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My college dorm room (150 sq ft[1]) wasn't much bigger than these rooms, and I had a roommate. Privacy isn't something dorms have had in a long time, and a tiny solo sleeping room actually affords more privacy, I think? My roommate often stayed up late at night playing videogames with voice chat, which sucked in a double. Also a (tiny) single room gives you more privacy for sex, which is another important part of college.

I don't love this building, but I don't think (1) privacy is an actual problem with it, or (2) that the concerns of a sober living facility are necessarily the same as a college dormitory.

[1]: https://www.hfs.uw.edu/HFSExtranet/media/Floor-Plans/McMahon... (PDF)



I agree. With the exception of not having a window. This setup looks better in every way than all of the dorms at the college I went to.

Somehow, UCSB considers having 3 people[1] in a room about 2.5x the size as as "having privacy".

[1] https://www.housing.ucsb.edu/housing-options/options-filter/...




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