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College life and real life have no comparison. Students are cramped in small dorm rooms shared by multiple people, many with shared public bathrooms. Students
by ww520 6y ago
College life and real life have no comparison. Students are cramped in small dorm rooms shared by multiple people, many with shared public bathrooms. Students "work" (attending class/studying) at small place, chairs with a small board as desk in classroom or small desks in library. There's one or a few shared cafeterias on campus. Close to no variety shops on campus. In almost all aspects of campus life, things and spaces are cramped and choices are few. Students only endure it because they know it's only for a few years. People don't want to live or work like a student for the rest of their life. Plus the cost of college has spiraled out of control year after year.
- ARandomerDude 6y agoExactly right. Couple that with the various types of work people are required to do and it's a doubly bad thesis. On my street alone, my neighbors include an oil field worker, a landscaper, a steel factory worker, and a UPS driver. So while the human-scale idea might work for white-collar office jobs (analogous to college campus life), there's no way it works for other professions that require separation distances for safety or logistical reasons. Before the suburban boom, we tried human scale with dangerous or large-area jobs with company housing, stores, etc. and it resulted in high prices and monopolies. Given the choice, I'll pay for the roads and sit in traffic.
- watwut 6y agoNeither oil field worker nor steel factory worker will work at the exact place where he is having bedroom. Both have to travel further away regardless of how human-scale their houses/flats are in. Once they are home, they both benefit from shops, restaurants, gyms, green spaces and what not within walking distance. Their kids benefit from the same. They themselves benefit from not having to drive their kids everywhere.
- m463 6y agoAnother point is that college students do not all live on-campus and in dorms. Depending on the school, it's possible to live in the dorm the first year, and possibly move to another form of housing or off-campus as time goes on. Many students put up with the dorms and roommates because they don't know any better at first. When they do know better, they work out other arrangements with a little more room (and fewer rules)
- mberning 6y agoColleges also thrive on a steady influx of cash (often backed by debt) and the costs are simply not sustainable. This is a bad model to emulate.