The Prince George’s County town of College Park houses the University of Maryland — but that is only part of the story. The community’s proximity to Washington, affordable housing and access to public transportation make it a residential hub within the larger metropolitan area.
“Many visitors to UM, students as well, believe College Park is a ‘college town'” where, typically, the school is the focus of the area’s civic life, said Larry Bleau, president of the North College Park Citizens Association. In this, he said, College Park “just happens to have a college in it. Residents, for the most part, work and have their livelihood elsewhere, then come home to rest, eat and sleep.”
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