Bizarre reason college students are moving into retirement communities – and how it’s created ‘family away from home’

COLLEGE living means dirty houses and late nights for many, but that status quo is quietly changing across the country.

Scholars are subbing traditional apartments and houses with roommates for a cozier and slower lifestyle giving them a “family away from home.”

Daija Holliday, 25, is one such student who chose to live in the St. Camillus Life Plan Community while taking classes for her counseling psychology degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee, MarketWatch reports.

When preparing to move from North Carolina, she prioritized safety, affordability, and the opportunity to build a community in her new home away from home…

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