September 1st is known as move-in day here in Boston. With 60+ universities in the metropolitan area, most apartments have a September 1 lease to accommodate the massive student population.
Allston, Brighton, Fenway, Kenmore as well as parts of Back Bay and Beacon Hill are most significantly impacted but really there is no safe neighborhood. Double parked UHaul trucks and discarded furnishings lining the curbside can be seen nearly everywhere.
Although the summer officially does not end until the third week of September, the influx of students moving into their apartments revives Boston and signals that autumn has arrived.
BosGuy 
It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year!!!!!!
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I thought Providence was bad with PC, Brown, RISD, URI and CCRI with locations all around the city.
But yeah, I’ve ridden the Green Line and Red Line – they both get packed at the beginning of September and then taper off a bit October through December.
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Here in Iowa we start a bit earlier. Classes at ISU started last week, but students have been in Ames most of August. It’s next to impossible to rent a U-Haul anywhere in central Iowa during the last week in July, first week in August. And during that time we have a very vibrant “sidewalk” shopping district. LOL
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