BOSTON–Residents here will welcome back nearly 150,000 college students this week by pulling their cars off the street, yanking potted plants off sidewalks and warning young drivers not to smash into bridges with their rented moving trucks. The city’s annual scramble to cram in a tribe of adolescents equal to about a fifth of the permanent population is an end-of-summer rite. Many students exhibit straight-A behavior during what can be a stressful time. But while Boston enjoys huge economic and intellectual benefits from...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2018 15:33 UTC