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Say, is this what's like in the US? I mean, I hear of campuses. What are those? Are colleges like small cities and people just be living in there? Maybe it's a US thing, or maybe it's just my experience, idk
Many campuses are like small, sprawling towns, with various buildings dedicated to different departments, dormitories, or common areas like libraries/cafes/etc. It's like a self-contained ecosystem where you can just live there as a student and have everything you need.
Yes. Though there are colleges that are just random buildings and not on a specific piece of land.
Many with land are "land grant institutions" which were created about 100 years ago.
The only people that live on campus are usually the president and many students.
It depends on the university, but somewhat. Yeah. It's a bunch of people with similar requirements all doing the same thing, and a lot of places to eat and do things. They're pretty cool from my experience. It's like a small town if everyone in the town was around the same age with similar struggles. You can trust most people and just hang out.
You can trust most people
Debatable. Ask a woman about it for the full story.
True. I meant that no one is going to mug you or take your things. Yeah, rape isn't uncommon when people get into more private settings. Being on campus during the day is pretty safe.
Rape isn't the only way to betray someone's trust.
To be fair quite a lot of men dont trust men either.
I mean, my friends and I never raped or sexually harassed anyone in college. In fact, we looked out for everyone in our group (regardless of gender) whenever we went out drinking.
Now there was that time somebody reached behind and started rubbing my penis in line at the keg.. But the rubee was female... So, take that data point for what it's worth.
1: Yes yes "not all men," no shit, what's next, White Lives Matter?
2: You know what you did. What makes you so sure you know everything your friends did?
But that was op's point, which i was supporting. Perhaps read the thread again.
You can say that about anything. "How do you know your neighborhood is a nice place to live?!? What if your neighbor is a secret serial killer?!".
Yes, now you get it! Your friends could be rapists, and, statistically speaking, if you have more than three it begins to approach certainty!
Accusations without evidence.... That's a great way to make a point that is taken seriously.
/s in case you missed it
Yup. I lived in on-campus housing my first year, and then I moved to off-campus housing to save some cash, but it was still walking distance to the campus (like 2 blocks). 90% of my classes were in the same chunk of land, with each building being dedicated to some specific part of the university (e.g. the math building, humanities building, music building, etc). There were a couple of buildings separate from that chunk of land, but they were also within a few blocks from the main campus.
You can get by w/o a car and can do all the shopping you need right on campus (ours had a small grocery store), and there were even fast food restaurants inside the student center building (or you can go to the cafeteria, but that was at the edge of campus), so you could eat lunch right there w/o having to return to your apartment. Some days I would go to campus at 8AM and get home at 10PM when most buildings closed for the day. Our library was right in the middle of campus, so I'd frequently go there to study between classes, because I always seemed to have an hour here or there in my schedule.