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It is unfortunate that no one has found a way to replicate or imitate the lifestyle of living on a college campus. I very much miss dormitory style living and t

It is unfortunate that no one has found a way to replicate or imitate the lifestyle of living on a college campus. I very much miss dormitory style living and the social aspect of it. While I'm happy to have my own living space that is much larger than any dorm room, I miss all the novelty and variety that the dorms brought to my life.

doix 3y ago
Not quite the same, but hostels give me a similar vibe. Sometimes I'll book a private room in a hostel even though it's more expensive than an entire Airbnb apartment. Makes it much easier to have things to do.
lddemi 3y ago
Living in a medium-sized city can easily provide this type of lifestyle if you want it.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
  Dorms are pretty unique. A bunch of people same age, going through same experience, in a shared living space. I'd be interested in how this is replicated in a medium-sized city.
  - mock-possum 3y ago
    There’s an apartment building in my town that works that way - shared bathroom and kitchen and common spaces, with personal bedrooms. My buddy used to live there, it was kind of organized as artist housing, there was a ton of resident art up in the halls and on the grounds - wouldn’t work for me, I need control over my space, but he made the most of it. Helped that it was cheap, and he was a portrait photographer, I think.
peter303 3y ago
The founder of WeWork was talking about creating this kind of housing- private bedrooms (and mainly bathrooms too), kitchen, living rooms shared. A monthly fee for frequent cleaning of public spaces, because voluntary efforts not so successful. An issue would be maintaining the age segregation of a college. Single adults of all ages may want to move in.
- breakpointalpha 3y ago
  Easy fix is to bracket by age. 18-25, 25-35, 35-45, etc. Self select into an older or younger bracket based on your interests. If WeWork wasn't so bonkers, I'd consider giving it a try.
iamerroragent 3y ago
Already a business: https://www.podshare.com/ https://www.podshare.com/
reducesuffering 3y ago
Rationalist group houses have somewhat replicated this in Berkeley.
- theobromananda 3y ago
  They have also succeeded in replicating campus rape: https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071256/https://everythingtosaveit.how/case-study-cfar/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071256/https://everythin... https://www.clearlysafe.co/rape-and-race https://www.clearlysafe.co/rape-and-race
  - reducesuffering 3y ago
    This website is from Ziz cult-ist Gwen Danielson, an actual crazy cultist with arrest records, involved in an attempted murder by sword. Feel free to google them. 'Anna has repeatedly advised people to abandon their own rationality and judgment and steer away from Ziz’s and my ideas on the basis that we wear black clothing, the clothing of our religion (vegan sith) and political cluster (vegan anarchotranshumanists), and have “dangerous ideas”.' -Your link "Their arrest stems from a demonstration at Westminster Woods that left counselors and guests there rattled. On Nov. 15, 2019, the four blocked the exit to the woodsy retreat with a box truck, shuttle bus and Toyota Prius, and emerged wearing black robes, gloves and Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes masks. Two of them carried walkie-talkies, one wore a body camera and another had pepper spray, according to the initial arrest report. The situation escalated when a Westminster Woods employee reported that one of the protesters was armed."[0] "In November of 2022, three associates of Ziz (Somnulence “Somni” Logencia, Emma Borhanian, and someone going by the alias “Suri Dao”) got into a violent conflict with their landlord in Vallejo, California, according to court records and news reports. Somni stabbed the landlord in the back with a sword, and the landlord shot Somni and Emma. Emma died, and Somni and Suri were arrested. Ziz and Gwen were seen by police at the scene, alive."[1] [0]https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/protesters-arrested-in-2019-suing-county-westminster-woods/ https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/protesters-arrest... [1]https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/T5RzkFcNpRdckGauu/link-a-community-alert-about-ziz https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/T5RzkFcNpRdckGauu/link-a-com... https://sfist.com/2022/11/22/two-alleged-squatters-charged-in-vallejo-death-of-friend-and-sword-attack-on-landlord/ https://sfist.com/2022/11/22/two-alleged-squatters-charged-i... Long read, all details: https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c100180509 https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-zi...
OkayPhysicist 3y ago
Sufficiently affluent senior communities are pretty much private universities without the professors, and with larger rooms. Complete with frankly surprisingly good food that everybody complains about and more facilities than anybody actually uses.

doix 3y ago

Not quite the same, but hostels give me a similar vibe. Sometimes I'll book a private room in a hostel even though it's more expensive than an entire Airbnb apartment. Makes it much easier to have things to do.

lddemi 3y ago

Living in a medium-sized city can easily provide this type of lifestyle if you want it.

DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
Dorms are pretty unique. A bunch of people same age, going through same experience, in a shared living space. I'd be interested in how this is replicated in a medium-sized city.
- mock-possum 3y ago
  There’s an apartment building in my town that works that way - shared bathroom and kitchen and common spaces, with personal bedrooms. My buddy used to live there, it was kind of organized as artist housing, there was a ton of resident art up in the halls and on the grounds - wouldn’t work for me, I need control over my space, but he made the most of it. Helped that it was cheap, and he was a portrait photographer, I think.

peter303 3y ago

The founder of WeWork was talking about creating this kind of housing- private bedrooms (and mainly bathrooms too), kitchen, living rooms shared. A monthly fee for frequent cleaning of public spaces, because voluntary efforts not so successful. An issue would be maintaining the age segregation of a college. Single adults of all ages may want to move in.

breakpointalpha 3y ago
Easy fix is to bracket by age. 18-25, 25-35, 35-45, etc. Self select into an older or younger bracket based on your interests. If WeWork wasn't so bonkers, I'd consider giving it a try.

iamerroragent 3y ago

Already a business: https://www.podshare.com/ https://www.podshare.com/

reducesuffering 3y ago

Rationalist group houses have somewhat replicated this in Berkeley.

theobromananda 3y ago
They have also succeeded in replicating campus rape: https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071256/https://everythingtosaveit.how/case-study-cfar/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230308071256/https://everythin... https://www.clearlysafe.co/rape-and-race https://www.clearlysafe.co/rape-and-race
- reducesuffering 3y ago
  This website is from Ziz cult-ist Gwen Danielson, an actual crazy cultist with arrest records, involved in an attempted murder by sword. Feel free to google them. 'Anna has repeatedly advised people to abandon their own rationality and judgment and steer away from Ziz’s and my ideas on the basis that we wear black clothing, the clothing of our religion (vegan sith) and political cluster (vegan anarchotranshumanists), and have “dangerous ideas”.' -Your link "Their arrest stems from a demonstration at Westminster Woods that left counselors and guests there rattled. On Nov. 15, 2019, the four blocked the exit to the woodsy retreat with a box truck, shuttle bus and Toyota Prius, and emerged wearing black robes, gloves and Anonymous-style Guy Fawkes masks. Two of them carried walkie-talkies, one wore a body camera and another had pepper spray, according to the initial arrest report. The situation escalated when a Westminster Woods employee reported that one of the protesters was armed."[0] "In November of 2022, three associates of Ziz (Somnulence “Somni” Logencia, Emma Borhanian, and someone going by the alias “Suri Dao”) got into a violent conflict with their landlord in Vallejo, California, according to court records and news reports. Somni stabbed the landlord in the back with a sword, and the landlord shot Somni and Emma. Emma died, and Somni and Suri were arrested. Ziz and Gwen were seen by police at the scene, alive."[1] [0]https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/protesters-arrested-in-2019-suing-county-westminster-woods/ https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/protesters-arrest... [1]https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/T5RzkFcNpRdckGauu/link-a-community-alert-about-ziz https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/T5RzkFcNpRdckGauu/link-a-com... https://sfist.com/2022/11/22/two-alleged-squatters-charged-in-vallejo-death-of-friend-and-sword-attack-on-landlord/ https://sfist.com/2022/11/22/two-alleged-squatters-charged-i... Long read, all details: https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c100180509 https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-zi...

OkayPhysicist 3y ago

Sufficiently affluent senior communities are pretty much private universities without the professors, and with larger rooms. Complete with frankly surprisingly good food that everybody complains about and more facilities than anybody actually uses.