# The ineffable suckiness of dorms

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 12, 2004, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ineffable-suckiness-of-dorms/264121 "2004-09-12T09:03:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ineffable-suckiness-of-dorms/264121/41 "2004-09-16T15:48:31Z")

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> [@catsix](#):
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> I also do not understand the wack-ass crap Pitt has about putting all the women on the upper floors of the Towers. Must be some archaic asshole in housing who read too damn many ‘princess in the tower’ stories.

Possibly for the same reason we were given as undergrads - in case any “undesireables” try to get into the dorms. if the guys are on the ground floor, then they can head them off.

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ineffable-suckiness-of-dorms/264121/42 "2004-09-17T04:35:53Z")

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> [@Angua](#):
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> Possibly for the same reason we were given as undergrads - in case any “undesireables” try to get into the dorms. if the guys are on the ground floor, then they can head them off.

I’d be more likely to believe that they’re hoping that the undesirables already living on the ground floor would be too lazy to climb all those stairs.

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