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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 (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.

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frutiger 3 days ago | parent [-]

> 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 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		They 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.