Most colleges and universities do not have enough on-campus housing to satisfy demand, and when school budgets are tight, maintaining and upgrading housing can take a back seat to other financial priorities.

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As my colleague Morgan Brennan noted in a recent post, amenities at the 63-acre Fair Field estate include not one but three dining rooms, three swimming pools sitting side by side, two courtyards, an orangery, a 164-seat screening theater and a pavilion housing a basketball court, a gym, and a 2-lane bowling alley.

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Wigan is a working class seat with above average numbers of skilled workers and council housing.

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