My roommate's 'friend' sleeps over every night, and he lives one floor below us. On the other hand, some students unexpectedly find themselves without any roommate at all. LSA freshman Andy Warren said he doesn't mind if he goes several days without seeing his roommate, who often stays with his girlfriend. It's not that I don't like him. But the economic factor is usually not enough to convince students to move in together.
Some students have personal reasons for signing separate leases.
One 'cost' of cohabitation for college students is that it is easier to end a dating relationship than a cohabitational relationship. There's always that space. Jain and Patel also said they appreciated having their separate places for studying. LSA senior Lauren Renard said it wouldn't have made sense for her to move in with her former boyfriend. College is an age where you're doing a lot of growing.