Real estate prices are declining in most places, but I would bet the towns that are home to universities are seeing prices drop less than towns that don't have an educational economy. Higher education jobs have been hanging on through the recession, and real estate in the towns where these schools are located is directly correlated to their existence.
Forbes determined the 20 most educated towns in the US, and noted that because college graduates and people with graduate degrees make substantially more per year than those with high school diplomas alone, highly educated residents serve to increase the median incomes in the towns in which they reside.
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