The issue currently is that Brown has a 3-year residency requirement, but not enough housing to make that happen. They want only seniors living off campus but have to allow juniors to get out as well. We had a little crisis last year when too many seniors opted to live on campus and they had to give last-minute permission to more juniors to even it out.

But they’re about to finish the second and third of 3 new dorm buildings this fall, hoping to push the number of juniors off-campus down even further. Along with that, they say(probably take this with a grain of salt) that there is no plan to admit more students per year in the foreseeable future.

Yup. Have to admit that I’m biased as a current student. Another funny thing to add is that (iirc) the CHNA fought new liquor licenses on Thayer years ago. I’ve heard that there used to be plenty of college bars on and around Thayer, but no longer. Maybe if there were bars next to campus, students wouldn’t be throwing as many house parties in the neighborhood?

Brown and College Hill developers can’t do anything right in the eyes of the CHNA and Helen Anthony.

“We want fewer students in our neighborhoods!” Okay, then we’ll build a dorm on Brook Street. “No! It’s too tall!” Okay, we’ll build more apartments on Thayer(where it’s already loud as hell) to concentrate students away from your mansions. “No! Still too close!”

People want the property values that come with living near Brown without dealing with the downsides of living next to any university in America. Wonder why they moved there in the first place