Why luxury housing is growing around the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota architecture student Alex Johnson tells the Star Tribune why he loves living in a two-bedroom, two-bath corner unit at the high-end Stadium Village Flats:
"I just turned 20 years old a couple of days ago and live in a place with granite countertops, quality furniture and a view like none other. I have to say that the reason I’ve grown to expect apartments to be so luxurious is because that’s all I’ve really ever known. ... Once you live in one of these properties, it’s hard to get out and learn to expect less. ... I can’t tell if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. I can’t tell if these over-the-top luxurious units are creating monsters out of students or rather if they are instilling a drive in them to work hard so that one day when they get out of college they can own a place like these units rather than rent them.”
Read the Strib's story on the U's luxury student-housing boom here.
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