On Neighborhoods oppose housing for UW-W students

Posted on December 3 at 1:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

There is a long history in Whitewater of opposing anything having to deal with students. It seems to me the people in this town do not realize how much of a benefit the University is to this, other wise, one horse town. Maybe the University should leave and take with it it’s world class gym, amazing theater and music programs, huge library, and great athletics (all of which can be taken advantage of by city residents. Not to mention the 10,000 citizens who spend millions yearly in this city and the business that come with such a population.

We (students) will just leave and take with us all of the excellent facilities mentioned above, a good amount of your taxes, the walmart (oddly the main shopping center of WW), most of the gas stations, nearly all of the restaurants and bars, half of the downtown stores, and any future this town has…..When it comes down to it, Whitewater is nothing without the university. Especially with the highway bypassed around the city now, the students are the only thing keeping Whitewater alive. Of course legitimate concerns are out there in regards to noise violations and disorderly conduct, yet, most concerns coming from life long city residents are not legitimate, they are mean spirited and discriminating. Do not blame students for property values going up (what are we supposed to do about that), do not blame students for the actions of one or two idiots, do not blame students because we vote in “your” city………the city needs to come to the realization that the students are part of this town, and until the city begins to work with students in good faith, nothing will be accomplished ..