End of Summer 101

A phalanx of U-Haul vans driven by college students has descended upon the city. Eventually, one of these vans will get stuck under an overpass on Storrow Drive. That's when you know fall is here. So Bostonist's writers have compiled a list of tips so both students and year-round residents can learn to coexist.

1. If you plan on attending the Sox game on Labor Day weekend, brace yourself. Some nitwit set up the schedule so that they play Baltimore and Toronto at home. Leave early and, whatever you do, do not drive.
2. Enjoy actually getting to sit down at Diesel in Davis Square before the Tufts students take it over.
3. Take advantage of the student-oriented sales. For example, the Cambridge Second Time Around is having a 50% off sale, so locals can score pretty shoes that the undergraduates have cast away.
4. Stock up on your essential non-essential food items at Trader Joe’s. A week without cheap wasabi peanuts is like a week without sunshine.
5. Make one last lap around Target before crazed students with empty dorm rooms and full wallets wipe out the joint.
6. Catch a show at the Middle East before the cool kids make you feel old again.
7. And last call for burritos at Anna's Taqueria or wraps from Moody's Falafel Palace!

PS - Our Transportation Editor has so many MBTA tips that a separate post on riding the T with students will appear soon. There will be a pop quiz afterward.

C. Fernsebner, Kristin MacDougall, Jon Petitt, and Victoria Welch contributed to this post. U-Haul image from the company's site. Note it is not yet stuck under an overpass, but just you wait.