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As you’ve identified, I think there is an amenities component to the cost growth. As school gets more expensive, students expect more. My alma mater had dorms
by coredog64 8y ago
As you’ve identified, I think there is an amenities component to the cost growth. As school gets more expensive, students expect more. My alma mater had dorms that would make a roadside hotel on the interstate look like a luxury 4 star hotel. When I get the glossy magazine from the alumni association, the fancy new dorms, Greek housing, and student union are front-and-center.
- souprock 8y agoWhat I find weird is that dorms have mostly not improved in the one way that would really matter: being private, including the bathroom. Issues with roommates are severely harmful to being able to study. You risk fights, disease, noise (early morning or late night even), and theft. Everything else is secondary. It would be fine to save space in weird ways, like the shower doubling as the entryway or the sink above the toilet or the bed bunked over the desk. Even the best roommates are disruptive, and most are far worse. Shared bathrooms are a horror show.