounding McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
• Area of the South End between Dalhousie University and St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

• Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne, (Newcastle University), (Northumbria University), UK
• Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne, (Newcastle University), (Northumbria University), UK
• Hyde Park in Leeds, (University of Leeds), (Leeds Metropolitan University), UK
• Headingley in Leeds, (University of Leeds), (Leeds Metropolitan University), UK
• Cowley Road in Oxford, UK
• Fallowfield in Manchester, (University of Manchester), UK
• Bournbrook in Birmingham (University of Birmingham), UK
• The Holylands, Belfast, near Queens University.
• Cathays in Cardiff, Wales, (Cardiff University)
• Mill Road in Cambridge, England, (Anglia Ruskin University)

Elsewhere

• Dunedin North, Dunedin, New Zealand. University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic

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.

See also

• College town
• Town and gown

External links

• Town & Gown information from Daily Information, Oxford, UK
• College Town Issues Town/Gown Issues
• Town and Gown Association of Ontario
• Student advice on maintaining good neighbourly relations

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