<p>I was just wondering what people think about Suite Style bathrooms (two rooms joined by a single private bathroom) and community bathrooms. Like pros/cons of each and what everyone prefers.</p>
<p>I'm trying to make my residence hall choice and I cannot decide which one I want. I see the obvious pros and cons for me. To me a community bathroom down the hall seems a little weird but at the same time I probably won't want to clean the bathroom myself.</p>
<p>Anyway, input?</p>
<p>community bathrooms aren't a problem. i didn't mind them, and i didn't mind having my own bathroom. one thing that ticked me off about having my own bathroom was that every time i wanted to go in there, someone else was in. thats what you get for living in a 4 girl apartment. at least when we had a community bathroom there was always an opening.. and you weren't locked out from using the mirror just because someone was in the shower... :)</p>
<p>I'm in a suite-style. The advantages are that you get some privacy, obviously, and also my suitemates and I can just leave our bathroom stuff (like shampoo, soap, etc.) in the bathroom without having it carry it with us and store in our rooms. The housing staff here does clean our bathroom, although I'm not sure every school does. If it's not the case at your school, then that would be a disadvantage.</p>
<p>Privacy=win</p>
<p>yeah, that's another advantage. we have bins and just leave our stuff in the bathroom in the apartment.. however when I lived in the dorms a lot of us left our stuff in there too. there was only about 16 girls on my floor though, so it really wasn't a big deal. we also shared our bathrooms with our guy visitors, and they were always amazed by the stuff we left lying around our community bathroom.</p>
<p>I share my bathroom with 50 girls, and really don't mind. The school cleans them every day, and even with a large floor, there are plenty of times that both the showers and bathrooms are empty. I actually kind of like it becuase if my roommate and I say, go work out together we can both go take a shower and not have to sit around all sweaty.</p>
<p>Try community. It will probably be the only time in your life that you'll have to experience them--and if you don't like it, you only have to deal with it for a year.</p>
<p>Isn't it kind of gross though?</p>
<p>I lived in a fraternity so obviously we had a community bathroom...pledges got to clean that every day.</p>
<p>When I moved off campus, I really ended up missing having the community bathroom. I know, weird. But I missed talking to people while taking a shower, or catching up on what happened the night before at the party while I brushing my teeth. </p>
<p>It's pretty surprising how quickly you get over the privacy aspects. Plus the greater availability is a plus...</p>
<p>You LIKE talking to people in the shower?? Whenever I'm in the shower, I just try to soak in all the awesomeness that a shower brings. The LAST thing I want to do is scream across the room to another dude doing his scrub-a-dub thing.</p>
<p>Hrm I have a question: are most of the showers in community bathrooms open or with its own stall?</p>
<p>Every college I've checked out was private stalls with doors or curtains(my school has these AWFUL curtains that like to blow open randomly from the lake breeze...). I don't think I'd be able to use a locker room style shower with an entire floor of guys...</p>
<p><em>shivers</em></p>
<p>why is everybody so concerned with privacy. If you are all guys then who cares, have you never seen a ***** before. I go to the gym, I walk around naked, its not a problem.</p>
<p>It seems to be a real problem with todays generations. I go to gym I see other 18-20 year olds wearing shorts and trying to hide, but a few like myself and others and especially older guys are very open about it. I really dont see a problem. To me its the same thing as seeing a person with clothes. I think people are to self consicence about their bodies, who gives a ****. I see guys that are fat in the gym, even less than myself wearing t-shirts in the shower. Now Im 360lbs, im pretty tall and have alot of muscle but I am in no way fit, Im fat. If you care that much of what people think of you, I really feel sorry for you. because I dont see why people would care what other think about them.</p>
<p>It could just be me, idk.</p>
<p>Not everyone is a natural born naturist...</p>
<p>I have had both community bathroom & a suite with a bathroom shared among 4 women. Both were fine & not really something I remember well at all. We were forunate that our dorm room had a sink when we had the community bathroom. Housing cleaned the bathrooms in both situations.
My son has a similar option. The suite has two shared bathrooms plus a shared common room. He also has the option of living in a dorm with a community bathroom. I think he'll likely end up with the suite, but who knows? He's grown up with a lot more privacy than I ever had, since he's had his own room since he was 4 years old & just shares a bathroom with his sister. I shared a bedroom all my life until I moved off campus to an apartment as an undergrad & later in grad/pro school. It was never a big deal for me one way or another & sharing space & bathrooms was never a big deal either.</p>
<p>Are showers in community bathrooms visible to each other or there are walls and shower curtains?</p>
<p>typically there are shower stalls that have shower doors and/or curtains</p>
<p>halls with community bathrooms are significantly more social places. its not so much talking IN the bathroom (though that certainly happens), but the increased hall traffic that community bathrooms generate (getting water, washing dishes, normal uses). not sure if its enough to swing some people, but its definitely something to consider if youre on the fence.</p>
<p>I really preferred the community bathroom to the suite when I lived in the dorms. The community bathrooms got cleaned every day, and because there were three showers and four stalls, there was always a shower and toilet open. When I was in the suite, one of my suitemates had a similar schedule to me, and she'd jump in the shower and be in there for an hour so that I wouldn't be able to shower or even use the bathroom before I went to class.</p>