Hopefully we’re sending them there expecting (or hoping) that they will grow up.
The apartment situation only helps with that, IMO, and most upperclasssmen like it better too.
I still remember calling my mother late one evening. from my apartment, asking her how to make a hamburger. I had this package of chopped meat, but I didn’t know what to do with it.
Good thing to know…
It’s actually a good transition, because much of the housing is close or adjacent to campus and the landlords are all accustomed to renting to students.