New semester, same housing and parking problems

With an increase to campus housing by 63 percent, about 1,000 students will now live on campus. This was an excellent step taken by Boise State to discourage daily commuting to and from the university. You would think there should be more parking spaces available, because many more students are now living on campus. However, that does not seem to be the case. Even with the new housing facility, there are still far too many people commuting to Boise State. Parking continues to be extremely difficult to find and almost every commuting student is forced to pay for a parking pass. While the price for a parking pass may be reasonable for students living with their parents, the students already paying rent simply do not have the money to just drop a hundred here or there for parking. It seems building new dorms that cost $329 a month wasn’t necessarily a great answer to the commuter situation. The problem with commuters is, they’re living away from campus because it is cheaper and probably very quiet compared to a large student housing facility. Assuming one does not want to live in the dorms, finding an affordable place near campus can be an exhausting ordeal.

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