30 CommentsThe New York housing market really is insane! This flyer, spotted in McBain, offers nearly a thousand dollars each to upperclassmen willing to throw in their lot with rich but ridiculous rising sophomores. Of course, plenty of upperclassmen use freshpeople fears about the housing lottery to score some sweet suite singles, but it seems few realize just how much of a literal goldmine their priority numbers really are.
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@Anonymous not a bad idea, i mean you really don’t have to be that rich to pay the 1000. If it’s 4 guys/girls and they want 2 upperclassmen then they would only pay 25o each. But i don’t know how if anyone’s going to take the offer. i mean, why would people want to live with stupid freshman next year?
@this sign is poorly written. Make an offer and stick to it. If you’re offering 800-1000 and saying its negotiable you might as well just offer 1000. Whose going to ask for less money. Also saying ‘and/or’ the money is dumb too. Why would it ever be ‘or’
@Anonymous bwog should do a piece on sweet off campus student apartments. then you will realize what a jip the dorms are in terms of quality.
@yes! off campus, i pay 4x less per square foot and have 10x the space.
@hahahah the question is will obama try to tax this and then redistribute the wealth back to the poor
@Anonymous She doesn’t even go here!
@I mean this is kind of smart. it’s cheaper than getting a suite off campus and saves the hassle of having to be signed in all the time, if they’re going for a 6 person, $800/4 = $200 each. Way cheaper than trying to go off campus. Let’s face it, it’s just really inconvenient to live off campus at Columbia. Still can’t imagine seniors willing to live in Claremont, unless they’re really short on money…
@except it really isn't inconvenient at all Living off campus can be a lot cheaper and certainly less stressful: no RAs, no babying or ridiculous rules, no fire alarms.
Plus, commuter access gets you access to every dorm (as long as the reason you live off campus isn’t that you were booted), no need to be ‘signed in all the time.’
Sure, you need to grow up a little to live off campus and learn to pay for electricity or whatever but I encourage everyone to check it out! It definitely made going to this school a lot more tolerable and real for me.
@yeah sooo convenient, that two mile walk commute to Kent.
@my commute is less than 5 blocks and I still pay less than they pay in EC
@happy off-campus personally all my classes are in mudd or schermerhorn so living a few blocks north of campus is more convenient than if i lived in hogan or ruggles.
@how many columbia kids does it take to make a grammatically correct sign?
@Anonymous Only at Columbia would we nitpick on the grammar of a sign than on the content of it…
@Seriously If you have that much spare cash, can’t you get an off-campus apartment?
@Sure For three weeks.
@Yikes. I’d do it for a grand a month, maybe.
@or as the countess would say... class
@Anonymous This is creepy. I would never live with someone who pays me to (for fear of getting Amanda Knox’d).
@Anonymous She was innocent
@Anonymous money can’t buy you friends
@jaded CU student actually, yes, yes it can. Mostly other friends with similar amounts of money. and then you can laugh at the poors together.
@Apparently money can’t buy the ability to make subject and verb agree, either.
@Not that uncommon You can make a killing with the right single or location…And not just money.
I know plenty of people who’ve “sold” room swaps. Watson House townhouse has been the source of many deals. As have prized Watt rooms.
I mean, it’s an ivy league campus; there are folks with MONEY, lots of it, and housing is a big deal for a lot of people.
@Anonymous What the fuck’s so special about Watson House that makes it any different from other EC townhouses?
@Anonymous I was never resentful of rich people until I came to Columbia. This is ridiculous.
@Anonymous agreed. amen. general concurrence.
@I want Could you reveal unblacken the details please!
@Anonymous haha just go to mcbain, the signs are everywhere
@Genius Why did I not think of this?
@Anonymous my god :O