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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did this OP, it was great and fostered campus community.

If your dc doesn't want to do that, they can attend another university. [/quote]

No kidding, really?

You say foster community, I say perpetuates the nanny state and delays growth in life skills like paying utility bills, taking out the garbage on the right night, shoveling snow to be a good neighbor, grocery shopping, cooking, and I can go on like this all day[/quote]

Then you are a nutjob.  There is no curfew.  Juniors and seniors can get singles if you want.  You still take the trash out.  In an apartment you often do not pay utility bills except cable depending on what part of the country; you never never take out the garbage on a given night in an apartment, and you do not shovel snow, you still grocery shop for the dorms which often have full kitchens in newer dorms so you do cook.  This is not a nanny state.  At my undergrad senior housing was fantastic.  Did not slow down me entering the real world.   [/quote]

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And after I graduated from college, I (gasp!) lived at home for a year to save money while I worked - then moved into a group house with friends where we - get this - paid our utility bills, took the garbage out, shoveled snow, were good neighbors, grocery shopped, cooked, etc.  And our adult development wasn't stunted at all because we had lived on campus for four years!  [/quote]

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