College dorms are becoming financial albatrosses

[The Genealogist]

1. I see the changes in on-campus housing happening in my own town, which is a college town to be sure.

We have several institutions of higher learning in town, one of which is the second largest in the state. Concerning that college, in the past 5 years or so, multiple square blocks of charming older homes have been demolished to make way for cheap, privately owned apartment villages. I don't know how the university will continue to justify their dorms, many of which are quite antiquated. Part of one is well over 70 years old now, and not a pleasant living experience.