The Student Housing Trap: Or, Why Dorms Are the New Black Hole of Expectations

Back in the late ’90s, when I was hacking away at startups in Cambridge, student housing was simple: You showed up with a duffel bag, a futon that smelled like regret, and the vague hope that your roommate wasn’t the guy who collected toenail clippings. It was a crapshoot, sure—shared bathrooms that doubled as petri […]