I don't know what to make of the moving culture that is State College. Or rather I've never been anywhere else to really compare it to. About 85 percent of the people I know are moving in the fall. Some going to places nicer, some worse. But in all cases, no one is looking forward to it. Moving shit blows. It's physical labor and a ton of knee bends. Remember ever doing squats, or lunges or anything with that knee bent at 90 degrees or more? Yeah, it's like that but for what seems like an infinite amount of empty reps and you won't be seeing any physical results from your labor.
Anyway. With that in mind I want to just examine all the basic moves you can get yourself into in College.
Freshman- Move in to the Dorms
This is about as intense mentally a move as you probably make until you get out of the school or town. You get bombarded with so much information from different area's it can be difficulty to process. You meet hippies, jocks, hipsters, stoners, musicians, writers, party animals, nerds, pageant queens, gays, black people, white people, and in short, though there are differences, everyone is intelligent, and mostly well adjusted. It is probably for this reason that the actual moving in process is the simplest and least physical taxing because a lot of adrenaline was probably coursing through your body. Also you don't have shit for space when you're a freshman.
Sophomore year you have two choices typically.
A) Once more time with the dorms. You had a good freshman year in the dorms, you made friends with your past roommate or made a friends with someone else who thinks the simple dorm life improves your study habits, and keeping you close to campus is a must. Again, small move and not too much hassle.
B) Fuck dorms, you need space, your own bathroom(or at least one you don't have to walk through a hallway to, nor does it seem to be in the same room as 10 public toilets.) and have room to actually host a group of more than 3 people at a time. This move usually involves a bit more shit, and if unfurnished, usually a couch and a bed. This becomes slightly strenuous, but your still in pretty good physical shape, and plenty capable of the physical work.
Junior year the amount of choices goes to three.
A) Stay ONE last year in the dorms, possibly becoming an R.A. I can't imagine doing this, though I know a few people who did. They were fine with it, but personally, living in sardine cans is not worth the ease of access to the school, especially if you have your own computer.
B) Stay in the same apartment. A great choice if you had a great time and no one is taking time off or dropping out. Not moving is sweet but it tends to make shit clutter up a bit more. It's going to be one more year to accumulate crap, but at least it'll be cool crap that will definitely be used in the next few years....right?
C) New apartment. You didn't have that great a time with the earlier crew, or maybe the place has become to expensive, or you found someplace better. In any event this is the move where you find out how much it sucks moving. Your older, probably a bit exhausted from school, relationships, extra curricular activities, jobs, or internships, they all take a toll. And the last thing you really want to do is go through the trouble of picking up heavy shit, or repeated picking up tiny shit. Thus things get trashed. Things you forgot you had, things you know you had, but are too heavy and cumbersome to bring with you.
Senior year/graduating year.
The same options really remain, except that there is no way you're in a dorm. You might be in some kind of student housing, but it sure as shit isn't the small box you lived in when you were 18. The most likely scenario now is the first move post school which is either
A) Home. What the fuck right? You just lived 4 of the best years of your life, got a degree and due to a shitty job market, rent, student loans and bills are now going to be forced to move back to right where you were before college? Blows.
B) New place, often a city or near a city for your job. In this move you'll most likely again feel a similar rush of anxiety similar to when you moved to college, however now you're more emotionally and mentally prepared. Again, trashing a lot of stuff would be preferable, but somehow you have a tough time parting with that beer funnel that led to a 3 way.
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