What 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 a

What 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.