But it was done without fanfare and without the knowledge of the other areas of town. They have added to the South side problem and to the housing problems all over Manhattan. Taxes are going higher. Enrollments in the School system is declining. Rents are high.
Housing is short.
This is what has happened to Manhattan. K-State has increased enrollment but stopped building student housing in the sixties. The City of Manhattan zoned a large area East and South of the University as high density. But when the 12-plex started going up the neighborhoods started to band together. In 1996 the Neighborhood Associations created enough problems for the City that the staff and Commission changed the zoning outlawing the 12-plex.