Dorms are pretty unique. A bunch of people same age, going through same experience, in a shared living space. I'd be interested in how this is replicated in a medium-sized city.
There’s an apartment building in my town that works that way - shared bathroom and kitchen and common spaces, with personal bedrooms. My buddy used to live there, it was kind of organized as artist housing, there was a ton of resident art up in the halls and on the grounds - wouldn’t work for me, I need control over my space, but he made the most of it. Helped that it was cheap, and he was a portrait photographer, I think.