College without a vehicle

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10 May 2006, 10:19 AM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by Mman

Ive gone through 4 years of college without a car. Means lots of walking and lots of biking. I go to school in a small town though, so it wasn't too bad (except when there is a foot plus of snow). The real problems I had were not getting to school, but shopping and such. Real pain in the ass to go grocery shopping w/o a car. If you have a roomate who drives you can usually plan days to go shopping if they are decent at all. But it sucks having to depend on people to a certain degree to do neccesary things like get food to eat.

The store was like 4 blocks from me, I walked 100% of the time... it kind of sucked but it was great exercise. The only problem was I was too poor to afford enough food. If I could have eaten right I would've been jacked (I was never able to put on muscle during school, even though I exercised a lot)

And why are you living in apartments right from the start? Dorms are a must for any freshman. You're really losing out on the whole college experience.
10 May 2006, 10:55 AM
Dolemite

I did local colleges. I've always regretted not going away and dorming for at least a semester or two.
10 May 2006, 11:09 AM
Tones

I will be living in a dorm for this summer semester. The main reason that I'm living in an appartment is that when I sent in my housing deposit, I didn't see a little disclaimer saying that if I didn't send in the deposit within 30 days of acceptance, my priority date would be jacked. UF has both temp. triples and un-air-conditioned dorms, and I really didn't want to risk being in either for 2 semesters, as my priority date (basically a reservation) would be late March instead of early October. During summer, freshman must live in dorms, and the priority date issue isn't a big deal, since not too many people live in dorms during the summer.
10 May 2006, 12:27 PM
ChaoofNee

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

I did local colleges. I've always regretted not going away and dorming for at least a semester or two.

I'm also all local-ish colleges. I really don't regret not going away, though.
Who the fuck wants to deal with random roommates?
10 May 2006, 01:09 PM
Diff-chan

I'll take random roommates over my parents 8 days a week.

Besides, it thickens your skin a little.
10 May 2006, 11:54 PM
Tones

I think I have the best of both worlds: my roommate isn't a stranger, but he's not a great friend, either, so if we end up hating each other after our tenure; whoops.
11 May 2006, 02:27 AM
Tain

At Bowling Green, the past year, I only knew of one freshman who brought a car. The parking lots are so far away from the freshman dorms that there's almost no point.

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Besides, it thickens your skin a little.

I'm stuck with one this year (managed a single before), and while I was kinda upset at first, I figure it will do me good in the long run.
11 May 2006, 08:59 AM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by Tones

I think I have the best of both worlds: my roommate isn't a stranger, but he's not a great friend, either, so if we end up hating each other after our tenure; whoops.

It is like a hundred times worse if you already know your roommate beforehand.
11 May 2006, 10:02 AM
Rich

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

It is like a hundred times worse if you already know your roommate beforehand.

I agree with this 110%

I made that mistake.
11 May 2006, 10:18 AM
Diff-chan

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Originally Posted by Rich

I agree with this 110%

I made that mistake.

I could swear I remember telling you, too.

lols.

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