It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first mostly-windowless dorm he’s built. His previous work at UM has generally very good reviews and was built without much (if any) protest.
It sounds to me like the evidence so far is that Munger is correct, and on average people (or at least the kind of people that would sign up for res in a building like this) would rather have a small private room with a fake window and lower rent and than a shared room with a real window and higher rent. I’m not sure why this particular structure has provoked so much more outrage than the previous one.
Edit: I previously mentioned the Stanford Munger Graduate Residence as well, but it appears that one is of more “traditional” layout (and is relatively expensive). Thanks dkarp for pointing this out. I've edited it out of my comment as to not mislead.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29038356
It’s worth noting that this isn’t the first mostly-windowless dorm he’s built. His previous work at UM has generally very good reviews and was built without much (if any) protest.
Michigan: https://www.veryapt.com/ApartmentReview-a7222-munger-graduat...
It sounds to me like the evidence so far is that Munger is correct, and on average people (or at least the kind of people that would sign up for res in a building like this) would rather have a small private room with a fake window and lower rent and than a shared room with a real window and higher rent. I’m not sure why this particular structure has provoked so much more outrage than the previous one.
Edit: I previously mentioned the Stanford Munger Graduate Residence as well, but it appears that one is of more “traditional” layout (and is relatively expensive). Thanks dkarp for pointing this out. I've edited it out of my comment as to not mislead.