High-Rise Living Is The Future For University Students

In Madison, WI, market pressure is converting former "student ghettos" back to owner-occupied housing.

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April 8, 2005, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Year-round residents are moving back in to Madison neighborhoods that have for decades been mostly off-campus student housing areas. The University of Wisconsin's assessment of neighborhood planning issues and trends in student housing is that in the future, students will either live closer to campus in private high-rise developments, or farther from campus, where their housing dollars will bring more bang for the buck.

Thanks to CollegeTownLife.com

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