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Fraternity Row, The Student Ghetto, and the Faculty Enclave

Characteristic Residential Districts in the American College Town

University of New Hampshire

The unusual demographic characteristics of college towns, and the social differences that exist within student populations, have led to the emergence in college communities of several distinctive types of residential districts. Using Ithaca, New York, as an example, this study examines the origins and evolution of three such districts—the Greek-housing district sometimes called "fraternity row," the student rental area often known as the student ghetto, and the faculty enclave. Together such districts help to make the American college town a unique type of urban place.

Key Words: college towns • neighborhoods • housing • residential segregation

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