Ames Population
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29,000+ Students. Ames has grown almost 9,000 since the 2000 census. University probably grown 3-5K although I don't know for sure on that.
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).
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).
Ames becomes an "entitlement" community once they pass 50K, which lines them up for federal grants on anything from housing to community development projects.
The Ames metro area includes all of Story County as well.
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
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.
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Exactly. Ames only hates the students when they are acting entitled, destructive, or disrespectful to others. They hate the same thing in other adults, as well.
I only have a middle of the road opinion, having lived there for two years as a mid twenties grad student. I think there is a balance. The City and its residents know what ISU means to them but that doesnt mean they want to tolerate nonsense. I "Claim(ed) Ames" in the 2000 census.
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.
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.
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.
You might want to chill.
Do you remember receiving census form in the mail? Individuals claim their city of residence on those forms. College students could still claim their hometown as their city of residence if the chose to. No city can just start "including students" (or anyone) to their official population numbers.
10 would be one thing. Making it technically illegal for 4 to live in a house built for at least that many (3br, 3ba home) is something completely different. We had 4 people in ours (technically against ordinance) because we used the office downstairs as a bedroom. We had a TON of space in that house (over 2k sq ft finished, plus a large 400 sq ft unfinished area in the basement we used for storage and drinking games) so its not like we were packing in a bunch there, but yet the city made it illegal.
When we lived there after school I didn't have issues with students. I had issues with people who felt that they were not required to follow noise and occupancy laws. Of course a majority of those not following these laws were students.
