It used to be pretty much exclusively graduate students in the young professionals crowd here. Like, seriously, every friend or date I had in my early 20s went to Brown to the point it was absurd.

As someone who didn't go to school here, I felt kind of left out of all the student organizations, alumni community, and social life from the local colleges. It can be a bit insular and when everyone you know is here in transition it can be kind of hard to make longterm ties.

That being said, now that I'm older it seems like a lot has changed and some young people are actually moving in. That being said, just prepare to meet a lot of college students in flux.