When the cab driver dropped me off at my new home, he warned me about the neighborhood. "Oh, no, love, you don’t want to live here," he said. "It’s not safe."

Moulton Hall, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, $1300/mo including tuition and food.

Housing 600 19 to 21 year old women, Moulton smelled like a lipgloss factory explosion. My roommate and I were lucky: the room was big enough to house four students, which it would do just a year later, and had two windows, one of which looked over a forest path.

We have all lived in some places. Where have you lived, Rebecca Pederson?

The first place I lived that wasn't my parents' home was an on-campus residence at Durham College. The first suite I was put in was open concept, which meant there was a 1.5-meter high by 1.5-meter wide dividing wall between two beds.

Granville Ave, "Fort Granville", Winston-Salem, N.C, $325/mo
That would be a lovely three-bedroom North Carolina house on a hill with a full wrap-around porch, porch swing included.

We have all lived in some places. Where have you lived, Stefanie Christensen?

Where have you lived, Colleen Hubbard?

My first apartment, rented during my junior year of college. Comparing it to a shoebox would be awfully cruel. For the shoebox.

We have all lived in some places. Where have you lived, Julie Bee?