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Renderings and images from developers' websites always portray a positive image of a building. I've lived in the IIT dorms and had close friends in the apartments at DePaul, both of which suffer from the use of cheap materials and labor during construction. All three American universities presented all have affordable housing (compared to local renter's rates)available to students that are indeed cinder block dorms with community bathrooms and the like.

Palatial dorms have existed for quite sometime. Some of the nicest dorms I've seen are from the early 1800s and include fireplaces and wood paneled rooms.