When universities are theme parks

If you live within 15 minutes of a coffee shop, but the barista can’t afford to live within half an hour, then you don’t live in a city—you live in a theme park.

- https://www.science.org/content/article/when-universities-are-theme-parks-postdocs-and-grad-students-suffer

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