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@Eric Fidler - I went to a school where not only was living on campus mandatory, but every student was required to have a full on-campus meal plan. In short, it's not entirely unrealistic. And as far as living in nearby parents' houses, I'm curious exactly which parents in Georgetown can't afford room and board?

and @falls church, it's not clear to me how undergraduate housing is related to innovation or business development. Without support, your argument is specious.

Based on this article, it seems to me that the OP decision can be explained by the reasonable expectation that graduate students pose fewer concerns for the surrounding community than undergrads. And the graduate enrollment cap increase seems to have been accepted, so there are likely to actually be more students living off-campus than currently. I'm not sure why this is such a big deal, really, except that it makes GU build some new dorms. I'm no anti-GU protester, but this seems to me to be a reasonable tradeoff.

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