"KatieSim;c-16676519" wrote:
@Movotti where I live in Australia there is on campus living.
I'm not denying that it exists, just that it's far from the 'norm'
I was considering renting one when I first started studying but the rent was insane for what it was. I can rent a nice, newer 4 bedroom house for waaay cheaper.
So while there are dorms here, no one stays in them.
And that's why it's not the norm.
Dorms in Australia are usually occupied by international students, or first year students from rural areas. Most people make friends in their first year of uni, and move in with them, since it's a heck of a lot cheaper than paying an arm and a leg for a tiny dorm room.
We don't have 'university towns'. We have multiple universities in each of our major cities. You typically have the choice of multiple universities, that you can easily access from your family home. There's no need for most aussies to move, to attend uni. You can relax, save your money, live at home for a few years, and then attempt to move out at 20 or so.
Occasionally, something you want to study is not available at a local uni, and that will be one of the rare times when a student will attend uni in a different state, and therefor have to move. But even then, a share house is much more cost effective than a dorm.
