http://bostonist.com/2006/12/27/geezers_versus_whippersnappers.php All comments for Geezers Versus Whippersnappers en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/27/geezers_versus_whippersnappers.php#comment-862762 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/27/geezers_versus_whippersnappers.php#comment-862762 Comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:28:31 -0500 <p>Absolutely right on. The great colleges define Boston as a city. In places like Cambridge the professorial ranks are a significant part of the housing and consumer markets - second only to the students. If part-timers and non-tenure track profs continue to pour in while lifers are not replaced, there should be a big shift to rentals and a decline in housing values, not to mention a decline in the luster of Cambridge itself.</p>