Not Your Friendly Neighbor
Longstanding tensions between Bethlehem residents and Lehigh students center on noise, parking and community relations.
Tensions between the Bethlehem community and Lehigh students have persisted for years, driven by recurring complaints about weekend noise violations, parking problems and perceptions of student arrogance. A decade-old opinion piece by Anna Simoneau, ’18, exemplifies the friction, referring to the city as “Sketchlehem” and “Bethle-hell.”