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Many colleges have old buildings on campus that are cash cows. There's little incentive to cut margins by building new. But recent buildings look better, and t
by Digory 6y ago
Many colleges have old buildings on campus that are cash cows. There's little incentive to cut margins by building new.
But recent buildings look better, and the off-campus "communities" in Texas look better than ... most apartments in New York. [0]
[0] https://www.theblockwestcampus.com/features.aspx https://www.theblockwestcampus.com/features.aspx
- jldugger 6y ago>But recent buildings look better, and the off-campus "communities" in Texas look better than ... most apartments in New York. [0] How bad are the apartments in New York? The one you cite has great marketing literature but abysmal reviews: https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-block-austin-3?osq=the+block https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-block-austin-3?osq=the+block
- sgerenser 6y agoTo be fair, the last time I was apartment shopping (8 or so years ago) I quickly realized that basically every apartment complex gets terrible reviews.
- Digory 6y agoI guess this is the equivalent in NYC.[0] Which, admittedly, looks nicer than my dorm in college, even accounting for the normal difference between advertising and reality. But most of my Manhattan-based friends started off with summer jobs and living in spaces smaller than closets out in suburbia. But that came with a certain vie boheme that you probably don't get at "The Block" in Texas. [0]https://www.63wallstreet.com/63-wall-street-new-york-ny/interiors?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhb36BRCfARIsAKcXh6GEEWyiU86N5q0qY7H2T2YDAfebbnNevEnJxq0Ge70he68J5EYv87saAmfoEALw_wcB https://www.63wallstreet.com/63-wall-street-new-york-ny/inte...