Yeah, there was a big thing at the time to get students to list Ames as their residence to make sure that the population was over 50k so that Ames could qualify for a different level of grants or something like that.
Ames loves the money the students bring in, but hates that they have the audacity to actually live there (unless they can benefit as in a case like this).
Yeah, there was a big thing at the time to get students to list Ames as their residence to make sure that the population was over 50k so that Ames could qualify for a different level of grants or something like that.
Ames loves the money the students bring in, but hates that they have the audacity to actually live there (unless they can benefit as in a case like this).
Yeah, there was a big thing at the time to get students to list Ames as their residence to make sure that the population was over 50k so that Ames could qualify for a different level of grants or something like that.
Ames loves the money the students bring in, but hates that they have the audacity to actually live there (unless they can benefit as in a case like this).
We love the highly paid professionals of the university and tolerate the undergraduate students (particularly those who care more about drinking than classes).
you don't have any of it without the students, ames should be a bit more student friendly than it is
Absolutely. Ames wouldn't exist without the university.
For those who have not lived here both as a student and an older adult over 30, you really are only getting the perspective of just a student.
I felt the same way when I was a student here but as an older adult living in Ames, I do not get the feeling Ames residents despise the students. As I look back at my college years, the times I felt the Ames residence were ******** was when I or the group I was with were doing something stupid we should not have been doing.
I don't know what char you are looking at, that may be the city without the metro, but the metro is around 80,000 or so.2010 census lists Ames "metro" population at ~59K. Does this include ISU students?
Some of you are pretty ignorant. Every college town in America includes students as part of its' population. And just about every college town that isn't already a major metropolitan area wouldn't exist without its' college, or be as big (wow, that's a huge revelation). I'd estimate that about half of total students actually live in Ames year round.
And it's also a load of crap about the city not liking students. Do you think that because they don't appreciate riots, or having 10 people live in a house built for 4? Brilliant.
or having 10 people live in a house built for 4? Brilliant.