Cornell Has Driven Up Local Cost of Living. Workers Had No Choice But to Strike. – truthout
For Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College professor and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering Our Cities, it is common to see universities displacing working class people who live close to campuses. “As universities and colleges expand their physical footprint throughout communities, property values go up many times beyond the means of long term [residents],” said Baldwin in an interview. Baldwin is also the founding director of the Smart Cities Research Lab, which looks into how universities can help localities develop equitably, and without displacing residents…
“Like many places around the country, skyrocketing costs of living have caused Ithacans to become activated easily and often when it comes to decisions about taxes, wages and housing.”