It’s the same NIMBY that takes place anytime someone wants to build multi-unit housing anywhere in the country. Except that if it’s a college-owned dorm, the neighbors come out in force to object to loud music, drinking in the street, and all the other “horrors” that go with living in a college town or adjacent to a college in a city. Private developers have had better luck building high end apartment/suite style dorms… there is less to object to, but that prices many students out of those buildings.
We all want our kids living in decent places which are affordable… except we don’t want OTHER people’s kids living near us!