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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by user5994461 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:30AM (#24502356)
Wow, they are less than 3x3 meters (10x10 feet) including the corner for shower. The bed is literally touching the cooker/oven in the first one.

That explains the £737. Can't even put a desk to do your homework. Nobody would want to live there, especially with COVID.

Regular studios in student accommodations go for double that in this area. I've actually seen friends paying as much as £2000 a month, when they come from far or from abroad, don't have the luxury to visit 10 properties and landlord won't rent to students with no income.

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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by iso1631 on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:40AM (#24514408)
Yup, but that's what I got for £520 in 2003, and managed to live there just fine. Hell for 2 months I lived there with my girlfriend (now wife) before we moved out towards Reading for an actual 1 bed flat. I was working shifts then though so could drive to work mostly off peak, get free parking, and it was only 7 days a fortnight.

The room in my hall of residence was smaller than that, although being in Exeter it cost far less (£90 a week, so £390 a month).

Of course I had an office to go to for that time, clearly it's different in the last 6 months.

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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by DanBC on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:38AM (#24502403)
Communal toilet would be a miserable experience, especially during covid-19 or winter vomiting outbreaks.
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Re:The majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the US are now liv... by iso1631 on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:41AM (#24514410)
Yes, I'd gladly have sacrified the room to have a private one, like the £737 rightmove property.
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