New Take On Density Changes College Town

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Robert Karrow

10 September 2003 - 2:00pm

Monster additions and a sea of cement allow more students to be packed into neighborhood.

The college town flavor of Athens, OH, is changing. Modest homes near campus have sprouted additions larger than the original stucture. Where rear lawns once blended together, cement stretches through the center of the block.

Full Story: Landlords packing units into student hoods

Source: Athens News, September 9, 2003

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