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In my experience the transient nature of the college town population means that they're all kind of run down in a particular kind of way, especially housing (ho
by bbqfog 1y ago
In my experience the transient nature of the college town population means that they're all kind of run down in a particular kind of way, especially housing (how many drunken ragers can a 1 bedroom apartment really handle?). It's nice that they can be beacons of culture in otherwise rural areas, but there's definitely downsides to having a bunch of kids move in and out constantly.
- frutiger 1y ago> how many drunken ragers can a 1 bedroom apartment really handle? Depends on how they were built. For some college halls in the UK, maybe a few hundred years worth?
- kortilla 1y agoThey aren’t failing structurally, they are just in a perpetually ugly state because a landlord doesn’t care about keeping a property attractive that students will abuse. So you end up with worn out carpet, paint flaking, broken door handles, etc etc. That’s why there is a different much smaller but much better pool of properties for people willing to do an 18+ month lease.