Today, I realized that the bitch-fest my mom unleashed at me the other day about housing for next year was almost completely unwarranted.
basically she accused me of throwing away their money with no regard by being completely irresponsible, being spoiled for wanting to live off-campus, etc....
did a little research, and right now I'm/they're paying more than twice as much rent per month (to live in school-owned apartments), which is even less than I'd be paying to live in a dorm. So, instead of throwing their money away, I am saving it. Which is nice to realize.
I did the math and thought that I was wrong, and that school-owned apartments were only a tiny bit more, and include utilities...
and then I realized that, no, because the rent for a non-school apartment was listed in terms of TOTAL, and the rent for a school-owned place was listed in terms of PER PERSON.
So we would be paying... less than half as much, per person.
So, yeah, I found a kick-ass duplex to live in.