Living in Gainesville: Students choose between luxury and affordability (Part 2 of 4)

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The student newspaper is running a series of articles on living in Gainesville.

Of the nearly 56,000 students at UF, 80 percent live in off-campus housing, said Nora Kilroy, the director of UF Off-Campus Life. Six new luxury apartment complexes, similar to The Standard, will be built by 2020, meaning the majority of UF students will have to decide between better a location or a lower cost.

Lauren Taylor, a 22-year-old UF psychology alumna, lives three blocks away from Rosholt in College Park. Instead of shiny quartz counters and floor-to-ceiling windows like at The Standard, Taylor’s blue-painted cinder block apartment is quaint and more than 50 years old.

Taylor’s apartment has no pool or campus views, but she has no complaints because she pays $400 a month for her apartment, which is walking distance from campus.

https://www.alligator.org/news/living-in-gainesville-students-choose-between-luxury-and-affordability-part/article_16d78628-4c68-11e9-a39c-7b4583a5fd1e.html