A wet, plaid couch sits exposed on a cold porch, next to an old television. Inside the house, a Foosball table and piano dominate the living room, cluttered with two clashing upholstered chairs and a sagging, brown sofa.
Bikes dangle from the ceiling.
Skis and snowboards lean against the dirty walls. When Peterson and his five roommates moved in last August, they say, the carpets were filthy, the refrigerator was a mess and the toilet hadn't been flushed. The students say they didn't have a lot of living choices within their price range and walking distance to campus. College students are starting to look for housing for next fall. And competing with just about everyone else for affordable housing in the city, increasingly more students are deciding to commute from outside of Boulder.