<p>That may have more to do with individuals and whether the students have parental help with the move-in/out. </p>
<p>Then again, I knew no one in my dorm who moved in extra furniture as the dorms/lounges had ample furniture, there were some restrictions on what one could bring, and at my LAC…bringing lots of stuff…especially extra furniture was disdained as “bourgeois” and “materialistic” by most students when I attended. </p>
<p>Also, back then…female students tended to bring more stuff than male students on average…though that’s gender gap is narrowing considering how it seems everyone is bringing more stuff than students in the '90s. </p>
<p>Nowadays when I see students moving into the dorms at nearby colleges/universities, I’m astonished at the sheer quantity of stuff most move into their cramped dormitory spaces.</p>