Sea Speed said:

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I'm not completely against it. Knock those college kids down a peg or two.

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haha, every other school is basically building full on apartments on campus to replace dorms. They're going the opposite way. I agree with the above, that looks like a prison

If those numbers are true - 4500 residents and 2 entrances/exits, I don't understand how this meets fire code.

Also, people have been living without windows in big cities for how long? NYC apartments are basically a broom closet. People are going to complain, but take one look at the cost of housing, see how much cheaper this is, and fill that sucker up.

It'll force students to interact just like they do in other cities - you don't stay in your dorm. You get outside and use your dorm for sleep.

I see tons of windows on that building, how are there not windows in the rooms?

and I assume this is Ol' Charlie of Berkshire Hathaway - Buffett's #2 guy.

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The project is utterly detached from its physical setting, McFadden goes on, and has no relationship to UCSB's "spectacular coastal location." It is also out of place with the scale and texture of the rest of campus, he said, "an alien world parked at the corner of the campus, not an integrally related extension of it." Even the rooftop courtyard looks inward and "may as well be on the ground in the desert as on the eleventh floor on the coast of California," he said.

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This quote says everything you need to know about the guy. "Alien world"... My guess is that a lot of the other quotes contain some exaggeration and hyperbole... He can object to it on an architectural or design basis (as I would probably do the same), but to talk about the psychology, etc. is just him throwing a fit. To be built, of course sufficient exits and fire exits would be there.

Yes, that building seems extreme (and not sure how there are no windows in rooms if there are that many windows in the building, but that is no worse than the Commons rooms that I stayed in. The common areas would have been nice to have actually. It's no more prison-like than my basement dorm was. These students still have a private bedroom area, something you don't get in a lot of dorms.

Apartments were more fun, but in a world where everyone complains about the cost of higher education and the cost of living (primarily due to federally-guaranteed student loans), but this is a way to keep it down.

They're trying to rip off SWT Texas State.

MAROON said:

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I see tons of windows on that building, how are there not windows in the rooms?

and I assume this is Ol' Charlie of Berkshire Hathaway - Buffett's #2 guy.

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It is a large building so each "pod" will not be on an exterior wall. Vast majority will not have access to windows.

Correct on your second point!

FincAg said:

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That is a prison

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Reminds me of the B-huts we lived in at Bagram, basically plywood cells with a small hallway in the middle. Officers were six to a pod and enlisted 8. No common area in the middle though. Hey, if it's good enough for our young troops I'm sure the lib students in Santa Barbara will be totally ok with it too.

Update to the dorm controversy if anyone hasn't seen the response from Munger:

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"I think the building will be a huge success," Munger told MarketWatch. "If this building fails, it will be the first Munger building that fails."

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"You've got to get used to the fact that billionaires aren't the most popular people in our society," he told MarketWatch. "I'd rather be a billionaire and not be loved by everybody than not have any money."

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While I think the wailing and gnashing of teeth about this dorm is way overblown, these quotes are hilarious and show (if there was ever any doubt), just how egotistical he is and how much people like him and Buffett (and Zuckerberg and Musk, etc.) look down on other normal, non-billionaire people.

Just something people should keep in mind next time one of these blowhards spouts off about taxing the rich more or clean energy or any other self-serving comments. But most people won't.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/id-rather-be-a-billionaire-and-not-be-loved-by-everybody-charlie-munger-shrugs-off-controversy-over-200m-donation-for-nearly-windowless-dorm-11635547043?cx_testId=22&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=1&mod=home-page-cx#cxrecs_s

He just tried to turn billionaire in to a victim class.

That should be brought up before their board. Lead photo?

At what point do these fake photos get so good that someone buys a home sight unseen, doesn't notice the subtext explaining its a mock up and sues.

Just so stupid.

If I were a buyer looking for a property, I would absolutely be on the lookout for whatever stupid things this agent is going to pull throughout the process.

that furnishings of this house are sort of interesting. Looks like they hired a designer for their downstairs furniture, then the owner used their own "design" tasted for the upstairs (which is hideous) from the beds to the comforters to the shower curtains.

I message the realtor to ask why they show a non-existent pool in the listing.

combat wombat said:

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MAIN PHOTO ON A HOME WITHOUT A POOL:



https://www.har.com/homedetail/12302-cross-canyon-ln-cypress-tx-77433/3646129

That's downright deceitful.

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Oh lord!! I didn't even see that, but yes. That's a punishment.

Annie is suspicious!

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Annie: Hi there
May I ask who this is?
Did you contact me by email also?

Me: This is Bill. No, I haven't emailed you?

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I get that the photo - and especially leading with it in listing - is a little misleading. But it says it's "virtually staged" in the description and includes other photos of the lot without the pool. I really don't think it's that big of a deal. Same as builders who include "virtual" pics of homes that haven't been built yet...and/or photos of other homes they've built (assuming they state such in descriptions).

JJxvi said:

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Its basically the same concept as bait and switch. They're showing a product that doesn't exist to entice people to click into the listing where they want to sell them the less desirable product that actually exists.

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Its a clickbait and switch.

Adults that speak with emojis only

Y'all are terrible.

WhoopRAB said:

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https://www.har.com/homedetail/1600-texas-ave-dickinson-tx-77539/2645135

My previous post for $959,000 Barndo didn't post

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That's an awful lot of late model cars in the last picture. Maybe they use the place as a business somehow? The place isn't cluttered but I still couldn't imagine owning that much stuff.

WhoopRAB said:

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https://www.har.com/homedetail/1600-texas-ave-dickinson-tx-77539/2645135

My previous post for $959,000 Barndo didn't post

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First line in the description.

Joanna Gaines would surely approve!

Going to be honest and admit I like the Barndo, I'd love to have a place to store a dozen vehicles/RVs/Toys as well as 5 acres.