College students spent $87 billion per year on dorm decoration

OrphanSlug said:

This is a classic example of what social media level thinking does to the electorate.

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Cameron said:

Didn’t think that was the jam of the NYT lifestyle section, but maybe.

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Boots said:

Like many college students, one group of guys at my school had an old couch on the front porch of their apartment. Not sure how or why, but it was there. For senior year their goal was to have a keg on tap every day. They were persistent and met that goal. Each reunion one of those guys stops at a goodwill type store on the way back to campus, purchases and hauls a couch and brings it back to the house. It is placed on the front porch and most members of our class attend an afternoon pre-function at that house as a reminder of the good old days. The one time I attended I was struck by the serendipity of us being able to relive a bit of our youth by attending a party at one of the old party houses. I asked who knew the owner and how we were able to utilize the porch each June at the 5 year mark. The answer concerned me....nobody knew the owner, nobody sought permission, given that it was summer and still a college house, the current tenants simply weren't usually there to object. The one time there was a tenant there, she was offered help moving her furniture in and all the leftover booze in exchange for use of the porch for a few hours as well as the bathroom (which in most years was not available due to nobody being home).

Once I discovered we were simply squatters I made sure to remain on the sidewalk!

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Cameron said:

Tuition: $9,400. Dorm Room Interior Designer: $10,000?

Some students arrive on campus expecting certain comforts. And they, or their parents, are willing to pay thousands to settle in.

www.nytimes.com

Sorry for the paywall, but the most important stat from the article is in the title.

This makes me a little less sympathetic to complaints about the college debt crisis.

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