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I don't know what the point of this comment is. She was rich or made poor life choices?

• nicenewtemp84 4y ago
  She used student loans like most of her peers did.. to pay for luxury items.
  • kanbara 4y ago
    and your anecdote and anecdotal evidence proves nothing. everyone i know took loans out, bought a computer, got jobs and still have a hard time paying back $10s of thousands
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    • nicenewtemp84 4y ago
      If my anecdote of seeing tons of students living large on their loans means nothing, yours means nothing too. Except logic, human nature, and statistics back my claims up too.
  • solarmist 4y ago
    This was not common in my social circles in the early 2000s. More often than not, people would take as little as possible (to the point they were barely getting by) because they were scared of being unable to pay them back. But these were also people that couldn't imagine going to an out-of-state school because of the tuition costs. Maybe a computer with a graphics card upgrade, but that was the extent of it. Also, the idea that you could you student loans for non-essentials was a foreign idea. But some people I knew did take out more than they needed, but it was enough to get pizza once a week, not live in a hotel. It makes me wonder, were loan limits much lower 20 years ago than now? It feels like this kind of over spending would have literally been impossible when I was in school.