Interesting that someone should say this out loud. I've been thinking this for a long time - I've just been having so much fun as a student, I can't really imagine any other way of living. Cool roommates and always something interesting to do.

When not starting a family or living with a partner, this seems like the best way to live. The alternative would be to live on my own in a nice apartment - this would entail a higher - "standard of living", but be much more expensive and lonely.

Students want to get out of dorms and into an apartment typically because dorms cost about the same thing as an apartment, but with far less space/amenities.

If dorms weren't overpriced, more students would probably want to stay in them.

Good point about the dorm resemblance.

Depending on a person's college experience though, more flexibility in moving to "the big city" might provide sufficient transition for many college grads and other on tight budgets. Especially when the alternative in a very expensive city is a cramped tiny space with multiple roommates.

I don't think you and Kennedy necessarily conflict. It's very possible for 60% of college students to want to get out of dorms and into a real (large) apartment, while the other 40% still making the post-college demographics unusually high in its preference for micro apartments.

I think that's often a desire to get away from the people and culture in the dorms, not necessarily the lifestyle. A college dorm with people in their mid 20s working 9-5 jobs would be a fun experiment

(Well, I suppose that unlike a dorm, there's no communal kitchen/restroom, but to me, this still seems like it would be a step backwards for someone fresh out of college.)