&gt; Both the students at Cornell and Ithaca university got wealthier, and more people moved to the area&#x2F;stayed as a result of the schools expanding over the last 20 years.<p>Evidence? In the last ten years the typical apartment in Ithaca has gone from $550&#x2F;mo to $1500&#x2F;mo, which seems far in excess of the extra 1,500 people or so spread across the city, especially given they&#x27;ve been building new apartments like crazy the entire time.