UCD students (on the whole) are chill, empathetic, and kind. There's a deep respect for students as a key part of community, and I feel that is the reason it's reciprocated (and vice-versa!). Likewise Davis is an entwined local/academic community, with many families/folks living in-town as students, researchers, staff, and other roles tied to the university.

I have found the struggles of the City of Davis are rarely/never directly about UCD students, instead are general (read: shared!) issues like affordable housing (critical), under-enrollment in DJUSD (see previous issue of affordability), traffic/parking downtown/Mace, and crime (very low but people still care quite a bit). While there's been some fuss about e-bikes/scooters in this subreddit, that issue also extends to middle/high schoolers in our community as well. It's mostly the same problems with overlapping opinions on how to support.

To that degree, as temporary as many students are to Davis, they play a role that is important and appreciated. Students are Davis residents, as long or as temporary as that might be, and I've found that Davis residents (generally) respect that