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I don't see anything wrong with small rooms and common areas. It's the no windows and warren-like density of this that is disturbing. That students expect to l

by mdpye 5y ago

I don't see anything wrong with small rooms and common areas. It's the no windows and warren-like density of this that is disturbing. That students expect to live multiple years without any private space at all in the US has always struck me as very odd. I'm very glad I had a small private room (though, as is common in the UK, I only lived my first year in institutional accommodation). If course it had a working, opening window, a large house common room, a basement pool and games room (in terrible condition of course) and lots of open space outside...

ghaff 5y ago
Oh I agree with you. I certainly didn't have a roommate in school any longer than I needed to and, yes, I have somewhat mixed feelings about having multi-person rooms as a design goal as opposed to a space tradeoff (which I think it more commonly is. And certainly no windows is awful. Every now and then I've had a hotel room that wasn't windowless but effectively got no natural light. Not a fan.