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Because culturally, Americans have a tradition of going away to college. It's not just the elite universities that have housing infrastructure.

• Tade0 7y ago
  Ok, but there's also as much infrastructure in Europe. I remember that I was one of the few students in my year who grew up in the city in which my alma mater was based.
  • graeme 7y ago
    Was your school terrible? If not, surely the students in that city could have gone there if they wanted to save money, no? Which was my point. I couldn’t find stats, but my impressions is dorms are way more common in america.
    • Tade0 7y ago
      If not, surely the students in that city could have gone there if they wanted to save money, no? Top university in my country, so not everyone could to begin with. For the same reason each region - aside from those who had good schools themselves - was represented roughly proportionally to its population.