[foogazi]

UCSC sits on 2,000 acres

Unconscionable that they off-load student housing onto the city of Santa Cruz

Gavin Newsom should lead by example and guarantee that no UC student will go homeless

[alistairSH]

Looking at the satellite view in Google Maps, there appears to be massive plots of open space dead center on campus and also to the east?

And the entire campus is far less dense than UVA (for whatever that's worth - another small city campus that's extremely picturesque albeit for different reasons). 60% of UVA students live off-campus, but there doesn't seem to be the same problem with obtaining it. Prices are higher than you'd expect in a non-college town, because it's a captive market.

[foogazi]

There are cow pastures right on campus

They have tried building more, but I think someone found an endangered frog or bird living on a creek by the new development site

[vineyardmike]

Plenty of students want to live off campus, as adults, instead of being on campus.

It’s unconscionable that the city would be so un-accommodating to students while exploiting them for rent money and economic gain.

[foogazi]

> Plenty of students want to live off campus, as adults, instead of being on campus.

Sounds like an adult choice to me then

> It’s unconscionable that the city would be so un-accommodating to students while exploiting them for rent money and economic gain.

How can they be both un-accommodating and yet get rent payments, by definition they are being accommodated

[vineyardmike]

> How can they be both un-accommodating and yet get rent payments, by definition they are being accommodated

The article said there is a huge population of students who live in their car because they can’t find housing, on campus, or off.

[bombcar]

The students want to live off campus in a paradise for as close to free as they can.

It’s an impossible situation.