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davidpdx

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7. Well even just providing dorms is expensive

Reply to Kurska (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 04:07 AM

Jun 2014

The school I went to has grown quite a bit in the last 17 years since I graduated. It is an urban university that is very limited by the amount of land available to build on around it. They were able to acquire a few new blocks and build some additional dorms since I left. Had the dorms I lived in not existed when I went there, I would not have been able to go to school.

I believe they have added some of the things you mentioned, but I haven't visited there in several years. I'll be in town this summer and will stop by to have a look around.

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It is a combination of problems davidpdx Jun 2014 #8