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Originally Posted by StoOgE
We all love West Campus density but remember - these things are mostly sub-par student housing that you really wouldn't want popping up all over the city.
They are Austin's versions of McSam's hotels in NYC.
They are "fine" for campus and students but not exactly what we want all over town.
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Well, a lot of things are due to these places being college students' first real "housing" after living with their parents. And I'm sure some of these issues are because of a lack of staffing, like we've seen in a number of industries right now.
But generally, and from my experience living in WC not too long ago, there are plenty of nice places. Especially in more recent years, legitimately nice apartments have been built that are better than anything west campus had in between 2000-2015. Sure, there won't be anything on the level of the W or Austonian, but Callaway House is certainly equally nice as a number of east Austin apartment complexes, even with the purely 18-20 year old residents.
That said, it sounds like this should have been the building to replace University Towers....which was always like a gigantic fraternity house when I was in college....