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There have been several recent articles published in Municipal World that highlight the important economic, social, and physical ups and downs that occur between cities and towns and the colleges and universities located within their boundaries.¹ The so-called “town and gown” relationship is a difficult one to measure, and there is a scarcity of both quantitative and qualitative measures devoted to understanding the relative health of these important relationships. In particular, municipal leaders often report