Five universities with brutal student housing markets
[{"id": "fybxb39", "text": "I like the $2k/month two-bedrooms on the list. What college kids are living in 2BD\u2019s? I went to UW in early 2000\u2019s and paid $320/month for a bedroom in 9-bed house two blocks from the university.", "replies": [{"id": "fyc0kn7", "text": "1br, 2br, and 4 br are the norm for on campus housing.", "replies": [{"id": "fyc1cds", "text": "This article is about off campus apartments in these cities where the Universities are located....", "replies": [{"id": "fyc2a6m", "text": "Ah, well it Applies to near campus as well. Any decent developer is going to build to what students actually rent.\n\n1,2, and 4 br units. Maybe some double occupancy units to get rents down, but it\u2019s fairly simple.", "replies": [{"id": "fycsg1x", "text": "Yes, but that\u2019s not the point of the article. No developer in these locations is building \u201cstudent housing\u201d because there\u2019s a huge demand for standard apartment housing, with much higher rental rates. As a student you either live in campus, or are stuck paying market rate for apartments in the city.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fyce1g2", "text": "\ud83d\udc4b Hello, I am your college student living in a 2bd going to San Jose State. That is all, thought it was funny I read your comment.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fycqtnh", "text": "Yikes. Were you in frat housing? Can't imagine dealing with that many people in one house. Never lived in &gt;2 br in any of my college years.", "replies": [{"id": "fycs5x5", "text": "No, just rented a 9bd house with a bunch of friends. Cheapest way to live, and was actually a lot of fun. I actually didn\u2019t know anyone in 2bd apartment. They were just way too expensive at the time. My school was in the middle of the city though.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fyccm45", "text": "The two most brutal by far?  #1 Stanford in Palo Alto CA then #2 NYU in Manhattan (Greenwich village)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]