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Charlie Munger Has a Side Gig: Designing College Dorms (2019)

22 points by saadalem 5y ago

saadalem 5y ago
"I know nothing about Charlie Munger's UCSB plan, but it appears that he already funded a dorm with this design at U Michigan. The building seems to be rated 8.8/10 by residents, and that appears to be the highest rating of any campus apartments. https://www.veryapt.com/Apartments-L7646-ann-arbor-central-campus https://www.veryapt.com/Apartments-L7646-ann-arbor-central-c..." [0] [0]: https://mobile.twitter.com/patrickc/status/1454201794620375042 https://mobile.twitter.com/patrickc/status/14542017946203750...
- travisd 5y ago
  Having spent all of 20 minutes inside one of these apartments, they're not at all comparable. It'd be more akin to the popular "urban 1 bedroom" apartments I see in various places (including Seattle, where I am) that feature windowless bedrooms. This new building is a kafkaesque study in cramming sardines into 5'x5' boxes.
- pfortuny 5y ago
  Any addict will rate cocaine above 8/10. Ratings mean notjing in real life, sanitary conditions or health. Maybe the others are just crap over crap.
  - beepbooptheory 5y ago
    Addicts are probably the most discriminating when it comes to rating drugs. Bad coke can be really bad.
- sithadmin 5y ago
  Munger also sponsored (in part) the Lawyer's Club residences that are adjacent to the law school at Michigan. The facilities there, while quite overpriced relative to the (already obscenely priced) local real estate market, are really pretty good as far as graduate dormitories go. But the rooms are also about 3x larger than the proposed UCSB rooms, and have windows.
- yumraj 5y ago
  Scroll down: Certainly not "this" design. Graduate residence building at Michigan vs. undergrad at UCSB. Bedrooms at Michigan twice the size as the UCSB ones. Individual bathrooms vs. shared ones. https://twitter.com/MDrelichman/status/1454204021414133763?s=20 https://twitter.com/MDrelichman/status/1454204021414133763?s...
throwaway879080 5y ago
"college hives" more likely
gwern 5y ago
Man has good points about bathrooms.
GayforMoleman 5y ago
Recording of the zoom presentation by the school anouncing the project. Public comment period begins at around 20 mins. It's very entertaining. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-GdZn7AVtnDj8C6JDw7vCiYTOkXMYQA/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-GdZn7AVtnDj8C6JDw7vCiYTOk... Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IgEAYCEphg6x6WDQ8NQGuILqN31SA6LP/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IgEAYCEphg6x6WDQ8NQGuILqN31...
dang 5y ago
Related ongoing thread: Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038356 - Oct 2021 (579 comments)
allears 5y ago
Advice to Charlie: Don't quit your day job.

22 points by saadalem 5y ago

"I know nothing about Charlie Munger's UCSB plan, but it appears that he already funded a dorm with this design at U Michigan. The building seems to be rated 8.8/10 by residents, and that appears to be the highest rating of any campus apartments. https://www.veryapt.com/Apartments-L7646-ann-arbor-central-campus https://www.veryapt.com/Apartments-L7646-ann-arbor-central-c..." [0] [0]: https://mobile.twitter.com/patrickc/status/1454201794620375042 https://mobile.twitter.com/patrickc/status/14542017946203750...

travisd 5y ago
Having spent all of 20 minutes inside one of these apartments, they're not at all comparable. It'd be more akin to the popular "urban 1 bedroom" apartments I see in various places (including Seattle, where I am) that feature windowless bedrooms. This new building is a kafkaesque study in cramming sardines into 5'x5' boxes.
pfortuny 5y ago
Any addict will rate cocaine above 8/10. Ratings mean notjing in real life, sanitary conditions or health. Maybe the others are just crap over crap.
- beepbooptheory 5y ago
  Addicts are probably the most discriminating when it comes to rating drugs. Bad coke can be really bad.
sithadmin 5y ago
Munger also sponsored (in part) the Lawyer's Club residences that are adjacent to the law school at Michigan. The facilities there, while quite overpriced relative to the (already obscenely priced) local real estate market, are really pretty good as far as graduate dormitories go. But the rooms are also about 3x larger than the proposed UCSB rooms, and have windows.
yumraj 5y ago
Scroll down: Certainly not "this" design. Graduate residence building at Michigan vs. undergrad at UCSB. Bedrooms at Michigan twice the size as the UCSB ones. Individual bathrooms vs. shared ones. https://twitter.com/MDrelichman/status/1454204021414133763?s=20 https://twitter.com/MDrelichman/status/1454204021414133763?s...

throwaway879080 5y ago

"college hives" more likely

gwern 5y ago

Man has good points about bathrooms.

GayforMoleman 5y ago

Recording of the zoom presentation by the school anouncing the project. Public comment period begins at around 20 mins. It's very entertaining. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-GdZn7AVtnDj8C6JDw7vCiYTOkXMYQA/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-GdZn7AVtnDj8C6JDw7vCiYTOk... Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IgEAYCEphg6x6WDQ8NQGuILqN31SA6LP/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IgEAYCEphg6x6WDQ8NQGuILqN31...

dang 5y ago

Related ongoing thread: Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038356 - Oct 2021 (579 comments)

allears 5y ago

Advice to Charlie: Don't quit your day job.