Where did you live when you were a student?

@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
April 30, 2012 1:23pm CST
My first apartment was a very small place. It consisted of one room (combined bedroom and living room), a tiny kitchen and a bathroom. The apartment was in a bad neighhood and it was not a safe place after dark, but I was a student and the apartment was cheap so I stayed there anyway. I was happy that I had my own kitchen and my own bathroom, most of my classmates didn't have that. My neighbour and I shared the corridor in front of our apartments, but we didn't have to share the other things. I had a freezer in the basement of the building. It was a creepy place. There was no light so I never went there when it was dark outside. My apartment was close to shops and cafes and that was very nice. It was not close to university so I always went by bus. Where did you live when you were a student or where do you live if you are still a student today? Did you/do you have roommates? What are the advantages and the disadvantages about the place you live(d)?
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@MoonGypsy (4606)
• United States
30 Apr 12
yes, i did have room mates when i was in school. lol. my husband and my kids. i started my family unbelievably young. by the time i was in college, i had a family. we lived in a one bedroom, low ceiling, no amenities, but high priced apartment complex in a mexican neighborhood. it was the pits. we were harassed and bullied by the complex who were racist if you weren't mexican. it was horrible. glad it's all over, school too.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
1 May 12
That definately doesn't sound like a nice place to live, and I understand why you are happy that you have put that time behind you. I hope that your current home is a better place. I don't miss my first apartment either. It was very small, but I could live with that. The main reason why I didn't like living there was the neighhood. I didn't like to walk home at night and the area around the front door was kind of creepy. Today I live in another part of the country and I am much happier here.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
30 Apr 12
I'm still living with my parents, in one of the outskirt districts of the capital here in Hungary. I have my own room (the bedroom I used to have since 12). The environment is so-so... there are scandalmakers, idiots and shady people in the neighborhood (but the nieghbors in the flat are really nice... as of now, because there used to be quite "interesting" people from tiem to time), but transportwise, the place I live in is really good, as it's really close to the metro station, so with public transport, I can get anywhere in Budapeste in maximally 1,5 hours, and I could get to all 3 train stations pretty easily too, if I wanna travel to the country.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Apr 12
It is great that your home is close to public transportation. It must be very nice to be able to get to other parts of the city easily. I found the Budapest metro easy to use when I visited Hungary, it is less complicated than the metro in London or Paris, because there are not so many lines, and I found that nice.
@GemmaR (8517)
30 Apr 12
I did a three year course at University, and lived somewhere different for each of the three years. In my first year I lived on campus in student halls, and this was my favourite year of the three. I loved being on campus as it meant that I was able to use the facilities whenever I wanted to. In my second year, I lived in a flat with my partner which was good, but it was too expensive and I soon found that I wasn't able to afford it with the amount of money that I was earning while I was studying. For my final year I moved back in with my parents and chose to commute into university. It was for financial reasons and, while it may seem like I have come full circle, it has meant that I haven't taken on as much debt as most of my friends, and I will be in a more secure financial situation when I come to buy my own property which is something that should be happening rather soon providing that everything goes to plan.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Apr 12
I never lived on campus when I was student. I tried to find a room there, but it is was impossible, there were no empty rooms and the waiting lists were really long. It is great that you didn't get that much debt when you were a student. I hope that you will manage to buy your own property soon. Many students get a lot of debt and sometimes it takes many years to get rid of that debt. My husband has debt and a couple of banks said no to us when we wanted to buy a house, but after some time we finally found a bank that said yes. Without my husband's debt it probably wouldn't have been so difficult.
@cloud31 (5809)
1 May 12
During my college,I lived alone all by myself.It was quiet alright and I enjoyed being alone that time. It was a nice place and very peaceful.It was fully furnished when I occupied the place. I love my placed when I'm still a student it was away from home but It feels like home.
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@Matpunk85 (1066)
• Italy
1 May 12
When I was a student I lived in 5 places during my 8 university years. 4 in Torino (ITALY) and 1 in Barcelona during my Erasmus period. The first 3 years I lived in a very bad house: old, freezing in winter and very warm during the summer. I live in a room with my cousin and in another room lived a friend of mine. There were no positive aspects except it was near the university. On the other hand the best apartment where I lived was the last one. I stayed in a room with a classmate of the university and in the other room 2 Persian guys. In the last period Persian guys have gone, so they have been substituted by a couple of young workers. I liked the house for various reasons. First I liked the good atmosphere of the house even if it was a multicultural apartment: 1 Italian (me), 1 Albanian and the 2 Persian guys then substituted by 1 Croatian guy and if Italian girlfriend. The position was very good cause the house is near the city center and the railway station and the University isn't so far away and it can be reached by walking. If I would come back to Torino, I'd like to come there again.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
30 Apr 12
I lived in Germany and crossed the boarder for my study in the Netherlands. I never had roommates I stayed at "home" in a small city (you probl. would call it a village).
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
30 Apr 12
When I was nursing student I also lived in Germany. My brother had an apartment in the north of Germany and I went to school in the south of Denmark. It took me a while to get to school each day, but I was still happy that I had the chance to stay in my brother's apartment. Did you have to travel far to get to your school?
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 May 12
Hi porcospino..... Several years, several places. I mean in my student life upto class 7, i was living in with my family. In class 8, i was living with my maternal uncle's home. In class 9 again in my home, in class 10 at my paternal uncle's home. Then from class 11 to graduation, i was living with my family and i have dome my post graduation from University hostel. have a nice time.
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@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
1 May 12
I lived in a different place almost every year. I lived in three different student hostels/dormitories. I had to share the room with two or three other girls, the bathroom and kitchen were on the other end of the corridor. We had to adjust a lot to each other, and it was not always easy. Then I rented a room from a lady, a really tiny room with just a bed and a heater, but at least I had some privacy. It was in a nice place in downtown, but I had to leave after about six months, as no matter how hard I was working during university, I couldn't pay the rent. So I moved to a friend, she lived in an apartment with one room, we shared that room. She was very chatty and I was often very tired to listen to her, but she was really nice and helped me a lot. It was difficult to study with so many people around, so I usually stayed at the library till the evening.
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• Philippines
1 May 12
I have been living with my parents since the day I was born. Now, I just got 21 and my parents are still having separation anxiety. They still think I'm too little and my mom still calls me her baby. It's kind of funny and annoying sometimes but I'll just savor every moment I have with my parents.
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@Cranos (273)
• Belgium
1 May 12
I live in some sort of small dorm. There are 10 people living here. We each have our own room, most of which are pretty small. There are 2 showers and several toilets we share and the kitchen, which is way too small, is shared as well. The neighbourhood here is good though. The town only got this big because of the university, so about half of the inhabitants are students. The only annoying thing is that I can always hear the music of a party and drunk people in the street, no matter what day it is.
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30 Apr 12
i do not hire apartment because the cost expensive, i just live in a rented house near my college, here a lot of houses rented for use inhabit.... and i live with my friends in the room, staying in a rented advantage togetherness is held in high esteem but is shortcomings are not free to do anything....